How is golf considered a real sport?

[John Price]

I ask this in all seriousness. This has been a nagging thought in my brain for a few years. In every other major sport you can use physical activity to hit or impede another person's progress.

In golf you are literally trying to hit a ball into a hole. You are not competing against anyone, just the course. There is no contact. You line up at the green and swing your club and try to stay under par. This is not a sport.

Discuss.

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[tarheelhockey]

Golf is a game, not a sport.

 

[rbochan]

It's not a sport.
It's an addiction. First you hit the ball, then you chase the ball. Then you hit the ball, then you chase the ball...

 

[Leafsdude7]

It's not a sport.
It's an addiction. First you hit the ball, then you chase the ball. Then you hit the ball, then you chase the ball...

And each time you miss you feel like you'll have a stroke.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Golf is a sport. It requires physical strength and a high amount of skill.

Not all sports require 2 teams or individuals going directly against each other.

Bowling is also a sport.

 

[RayP]

Golf is a skill, not a sport.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Driving is a skill. Putting is a skill. Approach shots are a skill.

How ya gonna lump it into "golf is a skill."

I really don't like golf. Most boring sport to watch by far and I'm terrible at it. But I'll defend it as a sport, because it most definitely is one.

 

[Leafsdude7]

Golf is a sport. It requires physical strength and a high amount of skill.

Not all sports require 2 teams or individuals going directly against each other.

Bowling is also a sport.

A sport is not defined as "requiring physical strength and skill"...

A sport is, actually, (loosely) defined as "2 teams or individuals going directly against each other".

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Where is this "actual" definition? You just make it up or something?

 

[Goonzilla]

It's a sport for unsporty people, which isn't to say that athletes don't or that only unathletic people play it.

Yeah there's a very high skill level and it's competetive, but a lot of people play it to relax, as a leisure activity. Certainly a golf injury doesn't have the same kudos as a football or hockey injury, or even a running injury. There is minimal exertion involved, even if you cover a lot of territory getting around; along with minimal courage or risk; unless an alligator takes your hand or you try and kick a gun toting psychopath off your golf course when you have a heart condition.

I'm always with Hemingway on the subject of golf.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

It's a sport for unsporty people, which isn't to say that athletes don't or that only unathletic people play it.

Yeah there's a very high skill level and it's competetive, but a lot of people play it to relax, as a leisure activity. Certainly a golf injury doesn't have the same kudos as a football or hockey injury, or even a running injury. There is minimal exertion involved, even if you cover a lot of territory getting around; along with minimal courage or risk; unless an alligator takes your hand or you try and kick a gun toting psychopath off your golf course when you have a heart condition.

I'm always with Hemingway on the subject of golf.

 

[Ceremony]

Where's that Tiger Woods Appreciation Thread when you need it?

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Here's the thread that gets made in the lounge every month like clockwork with the single intention of pissing Ser Woof off.

If you think Golf isn't a sport, you're an idiot... the end.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

The only real sport is the Mesoamerican Ballgame.

 

[Siamese Dream]

You know what golf stands for?
No, what?
Gay... outdoor lifestyle with fellas!

 

[cupcrazyman]

Great Game & Pastime.

 

[John Price]

Golf is a sport. It requires physical strength and a high amount of skill.

Not all sports require 2 teams or individuals going directly against each other.

Bowling is also a sport.

That why you don't need to be in shape to play golf?

 

[Goonzilla]

That why you don't need to be in shape to play golf?

..or darts, or fishing, or e-sports.

Cliff diving?

 

[John Price]

Where is the athletic ability in golf? Hitting the ball and walking to it isn't a sport. Driving a golf cart in a non competitive manner is not a sport.

 

[Goonzilla]

How about golf cart demolition derby or maybe golf cart jousting using golf clubs?

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Driving the ball 350 yards isn't athletic ability?

GMAFB

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

That why you don't need to be in shape to play golf?

Do you consider baseball a sport?

 

[irunthepeg]

Golf sucks, I can't believe people actually watch it on TV

 

[John Price]

Do you consider baseball a sport?

Yes.

 

[Siamese Dream]

We are not playing bleeding Pictionary, it's a made-up game.