Why is Golf classified as a sport? ... read details...?

There is not fast movement. You can be fat as hell. U dont have to be in shape ( old people play all the time). You have people who even carry the clubs for you. If you say that it takes talent to precisely hit the ball, then horse shoes should be a sport too.

Why is Golf classified as a sport? ... read details...?
Fast movement? When you swing the club you are swinging faster than a baseball bat and with more precision.





Fat as Hell? How bout Robert Traylor, Charles Barkley, or Babe Ruth.





Old people play? Morten Andersen still plays football (kicking hah hes still an athlete in a sport) and old people also play tennis.





It also takes more knowledge and experience than most sports... like take into account wind speed, distance, club choice, type of shot, type of surface hitting off of, when will the ball land, how much spin to put on the ball, judge the slope, judge the elevation...





People that dont like golf are the ones that try it one time but cant even hit the ball straight or even hit it, so since they suck at it... its not a sport.
Reply:Haha if only physical sports and mental sports could be combined... Report It

Reply:because you need skillz and you compete against other people. i mean if people say cheerleading is a sport than id deffinetly say that golf would be a sport. because cheerleading is not a sport. no offense cheerleaders
Reply:Well golf is a sport that involves both the physical and mental side. You say you dont have to be in shape...but the Best golfers in the world are in the best shape. Vijay Singh works out twice a day and he does intense stuff...its not just some whimpy work out. You look at the newer guys on tour and their biceps are huge..of course they are some exceptions like John Daly or Tim Herron (Lumpy)..but those guys arent in the mix of things every week. And now Fitness is one of the most important things about golf..People complain you just hit a ball into a hole..but those usually are the people who cant do it. Golf is probably one of the hardest sports out there..especially being on the road 40+ weeks of the year doesnt help...
Reply:I thought horseshoes was as sport of some sort or other? But have ever actually tried playing golf? I humored a friend and went along for a golf lesson and for the next week I could not believe how sore my arms and abs were!
Reply:Good question... Lots of non-sports require talent... Playing the piano isn%26#039;t a sport...





I really don%26#039;t know. Maybe it shouldn%26#039;t be.





Oh and to the dude above me who says that ppl don%26#039;t think golf is a sport because we can%26#039;t play, my first (and, I might add, ONLY) time ever (when I was 11) I shot 84. Granted it was an easy course, but still. I drove the ball right down the fairway over 200 yards but I just couldn%26#039;t putt from more than 8 to 12 feet away. So you don%26#039;t have to be bad at golf to not like it.





OK, to the guy below me, if it is listed in the definition of a sport as such, I can accept that. Fair enough.
Reply:Having a bad day buddy? Someone pee in your cheerios?


Not all golfers employ a caddy to carry their clubs. In fact most don%26#039;t. Myself, I have a stand bag and carry my clubs most of the time. Enough time on this Q.
Reply:If golf is so easy, then why aren%26#039;t you on the PGA tour?


Hmmmmm?





No fast movement?


The swing speed of a good golfer is faster than 100 miles per hour! Tiger%26#039;s is 120 mph. The velocity at impact will be approximately 148mph. What sport is faster?





The greatest thing about golf that seems to be beyond you is that many people can participate in the game. Old people. Fat people and even handicapped people.





This seems like something that bothers you. That is sad.


Perhaps you should try being a good %26quot;sport%26quot;.





Here%26#039;s a definition from the dictionary:


sport –noun


1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.


2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.


3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
Reply:Golf is a game. Like baseball is a game, football is a game, hockey is a game, blah, blah, blah. None of which is going to define our civilization but, unfortunately, all of these %26quot;games%26quot; are shoved so far up our butt as a matter of life and death that some people become obsessed.
Reply:Here are the first 3 dictionary definitions of the word %26#039;Sport%26#039;:





–noun 1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.





2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.





3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.








Golf is identified in the list as a sport. Golf is a sport, it not an contact or action sport, but it is a sport non-the-less. Sorry if you don%26#039;t happen to like golf, sorry if you don%26#039;t happen to agree with the definition.
Reply:I believe Golf is considered a recreational sport as well as ping pong, horse shoes, and badmitten.
Reply:You have obviously never played the game, try it then come back, by the way the troll days are over.
Reply:your idea of golf isn%26#039;t a sport. It%26#039;s recreation, where you just go out and have fun. You can be fat and lumpy and old and still play basketball for fun. You just don%26#039;t run full court and stuff. I assume your idea of sports is competition and winning. But if you look to the pros they%26#039;re serious about golf and do a lot of physical preparation for a tournament, and the demands of the golf course they play in is way more imposing than your average joe golf course, that%26#039;s why it%26#039;s classified as a sport.





And plus Yahoo! Answers classifies golf as a sport.
Reply:I hate golf but one thing you cant take away from golfers is that they have skill. Its not easy making/taking some of the shots they make. The skill makes it a sport as much as I hate to admit it. Golf sucks.
Reply:From websters dictionary. A sport is:





an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc





That answer you question? If fishing is a sport, then so is golf.
Reply:Why do you care?



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