2006-09-21 14:34:55 · 15 answers · asked by KMW 2 in Sports ➔ Golf
22 Reasons Why Golf is Better Than Other Sports
1. Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.
2. Tiger hits a golf ball over twice as far as Barry Bonds hits a baseball.
3. Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
4. You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a tournament.
5. Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.
6. Golfers don't kick dirt on or throw bottles at other people.
7. Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well they play.
8. Golfers don't get per diem and/or receive two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.
9. Golfers don't hold out for more money or demand new contracts because of another player's deal.
10. Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.
11. When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them.
12. The PGA raises more money for charity in one year than the NFL does in two.
13. You can watch the best golfers in the world up close at any tournament, including the majors, all day, every day for $25 or $30. The cost for even a nosebleed seat at the Super Bowl costs around $300 or more, unless you buy it from scalpers, in which case it's $1,000+.
14. You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course, watch the best in the world and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try that at one of the taxpayer-funded baseball or football stadiums. If you bring a soft drink into a ballpark they'll give you two options get rid of it or leave.
15. In golf, you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (300 batting average) do.
16. Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
17. Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
18. Golf doesn't have free agency.
19. In their prime, Palmer, Norman, and other stars would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you. In his prime, Jose Canseco wore T-shirts that read, "Leave Me Alone."
20. At a golf tournament (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
21. Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.
22. And finally, here's a little slice of golf history that you might enjoy. Why do golf courses have 18 holes-not 20, or 10, or an even dozen? During a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, a senior member pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out.
2006-09-23 14:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by Golfgirl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Golf is a game where you can continually challenge yourself, and unlike some of the more physical, explosive or contact sports, where age and fitness play a major factor, you can continue playing golf well into retirement, and if you practice enough you can still compete at a high standard
2016-03-17 23:48:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's popular because unlike all other pro sports, nothing athletically separates a pro golfer from an amature. Basketball they are taller and faster, football bigger and stronger and so on. Plus, Tiger has taken golf, and transformed it from a "game" to a sport. Just look at the impact he has on tournament purses compared to 'Before Tiger'.
2006-09-21 14:43:21 · answer #3 · answered by Sean J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Golf is a vile vile game...it sucks you in and wraps its evil claws into you forcing you to practice and practice and want to play it more and more :) I think it is popular because there is a freedom to it, you can go out away from everything enjoy a nice walk and chase a little white ball all over god's creation...
2006-09-23 11:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by emt_dragon339 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not everyone is good at golf and many people try to be good but are unsuccessfulwhich makes the numbers of people playing go up.
2006-09-21 16:40:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to the driving range or the golf course and hit some golf balls and you will understand
2006-09-21 16:47:27 · answer #6 · answered by Doug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it became a status symbol in the 1930's. Also the popularity of exclusive clubs.
2006-09-21 14:38:51 · answer #7 · answered by phusionx130 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you compete with your self as well as others. It brings out the good qualities people are supposed to have. At one time it was a gentlemans game where everything was based on personal honesty.
2006-09-21 14:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you don't need a "team" to play it, You can always play alone and have the course as a challenge. One can practice alone at a driving range too. Plus its nice to stand there and knock the poop out of that little white ball.
2006-09-21 14:41:09 · answer #9 · answered by tennezrdr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honorable my *** for look at stupid tiger woods, the biggest idiot of all time in golf. the thinks he's the nfl, nba, mlb and pro hockey of golf.
2015-05-13 02:31:45 · answer #10 · answered by thomas moloian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋