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Why? Any idiot, even you, can jump off a springboard and fling himself over the horse.
I'm known for asinine logic? So you're saying I have a reputation here?
When you compare swinging a golf club to gymnastics, that's pretty asinine
Why? Any idiot, even you, can jump off a springboard and fling himself over the horse.
...what the are you talking about?! I really don't know if you're being sarcastic or not
Of course! ANYONE can do flips off of a springboard. , I've been doing that since I was 5. Now swinging a golf club on the other hand; THAT requires athleticism
I didn't say anyone could do it well; just that anyone could do it.
Archery arguably demands less of a person physically then golf.
If that's an Olympic sport, I don't see why golf shouldn't be.
golf has been a very popular sport for most of the last 100 years. arnold palmer was far more popular than jack ever was. tiger brought it back to the masses.I would say so.
Granted there are levels of skill in everything. For example, some people are professional photographers while others do it as a hobby.
Are all the people who play basketball athletes? I don't know. Is a group of kids playing a pick up game of basketball a group of athletes? Maybe not.
But basketball is played as a sport by professionals and so is golf.
To me it is important to recognize those good enough to make a living playing golf as athletes because their talent exceeds the norm.
Tiger Woods is an athlete. So is Jack Nicholas ( He was also my dad's fave).
An interesting question is: Did golf make Tiger and Jack athletes or did Tiger and Jack make golf a sport?
I don't have a problem with it but I'm a good sport.
You don't have to run, jump, or swim in every single activity you do to have it be called a sport. Infact people call card games such as poker and board games such as chess sports, which would annoy me more than something like golf which actually takes into account both mental and physical ability.
At a recent birthday party I offended one of my relatives by saying that golf is not a sport. Here is my reasoning.
1. How quickly can you get from one point to another? Doesn't matter if you are on foot, in a boat, on a bike, or a horse...that's a race.
2. You perform a skill that generates a score. While you are performing that skill your opponent is waiting for their turn. Your opponent performs that skill while you wait and they get a score. Best score wins. Horseshoes, diving, gymnastics, archery are compe ions.
3. When your opponent is on the same playing surface as you and they are actively trying to prevent you/your team for scoring...that's a sport. Rugby, basketball, tennis, football are all sports.
Being in the olympics or being difficult doesn't make something a sport. It's the nature of the activity itself that determines it for me.
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