Top 10 Reasons Why Golf is Not a Sport
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1. There's no uniform except for expensive shoes, polo shirts, and slacks. Can't be a sport with that getup. A sports uniform must have tight fitting spandex pants or have you half-naked. Either way, no room for polo shirts.... sun visors, likewise, are forbidden!
2. Doctor's play it on the weekends.
3. In no other sport is having another man carry your luggage an integral part. Oh, in that same thought...
4. No other sport requires luggage.
5. Golf is a "sport" that athletes from other sports START playing after they retire from their OTHER sport.
6. John Daly (see picture at the top)
7. People go on vacation to play golf. No one goes on vacation to play football.
8. Baseball requires you to routinely hit a 95mph fastball with coordination and accuracy, then drop the bat and sprint 90-360 feet at top speed without being gunned down in the process.... Golf requires you to hit a tiny stationary ball, casually stroll after it, being careful not to get grass stains on your white chinos... then hit it again.
9. No, seriously JOHN DALY!
10. The Rose Center for Health and Sports Sciences in Denver attempted to argue that golf is indeed a sport because of the level of energy expended and the amount of calories burned (721 per round). Considering that an average golf round is 4 1/2 hours (according to Golf Digest) that translates to 160 calories an hour. By comparison they also found that an hour of billiards burns 216 calories, an hour of fishing 302, and a "relaxed canoe trip" 345. An hour of curling? Also 345. When your comparison falls short because more energy is expended during a "relaxed canoe trip" you FAIL. The only argument made here is that 18 holes of golf is "okay exercise." By the way, I burned almost half that amount of calories (350) by walking at a relaxed pace on a treadmill for 30 minutes today. Trust me- treadmill walking is most definitely not a sport.