Is Golf considered a sport??

Question

And if so, why in the world is it??

There's nothing about it that says athletic, or sport.

It's about as much a sport to me as Polo or

Nascar racing.

I mean, in Nascar, the only thing really doing something

athletic is the blooming car, and in Polo, the

only thing doing something athletic is the

blooming horse.

I guess you could say with Golf, only the ball is

doing something athletic ,since it flies

through the air ,and has to do all that

rolling to the cup!!!

Hahahahahaha!!

Answer 1

idk

Answer 2

Golf:  Swinging a club to hit a ball.

Baseball:  Swinging a bat to hit a ball.

Golf is not a sport?  Its a sport.  next question.

Yes, mini golf is a sport.  So is badminton and kickball.  What's your point?  Some sports are more low brow than others.  As with everything in society there are degrees of notoriety and respect.

"My style is impetuous.  I want to eat your children"

Answer 3

. How the h**l do you think that a golf club does all of the work in a swing! Why don't you try to drive the ball 330 yards with absolute precision while being watched on national TV. I bet that you couldn't even hit 100. GO SUCK YOUR MOM'S C*CK.

Answer 4

for *******

Answer 5

yes, it is a sport

Answer 6

golf is a sport

Answer 7

wow ur dumb. golf is one of, if not the hardest sport to play. u have to be strong. (to drive) u have to practice all the time and  u have to have amazing skill and and u have to be really smart to figure out how to hit the ball

Answer 8

sport: 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.

Golf is athletic, sure, you don't need to condition, but strength comes into play for longer tee shots and flexibility plays a big role. Look at Tiger, he had to have knee surgery because of how violent his knee turn.

Golf is highly competitive, takes a tremendous amount of skill and strategy. Just because you don't have to run around or hit anybody means that it isn't a sport.

Also, no, the club doesn't always do all the work. Hit it in some thick rough and you'll realize that having extra strength can be huge.

Your problem is that you don't think it is a sport so you refuse to believe it is one, because you think "Athletic" means running around. Believe me, I have very, very athletic friends who have never played golf and who put up decent scores their first time. I hgave other friends who are not athletic who get lucky if they hit the ball more then 30 yards.

Answer 9

psh no well maybe....idk

Answer 10

Anything that is competitive can be considered a sport.  Especially if I get to watch men in tight pants playing it.  So there!

Answer 11

WRONG  It rather likely that you cannot or never have played the game. Sport is competition, unlike TV rassling where everything is choreographed in advance, much like a tv show or movie.

Answer 12

I agree that golf is not a "sport." Unfortunately society treats it as a sport, but in reality, It just exists in the world of athletics, but is not a sport. This column sums up what sports really are:

The other day, a few buddies of mine were laughing hysterically and called me in. When I walked in, ESPN was on and I could immediately tell why they were laughing. It was the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference women's bowling tournament finals. ESPN was actually covering MEAC women's bowling. I thought I had seen it all when Cael Sanderson finished his collegiate wrestling career at 159-0 with four NCAA titles, but I was wrong.

After a few minutes of horrible commentary, I was ready to let Mike Tyson at my ears. But then a friend of mine asked when ESPN was going to put the real sports on and I stopped for a second.

"That's a good question. What is a real sport?"

It got me thinking about what exactly a sport is. Being the problem solver that I am, I have come up with a way to decide which sports really are sports.

I came to the conclusion that the majority of what we call sports are not actually sports, but athletic activities.

"Hey moron, athletics and sports are the same thing!"

I'm sorry, but it's not that cut-and-dry.

All physical activity is part of the athletic world, and sports are just one facet of athletics. Still with me here? If something is a sport, it is an athletic activity, but that does not mean all athletic activities are necessarily sports.

With that out of the way, I can now list the conditions for an activity to be classified as a sport.

First, the activity must be both competitive and physical, requiring use of the body. Though you must use your hands to push chips and your legs for an occasional trip to the bathroom, poker is not a sport because you're working your mind, not your body. If an activity fails to meet this criterion, it is not even athletic, so enough with the "newsport- recognition" nonsense. At this point, all so-called sports that don't involve true physical activity or a competitive aspect, such as video game playing, Rubik's cube solving, basket weaving, etc. are off the list.

Second, a sport must be something that you can compete head-to-head in. Cheerleading competitions: Are they physical? Most definitely. Are they competitive? They sure are. But do the cheerleaders compete against one another or do they compete against themselves to get a better score than the other teams?

Competing head-to-head against an opponent is what makes sports different from regular athletics. If you can practice your shot or routine over and over until no one can beat you, the only thing stopping you from winning is messing up. I'm sorry, but if you can perfect whatever it is you do in practice and your opponent can do nothing to stop you, then we're not talking about sports.

Sports are the most aggressive, intense, physically challenging, skillful activities in the world. Seeing the other team or an individual opponent step it up in the last two minutes is supposed to make you want to step up, too. Head-to-head competition allows both teams or individuals to recognize what they must do to win. This step removes activities such as golf, ice skating, diving, bowling, skateboarding and other "extreme sports" for which judges give out scores.

Finally, a sport requires two phases of competition: offensive and defensive.

This requirement does not seem to be a fan favorite, but that's most likely just because it prevents many popular athletic activities from being classified as sports. One example: races. Races are close to being a sport, but they're a little bit different. Most of the time, races have the same aggressive competitiveness that sports have and require the same intense training that sports do, but races are one-dimensional.

All you have to do in order to win a race is to have an offensive mindset and a time that is lower than your opponent's. Sure, you must know how to pace yourself, but in the end, all you have to do is have a lower time than your opponent does.

In sports, you should be able to win by scoring more points than your opponent or by preventing your opponent from scoring more points than you. In races, tackling your opponents is not allowed and neither is preventing them from progressing. Where's the defensive aspect?

By my definition of sports, it's perfectly fine to win a defensive struggle 1-0 or an offensive explosion 49-48. When have you ever seen someone above the high school level win the 100m with a time of more than 14 seconds? It just won't happen, because no two sprinters will try to trick each other by going really slowly as a defensive strategy, just to sprint at some random moment. It's a fact that races are all offensive. Races, which include hurdles, swimming and running, among others, are not sports. Just for the record, NASCAR was gone after step one.

So what's left? Any physical and competitive activity that includes head-to-head competition and has an offense and a defense. You know, things such as basketball, baseball, boxing, cricket, fencing, football, rugby, soccer, tennis, wrestling, etc.

You know ... the real sports.