Why dont most americans like golf????

Question

i love golf and go every other weekend just about. but every person i meet says golf sucks, why, golf is awsome

Answer 1

golf is borning 2 me sorry!

Answer 2

They haven't been bitten by the golf bug that's why.  I think golf is great too.  It is like meditation when you're out there playing.

Perhaps golf is not as popular as it can be is because of the requirements to play golf, 4-5 hours on a weekend is a lot of time to spend when you have family.  Wives do not appreciate that the husband is gone for a quarter of the weekend, when he can be helping her around the house or with the kids, or take her shopping.

Another reason is that it's difficult to get good at golf, so many people get frustrated.

Answer 3

Golf is one of the most popular sports in the country, and is probably the single most popular individual sport.

From your post I would guess you are still relatively young and in school. A lot of kids don't find golf that interesting because it takes a lot of time to learn to play well, and it's not exactly as fast paced as their rec league soccer or football teams. I would venture a guess that a large portion of the people telling you that "golf sucks" right now will like the game by the time they are 25.

Answer 4

There are two reasons why people might say that golf sucks.

1. They've never played.

2. They suck at golf.

Answer 5

Your assertion is false. TV ratings indicate that a great many people follow golf and Tiger Woods career.

Answer 6

Golf is far more popular than you think.  

Go to any driving range, on just about any day, at any time, and it will be full.

And just try to book a tee-time at a good course.

And enough people view the PGA TOUR every week to merit either NBC or CBS to televise nearly every tournament in a prime viewing time...12 noon Pacific.

Answer 7

First, I am an avid golfer. I play to a 6.4 handicap. Even for good golfers, the game can get frustrating. If you are a terrible golfer, to spend 4-6 hours on a golf course being frustrated just is not fun. They do not have the Patience to stick with it and get better. It requires a lot of time and dedication to be a good golfer, it is not easy. People do not like to do things that are not easy.

Don't be discouraged by the fact that so many people think golf sucks, go to your local club and you will find plenty of new friends who think golf is great. Besides, if all those other people thought golf was great, you would be paying over $200 a round at your local muni course and it would take 8-9 hours to play around!! That would really SUCK

Answer 8

Since year 2000, the number of people who are playing has grown fast!  Have you ever been to a PGA Tour tournament?  Have you seen it on TV? Just look how many people in the gallery now.   In the 1990s. the gallery was not that big like these days.

BTW, those people who say golf sucks, they obviously do not play golf or do not have the resources to buy the clubs.

Answer 9

Who says that most Americans do not like golf? According to the National Golf Foundation there are 17 Million of us nuts out there sweating, freezing,sore, elated, frustrated and down right  wet during downpours. We won't quit unless there is lightening in the area, or the deluge makes the course unplayable. So those that knock it usually do not have a talent for the sport. They may be not good at it so they dislike the game. Sour Grapes to all those who think the game sucks!!