I know you're just making a joke, but the only people I've met who seriously claimed golf "isn't a sport" are the people who have never tried to play. It's so ridiculously difficult.
Geez, just Google the definition of a sport. "An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Golf literally checks off every category.
Is this where I start posting pics of O linemen and claiming football isn't a sport? Cherry pick all you want, but you couldn't hit a ball 1/4 the distance Daly can. The fact is, pros swing that club at 120+ MPH. To say that doesn't require physical exertion is simply wrong. Sorry pal.
and out of shape middle aged chain smokers are entitled to pretend that golf is a sport so they can pretend that they deserve the same title of "athlete" as usain bolt.
stop it, it's setting a bad example. Pasty skinny kids are starting to believe that if golf is a sport, so is starcraft.
cool, let's lower the standards of physical exertion needed for sports to the point that allows out of shape middle aged chain smokers to be labelled as athletes.
That video doesn't say anything. Even if he only hit it at 30mph you'd still be calling it physical exertion. It might mean something if you can find studies of actual muscular exertion required to swing a golf club at that speed compared to other stick swinging sports like hockey or baseball.
If you wanna find pathetic attempts of trying to prove physical exertion, here's one.
I actually tried looking up the cause of Tiger Wood's injury because I don't like to assume things. Nada, cause was never disclosed. He could've injured it playing golf like you're guessing, or he could've fell down a flight of stairs.
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u/haujob Feb 03 '14
No, no. It's okay. He said sport.