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The following is from an email I received. Not sure of its origins, but I enjoyed it:
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Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don't even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV? The following may shed some light:

1. Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.

2. Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.

3. Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.

4. Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well they play.

5. Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.

6. Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because of another player's deal.

7. Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.

8. When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back them.

9. The PGA raises more money for charity in 1 year than the NFL does in 2.

10. You can watch the best golfers in the world up close, at any tournament, including the majors, all day every day for $25 or $30. The cost for even a nosebleed seat at the Super Bowl costs around $300 or more, unless you buy it from scalpers, in which case it's $1,000+.

11. You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course, watch the best in the world, and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try that at one of the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadiums. If you bring a soft drink into a ballpark, they'll give you two options-get rid of it or leave.

12. In golf, you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (300 batting average) do.

13. Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.

14. Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.

15. Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.

16. Golf doesn't have free agency.

17. In their prime, Palmer, Norman, and other stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you. In his prime, Jose Canseco wore T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone."

18. You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a tournament.

19. At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name-calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.

20. Tiger hits a golf ball over twice as far as Barry Bonds hits a baseball.

21. Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.

22. And Finally: Here's a little slice of golf history that you might enjoy:

Why do golf courses have 18 holes-not 20, or 10, or an even dozen? During a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, a senior member pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out.
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My favorite is #7!

Nice article. It pretty much sums up why I love the game.

QLink instead of bling. Buicks in the place of Escalades. A tiny hole rather than an upright the size of Rhode Island. No numbers, names or battle slogans. Bad plaid rather than pinstripes, pads or silk. We're a quirky lot!

Practice instead of steroids. The only sport where you can talk like a friend with your opponent and compete with him at the same time. The only sport you can play from age 7 to age 77. Good e-mail.

I've seen that before but seeing it again never hurts...I'm of the belief that ours is the purest game going.

Concerning #10........Try to get a ticket to one of golf's majors for $25-$30. I love the list but I can get into most any sporting arena for that amount.

Yeah, when I saw that I was thinking,"This item may need updating!".

23. There will never be a break in a golf season because the players go on strike because they don't think they make enough money and the owners think they make too much.

Oh yeah that the love of the sport right there.
Get ur Done!!!!!!!!!

Theres also no need to enforce a dress code for the Pro's.

it's no mistake that Golfs' integrity has held true for over 100 years? There was a time when the game was being manipulated..to make it more "Higher Class".. but no more. Men & Women who play Pro Golf hold those standards with utmost regards, not because the PGA has "policies", but because of what the game means to them,I'd bet. you have to REALLY love something in able to do it day in day out for YEARS, and still hold those values high every day/every time.

This is debatable. There have been players who have complained about having to wear pants, rather then being allowed to wear shorts on the PGA Tour, especially on some 95 degree day in Texas.