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GOLF - A GENTLEMAN'S GAME AND A CIVILIZED SPECTATOR SPORT

The following is not intended to offend fans of tennis, basketball, football or baseball. It is, rather, an attempt to put everything in its proper perspective... However, if you are offended because of your favorite sport, please tell someone else.

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

15. Golf doesn't have free agency.

16. 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."

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

18. 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.

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

20. Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.

I was amused by that one! Of course you could argue that he doesnt really hit his driver any more consistently than Bonds hits a long ball!

You are right in general about golf, that is certainly one reason I enjoy it. But it is drifting just a little bit. Spectators are filtering in who are all for yelling out comments and making themselves heard, that certainly is not in the old image of golf. Look on the courses too, more and more people are playing and are totally ignorant of those around them, again not in the traditional image.

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Spectators are filtering in who are all for yelling out comments and making themselves heard, that certainly is not in the old image of golf. QUOTE]
Whoever started the whole "in the hole!!!" thing should be made an example of...I grind my teeth every time I hear it...I can just imagine how it must be for the players...

Couldn't agree more...

great post all true esp the autographs, golfers seem to remember the money they make comes from the fans willing to spend money to come see them and buy products.

I think personally that golf is the most time consuming sport or one of, the pros spend nearly everday playing all day, and then also to stand out is another story.

http://picturesonline.us/golf/
There is all of those with pictures also. I got in in an email. Pretty cool.

This is a wonderful game. You'll learn more about someone in an 18 hole match than you will in a year of working together.

haha this is awesome. good observations