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Golf is not a sport. It’s much more than that. No other sport can be as addictive as gambling.
Running was close, since I just didn’t feel “right” if I didn’t get my run in.
But:
No other sport can make me dread going to work on a sunny day.
No other sport forces me to resist calling in sick.
No other sport can get you to lie to get off early.
No other sport teases you with the anticipation of what may happen.
Ah….gotta love it.
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I thought, when I saw you had the last post, that you were responding to a troll who had decided to come over here.... Well, other than a weather troll, I guess this one doesn't count.

Good list...I agree wholeheartedly.

OOOOoooooohhhhhhhhh....Not the best thread title, but I'm sure there's worse. Now I agree with the "more than a sport", part, but for different reasons. It's the things that you learn from golf that I appreciate.

The fact that you have to deal with wayward shots. Responsibility. Don't blame the club - nothing has changed about the club, only the swing, so it's my fault.

Somethings are just out of my control. Weather conditions, landing in a fairway divot, etc... Adapt to the situation.

Focus. The only shot that matters is this one.

Of course there's a lot more (honesty, integrity, self-control), which are reasons why I want my kids to pick up the game. I could care less if they're good or not, but the qualities you can use in everyday life are what makes it more than a sport to me.

I always cringe when people say it isn't a sport. I always tell them try walking 4 days straight (plus practice rounds), usually in hot weather, 18 holes per day and tell me it is not a sport.

At first I thought your ESPN dark side was coming out (not this old warhorse again). You nailed Grneyedblack.

<just knew that title would make people cringe as they clicked it.>

I read a quote in an old book with golf stories, where someone says to a friend, "Why do you play this ridicoulous sport?" The gentleman coldly replies "Golf is not a sport. It is a Study." I think this is so true.

Nice quote. What was the book?

The Book is called the Little Treasury Of Golf and it's edited by J.P. Resnick. I got it at a garage sale for 10cents!!! It's 400 pages of great golf stories and tidbits of advice by everyone from Harvey Penick, Harry Vardon, Sam Snead to Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino. It's an awesome book and i reccomend you pick it up if you can find it (i suspect many of the stories are no longer in print, which makes it extra cool)