Golf is Definitely Not a Sport: Fact
Can you really call dressing up for a nice occasion with fancy glasses, polo Ralph Lauren shirt, and beige or even white dress pants acceptable attire for competing in a sporting event?
I think not lads.
With growing numbers of people playing the leisure game, whether or not golf is a sport has increasingly become a point of contention in the sporting world.
Golf is definitely not a sport. Even some sports experts agree that golf lacks the athletic rigor needed for it to be a real sport. How could a sport be something you can do while drinking and smoking? Some people argue that golf is a sport because you compete, keep score, and declare a winner. However, you would do the same while playing board games and chess.
There are the people who think it’s a sport because golf requires coordinated muscle use. However, that doesn’t qualify it as a sport because writing also uses coordinated muscle use, and no one would consider writing to be a sport. Others argue that golf is a sport because it was featured at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. However, there are few who even paid attention to this event. It hardly garnered the same international coverage as those more well-established and recognized events. In fact, up until Rio, it hadn’t even been featured at this level since 1904.
According to Google, a sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” Even the definition of sport does not describe golf because there is nothing physically exerting about the game, nor is it entertaining to watch.
Hunter Hall • Mar 31, 2021 at 1:47 PM
To whom it may concern,
I am a student in 8th grade and I have been researching the fact of golf being a sport. My goal is to share my views, and what I believe. Hopefully, I can convince you that golf is a sport.
According to Google, a sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” In a professional round of golf, a golfer is playing in a tournament with a purse of up to $60 million dollars. Some tournaments even have over 5 million viewers. During a round of golf, the golfer burns over 1,200 calories. And put into consideration that a professional tournament is 4 days long, so the golfer is burning almost 5,000 calories after walking over 4 miles per day. That isn’t even talking about the extreme skill that it takes to be a pro-golfer. Golfers train their whole lives to get to a competitive level where it is even harder to succeed. So let’s just compare real quick, I think that we all can agree that baseball is a sport, Right? Well according to SportsCasting, in a baseball game you burn an average of 1,050 calories, compared to golf you burn an average of 1,240 calories. During the final round of the 2019 Masters almost 11 million people were watching, which is just a million less than the world series. So can’t you say golf meets the physical and entertainment requirements of being a sport?
As a golfer myself, I know that golf is a sport. I have years of experience and know a thing or two about it.
I understand that you, and including some others believe that golf is not a sport. I recognize how you can believe this, and hopefully, my facts can change your mind. Thank you for your time, and I hope you reply.
Sincerely,
Hunter Hall