Please tell me Im not the only golf geek tuning in to the Masters tonight :)

Yup...you must be. Golf is one of the most boring sports IMO... even worse that cricket

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Yeah I guess thats why its the first or second most popular sport in the world (I think I read somewhere it is the most popular).

Don't you get at the game of cricket. Great sport .

How about our (new zealand) one hit wonder - Craig Perks! 9 over last time I heard!

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You actually consider golf a sport? A game I'll agree to, but a sport is really stretching it. The greater portion of time is spent walking to the golf ball. Sports require repeatitive physical endurance. I've never seen anyone break a sweat in golf.

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It was in the pub and a few old folks were watching it until I cranked up the volume on the jukebox! ;-)

- wil

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The greater portion of time is spent walking to the golf ball. Sports require repeatitive physical endurance. I've never seen anyone break a sweat in golf.
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You've obviously never played.

You'll find that carrying quite a heavy golf bag about 4 miles up steep hills to be quite good excercise

An even better excerice is putting your clubs on the back of the golf buggy and driving up that steep hill with a beer in your hand. :-)

- wil

I don't think the "excercise" counts since that's in between playing the game. If you can find me somebody that breaks a sweat during the half second it takes to swing the club I'll gradly admit golf is a sport.

I see somebody knows how to play properly :-) You'll need a designated driver by hole 15 though.

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Yup. But usually by then you're so bored of the sport you either a) fall asleep, b) lie down for some sun tan c) clock up even more beers in the bar.

- wil

>>I see somebody knows how to play properly :-) <<

Well make your mind up, you are criticizing golf because you say you don't break a sweat and then you say the best way to play is by using a golf cart.....

Hey, that 'new post problem' appeared just now in this forum, and this thread.

- wil

Ya see, I knew it wasn't just me :) ...

sigh... my official opinion on gofl is it bores the hell out of me because it's so slow and there's no action other than the occasional spectator getting hit. If I were to play golf, I'd be sucking down a Bud after every hole and pissing on the flag at 18 to declare victory.

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Well, at least it was logical. Two posts were posted at exactly the same time, so main forum view showed 1 new post, but was directing the one I had jsut read and therefore not new. It didn't flag up the other new one until I was actually inside the forum.

- wil

ROFL!

- wil

There's a fit bar maid at our local golf club, though.

- wil

Ah dear....well you go and play on your little game cube then or whatever it is ....that will probably make you really fit and healthy.

Did I say playing video games was a sport? :-) I work 14 hour shifts so I'm entitled to sit on my ass when I get home. It takes some pretty decent physical endurance to work nearly a double shift and be on your feet the whole time. And my hands are pretty strong, btw.

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hands are pretty strong .... hmmm interesting sport there mate

Golf is pretty cool though, you can take pot shots at the house neighboring the fairway and giggle innocently and claim it was just a bad hook or slice

And there's noting like driving from from the tee with a full blown swing ...

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>>hands are pretty strong .... hmmm interesting sport there mate <<

....strong left wrist I bet

I'm right handed..... regardless, Rosie and I have never met

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Golf isn't the most popular sport, Soccer is by a very very very large margin Cricket is one of my favourite sports to watch and play, don't knock it

Golf is a game, it's not a sport. I used to play golf, so don't give me any crap about not knowing the game. If you can hit the ball 4 miles and have to walk to it then I will admit that its a sport. If you hit it about 350 yards then it's a game

Proper sports: Basketball, Tennis, Football, Boxing etc.

Lame sports/games: Golf, Chess, Bird Watching.
Cheers,
Michael Bray

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Golf isn't the most popular sport, Soccer is by a very very very large margin
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Soccer isn't played extensively in every country, specifically the US whereas golf is played worldwide and is very popular in the US.

Soccer and golf are the 2 most popular sports in the world.

>>Golf is a game, it's not a sport.<<

Thats just a niave remark, the same as when everyone said curling wasn't an olympic sport but myteriously they all changed their tune after watching it on tv.


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Proper sports: Basketball, Tennis, Football, Boxing etc.

Lame sports/games: Golf, Chess, Bird Watching.
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The only people that call certain sports lame are those who can't play them and are resentful at others who can, otherwise there would be no reason to hate the sport if you were good at it

Im not childish enough to label the sports Im crap at as "lame"...but if I were I'd say cricket is the lamest. Its a bunch of boring old farts standing about on a field....and you say golf isn't a sport?.....hmm its more of a sport than "cricket"

..."good shot old chap!!"

....and yes my dad plays cricket and yes he's a boring old fart.

I'm actually like playing golf, and I am pretty good at it. I'm just saying that its not really much of a sport, its more of a game. Cricket involves hitting a ball and bowling as well. When you are fielding its not really a sport, but everyone gets to bat eventually unless you declare or run out of overs.

Soccer would easily be 50 times more popular then golf in terms of both people that play it, and people that watch it. I don't like the way this sounds, but golf is pretty much a Yuppie game. Most people can't afford to play golf.

Basketball would be more largely played and watched then golf as well. Golf is not a very popular game.
Cheers,
Michael Bray

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Soccer would easily be 50 times more popular then golf in terms of both people that play it, and people that watch it.
Golf is not a very popular game.
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Nooo that is so wrong. Golf is unbelievably popular, otherwise they wouldn't put the Masters on friday night prime-time BBC tv....or are you referring to Australia...I can imagine its not popular there.

My mum works for the English Sports Council and she just told me that fishing is the most popular "sport" in the UK, it kicks football and golfs ass.

Fishing is number 5 down here behind cricket, rugby league, rugby union and aussie rules football. Womans golf down here rates higher then mens golf.
Cheers,
Michael Bray

womens golf will no doubt always rate higher .... just like womens tennis

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There isn't any really good chicks playing golf. Its just that we have a good female player in Karrie Web, and our male players aren't doing well at all.

Anna Kournikova is always going to rate higher then Pete Sampras. All the female golfers have big asses though, not very impressive to watch.
Cheers,
Michael Bray

Have you heard of Joanne Morley?....plays on the tour with karrie web and annika sorenstam .....well she's a member at sale golf club which is 2 mins from here ....and across the street (literally) from where i play.

Golf is popular in Western countries who have money. Basically. It is seen as a "sport" (use the term very very loosely) that the rich like to play - often seen as a status symbol - like Bill Clinton stepping out for a game of golf etc. etc.

Yuck.

- wil

yep can be very expensive to play but not just western.

Korea seems to be famous for golfing. Cheju Island I believe ( I could be wrong though).
Japan, has courses every where it seems and golf centers every few k's in the cities.

Has any body seen a 3 story golfing range?
Pretty cool to swat balls off a 3 floor.

Some places the ball pops up from the floor.

hmmmm prices. I remember paying $5 on naval bases in California. $40 for a beach side course in Santa Barbara next to my college. Never did get up to Pismo or over to Palm Springs. Hehe, maybe cause I never did own a pair of golf shoes.

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