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Should Golfers be called athletes?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:22 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:22 am
My friend group has had a running argument for years trying to define what sports contain athletes. The term athlete is used to describe golfers, race car drivers, baseball pitchers, bowlers, etc. Where do you draw the line?
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:23 am to AudubonEagle
athlete
noun ath·lete \'ath-?let, ÷'a-th?-?let\
: a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength
noun ath·lete \'ath-?let, ÷'a-th?-?let\
: a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:25 am to AudubonEagle
NO
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:25 am to AudubonEagle
quote:
Should Golfers be called athletes?
Yes.
But golf isn't a sport.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:26 am to AudubonEagle
I think I draw the line at bowler.
Golf you have to be very flexible and have exceptionally coordination to execute the various shots.
Same for pitchers.
Get in a race car and drive wide open throttle for 2 hours and tell me they aren't athletes.
Golf you have to be very flexible and have exceptionally coordination to execute the various shots.
Same for pitchers.
Get in a race car and drive wide open throttle for 2 hours and tell me they aren't athletes.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:26 am to AudubonEagle
If you don't think a golf swing or a baseball pitch is an athletic move you cant be helped.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:26 am to AudubonEagle
I'm a golfer. I really don't give a shite what you call me when I'm playing golf. I'm enjoying myself while your sitting around bitching about something that has zero relevance.
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 8:28 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:27 am to AudubonEagle
If golfers are athletes, so are bowlers.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:27 am to LSUBoo
I know you're joking, but let's just get everything on the table.
sport
noun
: a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other
sport
noun
: a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:27 am to AudubonEagle
Hell yeah
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:27 am to AudubonEagle
Tiger woods, in his prime, could bench 400lbs. 
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:28 am to The Third Leg
I don't think you can discount bowlers, curlers et al.
The definition for athlete is very broad.
The definition for athlete is very broad.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:29 am to The Third Leg
Any "sport" that you can play well drunk, is not a sport.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:31 am to AudubonEagle
Golf doesn't necessarily require "athleticism" as much as it does an extreme amount of physical skill. You don't have to be fast, quick on your feet, etc, but you have to have an incredible level of body control and eye-hand coordination (to play golf well...anybody can "play"). There are so many different shots and conditions/lie combinations that it becomes absurd. Outside of hitting a 90mph fastball, hitting a proper golf shot is probably one of the more difficult things to do in sports.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:32 am to AudubonEagle
Golfers can be athletic but not all of them are athletes.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:32 am to LSUengineer12
quote:
Tiger woods, in his prime, could bench 400lbs
bullshite.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:33 am to AudubonEagle
yes
but i will also argue that poker players (due to bluffing and the endurance required) are also athletes
but i will also argue that poker players (due to bluffing and the endurance required) are also athletes
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:34 am to AudubonEagle
quote:I think that if you look at some of those guys, they "look" athletic. Look at Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Zach Johnson, Camilo Vallegas...those guys are in incredible shape.
Should Golfers be called athletes?
Then, there are the John Daly's and Miguel Angel Jimenez's of the world of golf that are...well...fat dads. Are they athletes? I don't know.
Are bowlers athletes? Hell no. Are race car drivers athletes? Some definitely are, like Carl Edwards.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:35 am to Restomod
quote:yea, golfers don't play better drunk
Any "sport" that you can play well drunk, is not a sport.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:35 am to LSUengineer12
quote:
Tiger woods, in his prime, could bench 400lbs
Yea, that's just not true.
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