re: Should Golfers be called athletes?

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but i will also argue that poker players (due to bluffing and the endurance required) are also athletes

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I thought about this the other day and kind of agree. The ability to stay focused and keen for hours is a feat.

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yes

but i will also argue that poker players (due to bluffing and the endurance required) are also athletes

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So a business man negotiating a business deal does the same shite, does that make him an athlete too?

What about a lawyer? He bluffs for a living.

I guess fricking not.

surgeons are athletes

And truckers, they might be the best athletes of all.

Being an athlete is more about the mental focus and determination than it is the physical. In golf, as in many other sports, the better mentally focused and prepared mind has a huge advantage.

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Any "sport" that you can play well drunk, is not a sport.

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Babe Ruth played drunk a lot

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Being an athlete is more about the mental focus and determination than it is the physical. In golf, as in many other sports, the better mentally focused and prepared mind has a huge advantage.

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True. But golf is clearly a refined physical skill as well. I'm not a golf fan, but it always makes me lol when someone tries to say it isn't a sport (not saying you are). It's the very definition of sport.

And as far as racecar drivers, you bet you're arse they're athletes.

This isn't a debate. Golfers are most certainly athletes. Now golf is more of skill based sport than it is an athletic sport, but it still requires athleticism. Same with bowling. And just because john daly was a fat slob, doesn't mean golfers aren't athletes. In fact, him being able to play as long as he did at the level he did despite his physical condition just shows you how great of an athlete he was.