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re: Should Golfers be called athletes?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:20 am to lsu480
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:20 am to lsu480
quote:
If there isn't a defense it's not a sport
Defense:
Water Hazards
Sand Traps
Pin Placements
Players ahead of you, since the best defense is a good offense
Long Rough
Trees
Out of Bounds
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:20 am to Placebeaux
quote:
And as far as racecar drivers, you bet you're arse they're athletes.
I'm not sure the act of driving a race car is athletic. I'd say it is not. I don't think whatever endurance component exists is really a determining factor in separating the good from the best.
The act of swinging a golf club is absolutely athletic.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:20 am to AudubonEagle
Go walk 18 holes(or more) with a full golf bag on your back when it's 90+ degrees outside and 100% humidity and tell me golfers are not athletes.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:20 am to AudubonEagle
Should engineers be called professionals rather than glorified operators?
The answer is no.
The answer is no.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:21 am to lsu480
So what about pool players? Foosball players? Shuffle board? Darts?
All require playing defense. Are those guys athletes?
All require playing defense. Are those guys athletes?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:22 am to Darth_Vader
quote:
Go walk 18 holes(or more) with a full golf bag on your back when it's 90+ degrees outside and 100% humidity and tell me golfers are not athletes.
brick masons?
asbestos removers?
where the hell is this thing going?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:22 am to lsu480
quote:
If there isn't a defense it's not a sport
So the NBA regular season, the Saints opponent, and PAC-12 football aren't sports???
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:23 am to Schmelly
quote:
lol, no it's not. It makes a good athlete great. But you can have all the mental focus you want, if you don't have the physical gifts, you aren't gonna be very good
Jason Dufner disagrees with you.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:23 am to Darth_Vader
Nurse hikes across Scottsdale carrying a fanny pack, is she an athlete?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:23 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:huh? Howd you deduce that?
So only if you get paid for it you can call yourself an athlete? Is that where you draw the line?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:23 am to undrafted
quote:
So the NBA regular season, the Saints opponent, and PAC-12 football aren't sports???
Seems accurate.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:26 am to Scruffy
quote:Sounds like scruffy wants to fight.
Should engineers be called professionals rather than glorified operators?
The answer is no.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:27 am to LSUBoo
quote:In golf you can argue that the players don't necessarily play each other directly, they play the course. But their scores are what determine the winner. It's like golf falls in a gray area. It's sort of like NASCAR...the drivers are driving the track, but it seems like they are more directly interacting with each other and that affects their performance.
sport
noun
1. an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
To me, if I'm being a technical megadouche, golf is an obstacle course competition. Not a sport.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:27 am to OneMoreTime
quote:
Sounds like scruffy wants to fight.
the stethoscope is coming off
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:28 am to LSUBoo
Yall are confused. Just cause your clumsy arse plays a sport, doesn't mean you're an "athlete" in the way yall are thinking. It means you're doing something athletic. But Hell, everybody is an athlete at some level.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:29 am to The Sad Banana
quote:
To me, if I'm being a technical megadouche, golf is an obstacle course competition. Not a sport.
That was perfect. I have no rebuttal.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:29 am to OneMoreTime
Go to Nola Motorsports and do the league kart racing and comeback and talk to me how racers are not athletes.
Not directed at you OneMoreTime
Not directed at you OneMoreTime
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:29 am to 777Tiger
quote:Makes one hell of a weapon.
the stethoscope is coming off
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:30 am to The Sad Banana
The golf swing is an athletic movement. Golfers are athletes. Whether golf is a sport or not is a different subject. And I think it's silly to argue that it's not
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:31 am to The Sad Banana
Gymnasts don't directly compete against each other, they compete against the obstacles. Not a sport?
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