GOLF - A GENTLEMAN'S GAME AND A CIVILIZED SPECTATOR SPORT
The following is not intended to offend fans of tennis, basketball,
football or baseball. It is, rather, an attempt to put everything in its proper
perspective... However, if you are offended because of your favorite
sport, please tell someone else.
Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don't
even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV?
The following may shed some light:
1. Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players
being honorable people who don't need referees.
2. Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.
3. Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.
4. Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well they
play.
5. Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they
travel between tournaments.
6. Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because
of another player's deal.
7. Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the
courses on which they play.
8. When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back
them.
9. The PGA raises more money for charity in 1 year than the NFL does in 2.
10. You can watch the best golfers in the world up close, at any
tournament, including the majors, all day every day for $25 or $30. The cost for even
a nosebleed seat at the Super Bowl costs around $300 or more, unless you buy it from scalpers, in which case it's $1,000+.
11. You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course, watch the
best in the world, and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try
that at one of the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadiums. If you bring
a soft drink into a ballpark, they'll give you two options-get rid of it or
leave.
12. In golf, you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (300 batting average) do.
13. Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
14. Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
15 Golf doesn't have free agency.
16. In their prime, Palmer, Norman, and other stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you. In his prime, Jose Canseco wore T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone"
17 You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a tournament.
18. At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and
arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty
name-calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
19. Tiger hits a golf ball over twice as far as Barry Bonds hits a baseball.
20. Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.
21. And Finally: Here's a little slice of golf history that you might
enjoy:
Why do golf courses have 18 holes-not 20, or 10, or an even dozen? During
a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, a
senior member pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a
fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole,
the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out.
(this is an email I got today... Knight)
football or baseball. It is, rather, an attempt to put everything in its proper
perspective... However, if you are offended because of your favorite
sport, please tell someone else.
Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don't
even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV?
The following may shed some light:
1. Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players
being honorable people who don't need referees.
2. Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.
3. Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.
4. Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well they
play.
5. Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they
travel between tournaments.
6. Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because
of another player's deal.
7. Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the
courses on which they play.
8. When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back
them.
9. The PGA raises more money for charity in 1 year than the NFL does in 2.
10. You can watch the best golfers in the world up close, at any
tournament, including the majors, all day every day for $25 or $30. The cost for even
a nosebleed seat at the Super Bowl costs around $300 or more, unless you buy it from scalpers, in which case it's $1,000+.
11. You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course, watch the
best in the world, and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try
that at one of the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadiums. If you bring
a soft drink into a ballpark, they'll give you two options-get rid of it or
leave.
12. In golf, you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (300 batting average) do.
13. Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
14. Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
15 Golf doesn't have free agency.
16. In their prime, Palmer, Norman, and other stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you. In his prime, Jose Canseco wore T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone"
17 You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a tournament.
18. At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and
arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty
name-calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
19. Tiger hits a golf ball over twice as far as Barry Bonds hits a baseball.
20. Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.
21. And Finally: Here's a little slice of golf history that you might
enjoy:
Why do golf courses have 18 holes-not 20, or 10, or an even dozen? During
a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, a
senior member pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a
fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole,
the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out.
(this is an email I got today... Knight)
posted by Knight at 6:24 AM
12 Comments:
I've just started playing golf. My point in wanting to learn to play is to kick hubby's butt! LOL
I had a physics teacher ask, "Why in golf you have a little white ball that sits on the ground while you hit it and everyone has to be perfectly quiet but in baseball you have a ball coming at your head over 80 miles an hour and it is perfectly ok that people scream? I'd rather be consentrating on the ball coming at my head."
Jenn: Do you know what g-o-l-f is an acronym for????
Ok haven't heard this one, so what? Game for Old Lonely Farts?
Gentlemen only ladies forbidden
Ladies forbidden, eh? That's not very nice! lol
OK, can we just make on change? #14, please!
Morning, Knight!
I like my version better.
Green Eyes: If some of the LPGA players wanted to golf shirtless, I wouldn't mind.
Blue: wait till you try it. Also, very good for getting to go to golf outings as marketing for work. If you don't play, you will be made to stay at the office, working, while the golfers in the firm are out playing and drinking.
PK: That reminds me of a joke... a man wakes his wife up on the weekend early and says... sex time or tee time??? Wife replies... wear a sweater...
I had never thought of it like that, it is very true.
When I worked outside of the home. I had the honor of meeting Tom Watson. A very nice man. He and his family and several friends would come out to eat about once a week.
I rather enjoy those four-letter word name-calling sessions.
Or, maybe I'm thinking of something else...
I really want to learn to play golf
It almost sounds sexy the way Knight described it, huh Kristen?
love the origin of the 18 holes. i'll have to remember that.
:)
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