So there is something stupid on my mind. It's late and I can't sleep, so I decided that I would write this shit down. Why is golf considered a sport?
For some reason this very stupid and VERY unimportant question plagues me and I do not know why. I just don't see how golf can be a sport. You are not competing against anyone. Ok...let me rephrase that. You are not physically competing against anyone. By this I mean that you can not physically affect someones shot. In baseball you can pitch high and inside or low and outside. If they hit it you can either catch the ball or throw them out. That is physically competing against someone. In basketball, you can guard someone and block their shot, rebound, play defense, or even foul them. Soccer, football, and tennis are the same way, something you do can either adversely or favorably effect the other player or players.
In golf, this is not so. Ok, yes. You are technically competing against someone. If you have a lower score than you win. Yay. You are more than likely drunk and really don't care. Now don't get me wrong, I love to drink and this would be the only reason I would actually go golfing, but as far as I know, this is the only "sport" that someone is basically encourage to get hammered while doing. Most people don't drink while they are playing 'ball with the boys.
Another thing that bugs me about golf...you don't say you are going basketballing or soccering, so why do we say that we are going golfing? Maybe because you don't play it? I don't know, I guess it's something else to think about.
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