Devil's Advocate: Is Golf a sport?

[CochiseCowbell]

Nm

 

[Augustus McCrae]

Yes. Very much so.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

What about Poker?

 

[Dawg1976]

That's a game. Like checkers.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

That's a game. Like checkers.

Why do they have it on ESPN?

 

[mcdawg22]

Why do they have it on ESPN?

But Ultimate Beastmaster is on Netflix?

 

[RocketDawg]

Nm

Absolutely. They play with a ball.

NASCAR is not a sport ... no ball. Poker is not a sport ... no ball.

Actually, I suppose you could say anything where there is group or individual competition is a sport, whether there's a ball involved or not.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

ESPN...Entertainment & Sports Programing Network

If they think it sells, they will show it.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Absolutely. They play with a ball.

NASCAR is not a sport ... no ball. Poker is not a sport ... no ball.

Actually, I suppose you could say anything where there is group or individual competition is a sport, whether there's a ball involved or not.

What about Foosball?***

 

[PineGroveBully]

Actually it's Eastern Sports Programming Network but your point is valid

 

[dawgman42]

If you walk the course as you play, yes. If drive a cart buzzed and cheat on your score card, then no.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Actually it's Eastern Sports Programming Network but your point is valid

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN

Now it doesn't technically stand for anything but it originally was Entertainment

 

[Papapat.sixpack]

The devils advocate is an oxymoron on the golf course.....

 

[Papapat.sixpack]

Why the 17 ask?

 

[PineGroveBully]

If you ain't cheating you ain't trying

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

First time I've heard that

ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Egan.

 

[thatsbaseball]

No , foosball is the debil !!

 

[Dogariffic]

So the only championship MSU has... Frisbee Golf.... is not even in a sport??

 

[PineGroveBully]

They have changing stories, in that big espn tell all book that came out about a decade ago right before demise of espn started it said Eastern. They don't know who the hell we are so it's not surprising they can't keep who they are straight.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

No. Beer. Sun. That's about it, for the positives.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Yea I saw that after I posted, but in that big ESPN book that came out about a decade ago said Eastern so who knows

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

PGB

I was watching when they came on the air.

I have no doubt what it is.

 

[8dog]

This surprised me so i pulled the book out. The inside of the book jacket calls it Entertainment and Sports programming network

 

[blackjackdog3]

Absolutely not. It’s a game. Like chess.

 

[PineGroveBully]

I stand corrected

 

[MarkDallas]

How about this: Is it a competition? Can you improve your performance by doing physical exercise? If you answer yes to both, it's a sport.

 

[MeridianDog]

Aie, Laddie. Tis the greatest of sports!

 

[RocketDawg]

That's what I remember it stood for when the network first launched.

 

[MeridianDog]

I can remember the first ladies gymnastics event ESPN covered, a month or so after they started. They were showing a girl on the balance beam late one night. The wife and I were watching, when the commenter (who knew little about gymnastics) said, "She has incredible thighs!" I still laugh when I think about that comment.

 

[thekimmer]

Sorry but that dog don’t hunt.

Absolutely. They play with a ball.

NASCAR is not a sport ... no ball. Poker is not a sport ... no ball.

Actually, I suppose you could say anything where there is group or individual competition is a sport, whether there's a ball involved or not.

Track and field, wrestling, boxing, skiing, martial arts, weightlifting, archery, to name a few. No ball. No sport?

 

[thatsbaseball]

I do know this. Whether it's a sport or not it's a hell of a lot more entertaining competition for me than many of the "real" sports. For the record though it is definitely a sport.

 

[HotMop]

Bowling is my favorite sport.

 

[HotMop]

Do you wear a Helmet full time? Asking for a friend.

 

[BELdog]

No. How many 40-50 year olds are capable of competing in real sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, boxing, MMA or track and field. Golf is a recreational game, but athletic ability certainly helps in golf as much as it would help with any other activity that involves physically moving your body.

 

[Awwhellnaw]

It's like bouncing a tennis ball against a wall. It's not game, but it can be fun! But it's not a game...

 

[missouridawg]

Anything that has a winner and a loser and requires athletic ability is a sport. There are certainly sports that require much more athleticism, but golf is a sport.

 

[mcdawg22]

No. How many 40-50 year olds are capable of competing in real sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, boxing, MMA or track and field. Golf is a recreational game, but athletic ability certainly helps in golf as much as it would help with any other activity that involves physically moving your body.

If 50 year olds are eliminated then hockey and baseball aren’t sports. Satch played at 59 Howe at 52.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Bernard Hopkins and George Foreman won boxing matches in their mid 40s.

 

[Fritz!]

“Oh, God no. Hate the game, hate the people who play it even more.”
Dave Foley

 

[L4Dawg]

About like darts