Today I had the pleaseure of speaking with Rutgers AD Pat Hobbs to talk about the RWJBarnabas Health Center and more of the upcoming changes coming to the RAC & other places.
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Why do we call people who play golf golfers? That has always fascinated me. We don't call basketball players basketballers or baseball players baseballers or volleyball players volleyballers.
Golfers are B1G student athletes too. And we’re way behind on those facilities as well. You should see some of the courses, facilities, and clubhouses throughout the country. B1G has strong men’s and women’s golf programs. While I agree it should be way down on the list, if someone wanted to step up and earmark their donations to the golf programs, so be it. It’s their money.
I’ve said this on this site before, probably on the football board, but the University should invest in a new clubhouse for the golf course and have it double as the Rutgers Club. When I heard that the College Ave Rutgers club shut down and moved to/replaced the faculty dining hall on Livingston, I shook my head. We just don’t have any vision. Rutgers needs a major upgrade in facilities and designated space across the board. That new clubhouse could entertain those athletic outings, etc that go to some outside country club. We have our own golf course but can’t host outings. It doesn’t make sense.
But we’re on our way. Exciting times for Rutgers, though we’re still way behind.
I know the facilities need to be upgraded, but how many of the B1G schools have a golf course on campus? And those who do, how does it compare to Rutgers?
According to this 2010 article, Rutgers ranks behind only Ohio State (No. 1) and Purdue (No. 3) in the B1G. The article ranks the Top 9 college golf courses in the country. RU comes in at No. 6.
https://www.pga.com/golf-courses/quick-nine/quick-nine-americas-best-college-courses
I saw a video of Illinois' indoor golf center and it's very impressive. I just saw one for Wisconsin also. Really unbelievable stuff. Check it out below.
So we have one of the top courses in the nation, and aren't taking advantage of it with the current program? Yeah, I think Hobbs is right to be focusing on this.
It's not like there isn't a ton of money connected to the sport...
It's not like there isn't a ton of money connected to the sport...
well at least we should paint "Titleist" on the side of the bubble as it looks like a plugged ball...
It's women's golf so Callaway is probably more appropriate.
In England and other parts of the world where they call it football (i.e. everywhere but here), soccer players are often referred to as footballers.
Pat is an avid golfer. You guys just paid for him to join Baltusrol. Of course golf won’t be down at the bottom of the list.
Thanks, but I was aware of that. Which is why I didn't include footballers in my post. I don't care what the rest of the world does though. I call the British Open the British Open, even though they refer to it as the Open Championship. They also drive on the wrong side of the road. Stay classy San Diego :flush:
Good point. It seems Bowling and Golf are two sports where "player" doesn't come into the description of the people who play that sport.
Stuff like this fascinates me for some odd reason.
You make this sound unique to golf......... People who bowl are bowlers, those who swim are swimmers, gymnastic athletes are gymnasts, in track if you run a sprint you are a sprinter, others are distance runners, so why can't people who golf be called golfers?
I did not mean to imply that this was unique to golf, nor suggest that people who play golf shouldn't be called golfers. Or that doing so is wrong.
I simply asked why do we call people who play golf golfers? It is something that has always fascinated me. Btw, I upvoted the posts about bowlers and swimmers fwiw.
I play golf but don't like being called a golfer. I know how to swim and run but I certainly wouldn't call myself a swimmer or runner lol
I'd say you have to make your living doing it (or have your identity be tied to it) to be called a golfer when you're not actually playing the game on a golf course. Someone moving across a pool is a swimmer, but not after they get out of the water... but Michael Phelps is a swimmer whether he's in the pool or not.
I feel you.
Since I live in Florida, I'm not dead yet, and I occasionally wear a polo with khakis and a ball cap people (some who are complete strangers) eventually ask "are you a golfer". I just tell them no, but I play golf. That usually locks their brain up for a couple of seconds which is all I need to move away from them.
I know the dictionary says that, but I play with some serious players (guys and one lady who went to school on golf scholarships and get mad at themselves when they shoot higher than 75) and they never use golf as a verb. They never "golf" or "go golfing". They "play golf".
Because they hang out with Bowlers, runners, wrestlers, skiers, sprinters and boxers and swimmers? Mostly individual event sports? Versus players who are on team only sports. I duno sounds plausible. I am beginning to think the big three sports got it wrong now that you mention it.
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Semi-related: My very first assignment with the Targum was to preview a wrestling match against Navy. The team had faced Navy during one of those multi-team meets early in the season, so my first question to Coach Goodale was like "Your team played Navy early in the season, what do you think has changed since then?" He immediately corrected me: they didn't PLAY Navy, they WRESTLED them.
