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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The amount of sheer ignorance and arrogance on this thread is astounding. Please do go out and try these "non-sports" for yourself and let us know how it goes.  When you come back sore and frustrated from doing it badly, you may rethink your position. [/quote]

No one's saying that golf (or shooting, etc) don't require skill. But they don't require athleticism, and are not sports. Those activities that use skill like other activities or niche hobbies, but definitely not sports. Golfers are not athletes by playing golf.

Sorry that you're butthurt that other see you this way. 
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Sure it's a sport. It's a sport that I play competitively. I love that it's a sport that I can share with my husband, my kids, and my parents. It's a sport that I can play and compete in for life, not just for a short window. It's a sport that thanks to handicapping can be played competitively amongst golfers of most abilities. It's fine to not like it (I can't stand, say, Olympic shooting) so I just change the channel and move along. Golf is an old old sport and is a great (re)addition to the olympics.[/quote]

I mean I guess if you say so. I am also an astronaut, because I say so  :P [/quote]

Congrats! Do others celebrate you for being an astronaut like the Olympic committee has chosen to celebrate the sport of golf?[/quote]

No, because I'm not afraid to call it not-a-sport. But maybe I can petition stair-climbing to be an Olympic event, since it requires about 1000x the exertion and athleticism as those golf "athletes."  :D

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