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22 Reasons Why Golf is Better Than Other Sports
1. Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being
honorable people who don't need referees.
2. Tiger hits a golf ball over
twice as far as Barry Bonds hits a baseball.
3. Golfers keep their clothes on
while they are being interviewed.
4. You can hear birds chirping on the golf
course during a tournament.
5. Golfers don't have some of their players in
jail every week.
6. Golfers don't kick dirt on or throw bottles at other
people.
7. Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well
they play.
8. Golfers don't get per diem and/or receive two seats on a
charter flight when they travel between tournaments.
9. Golfers don't hold
out for more money or demand new contracts because of another player's
deal.
10. Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the
courses on which they play.
11. When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there
to cover for them.
12. The PGA raises more money for charity in one year than
the NFL does in two.
13. 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+.
14. 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.
15. In golf,
you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best
baseball hitters (300 batting average) do.
16. Golf doesn't change its rules
to attract fans.
17. Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area
each week.
18. Golf doesn't have free agency.
19. 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."
20. 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.
21. Golf courses
don't ruin the neighborhood.
22. 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.
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