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Just by that definition alone, golf is very much a sport.

Long post deleted for futility. I seem to be doing a lot of that recently. Luckily, nugget grabbed the flag and ran with it

 

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Sorry to be late in on this one, but I loved the quote:

I watched the whole series and remained unbiased throughout.

Really.

 

Eh, I never figured racers (Formula, Indy, or NASCAR) to be athletes either. I can see where you're coming from, but I don't picture any of them as athletes.

This discussion regarding golfers/drivers being athletes comes up all the time on ESPN Radio and Fox Sports Radio. Most of them seem to agree with me, though I have no idea if the rest of the worldwide public would - if this forum is any indication, they certainly do NOT agree with me!

Basketball guards I see as athletes... they're running and pushing. Now, if you put a timer on a golf course, and made the golfers run from tee to tee, and have them either tackle their opponents or use their clubs as weapons, THEN you've got golfer athletes!!! ;) (Hmm! I think I've got something marketable, here!!!)

No idea what my handicap is. I haven't played enough to even know how to figure it. I'm so bad, I hit a 120-130 on a par 70-something course.

 

you know i been thinking about it the whole time in greek... and you got a point mike!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlete

iz eh greek werd.... αθλητής......meaning person who does endurance.....starting to sound like that guy from My Big Greek Wedding!

 

Well in my humble honest opinion our Australian Footbal League players in the AFL are amongst the best atheletes.

They are have a range of abilities that atheletes in other football codes would be hard pressed to match as basically as most other atheletes from another football code either lacks the speed to keep up with the AFL players or the size to do anything with them when they catch them.

Basically a optimum combination of speed, mass and height, plus the hand and ball skills, with upper body strength and the ability to run flat out for hours if neccessary.

The thing to note is that you see AFL players playing other codes but you dont see players from other ball codes playing in the AFL much. Only the few that are the fittest, largest and fastest atheletes from other ball codes would even come close.

 

Getting back to the ashes for a moment, this is one of the times when having dual nationality (Oz/Brit) really helps, as I can't lose

Me. I prefer the sports you can indulge in with a beer in your hand ie darts, snooker and golf

And you do need to be extremely fit to drive a F1 car flat out. I doubt Michael Jordan or other acknowledged athletes could handle the physical stress.

 

Just play some cricket damn you!

 

I could nuke him in CounterStrike.