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Is Golf a Sport or a Game?

Is Golf a Sport or a Game?

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Just like the title says. Do you consider golf a sport or a game?

For me I think it is a sport. With the way golfers train and practice now, and the money that is involved in the professional ranks and media coverage that it generates I definitely think it is more than a game and definitely a sport.
 
I think it is both.

A sport to those who take it seriously, who practice, who strive to get better.

A game to those who take it more casually.
 
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Sport for most, game for me.

In my mind by associating it with the word "sport" makes the next word I add "competitive". For myself that equation comes out to "get serious, you must win". Goofy math in my demented mind, but I'm in it for fun, not win.
 
Canadan said:
It can't be both?

There are lots of guys who treat it like a game, and lots of guys who make it a sport.
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Not for this poll lol, no it definitely ca be, didn't think this through :beat-up:
 
Canadan said:
I love the question... and I love the idea of people deciding how they want to treat it.
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It's funny i'm listening to the us open telecast and the announcer has said sport multiple times and referencing DJ

But i was watching a movie last weekend and it was about the "game" of golf so it got me thinking what people think, but to your point i think it is both for a lot of people.
 
I voted "neither" to be difficult because I think it's actually both, or can actually be a combo of the two. :alien:

For me, it can definitely be a sport because it's played competitively, and can be played as a team. But to the same person, you can also play it as a game and go out and just have fun or play a scramble for some beers during other rounds.

I guess in the end....golf is just golf. And it's incredible.
 
For me it's a game. Not discounting the sport aspect of it, but by making it a game I can make it as serious or casual as I wAnt given the circumstances.
 
mikeg_74 said:
For me it's a game. Not discounting the sport aspect of it, but by making it a game I can make it as serious or casual as I wAnt given the circumstances.
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Definitely a game. IMO, anything you can do while smoking a cigar the entire duration of the activity is not a sport.
 
I think it is a sport because it requires physical interaction with equipment much like baseball, football...etc.!
 
If spelling is a sport, then golf most definitely is a sport.
 
braddman19 said:
I think it is both.

A sport to those who take it seriously, who practice, who strive to get better.

A game to those who don't take it more casually.
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Perfectly said. I was going to basically say the same thing but this is way better then how I would have said it.


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OITW said:
It's funny i'm listening to the us open telecast and the announcer has said sport multiple times and referencing DJ

But i was watching a movie last weekend and it was about the "game" of golf so it got me thinking what people think, but to your point i think it is both for a lot of people.
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To that argument, I think a lot of sports are considered 'games' as well. Hockey 'game' or mental 'game' is referred to many many times. And of course one of my favourite quotes, "Golf is a game that cannot be won, only played"
 
Jank said:
If spelling is a sport, then golf most definitely is a sport.
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It's a combo but since that wasn't an option I went sport. A sport can be a game. Sports are competitive events involving athletics. Athletes come in all shapes and sizes.

I consider baseball, football, basketball games and sports.
 
emart2173 said:
It's a combo but since that wasn't an option I went sport. A sport can be a game. Sports are competitive events involving athletics. Athletes come in all shapes and sizes.

I consider baseball, football, basketball games and sports.
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Ditto

Basketball game, baseball game, football game ==> are all specific events of those sports
Golf game is a specific event of the sport of golf

I would say things like card games and casino games are games that are not sports.
 
I thinks its both and I don't think it has anything to do with how you treat it. Sport and game can be one in the same and I dont think it matters one bit. For some reason there seems to often be an ego thing when it comes to some people being told its not a sport and I don't know why they even care about that. Football and baseball are referred to as a football "game" or a baseball "game" yet they are sports. They are actualkly games too. What is fishing? Skeet shooting?

I think what we have in golf is a "sport game". Its certainly a game. A game imo is anything where one tries to beat another or even casually tries to score the best they can. Its also a sport because its an activity. Wouldn't "Darts" be a sport game? Golf imo is a level of skill. The skill of swinging the clubs is a physical and coordination task regardless of how intense or not it might be and also one which we keep a score to judge how well we did it. So therefore its a "sport game". Sort of like the term "Board game" for say playing monopoly....this is a "sport game". You "play" golf and that makes it a game and is one in which is a sport. Playing horse shoes is imo a sport game.

Its both.
 
emart2173 said:
It's a combo but since that wasn't an option I went sport. A sport can be a game. Sports are competitive events involving athletics. Athletes come in all shapes and sizes.

I consider baseball, football, basketball games and sports.
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People don't wear compression pants in games.
 
According to Misters Merriam and Webster, they define sport as: a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.

So for me it's a sport.
 
OITW said:
People don't wear compression pants in games.
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Speak for yourself. Beags will sell you compression pants for any occasion.
 
Game.
You don't play sport of golf you play a game of golf.
 
Both all day
 
It's both, depending on the person

SPORT : a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other

GAME : a physical or mental activity or contest that has rules and that people do for pleasure
 
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