Wei's Argumentative Essay: Is Golf A Real Sport?

I believe that golf teaches people life lessons. Golf has life lessons on every tee box, fairway, bunker, green, and hole. Every hole is different golfers must keep their cool in order to perform well consistently. Golfers will have good shots and they have bad shots but like my mom says to me, “Do not let one bad shot affect your entire hole.” Similar to life, golf has ups and downs. In life and golf if the golfer put away what just happened he or she will be back on track to be happy in life or get a good score on the hole. Bobby Jones, a historical golfer said, “Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.”

Looking back on my three previous years playing for Edmond Memorial’s golf team, I realize how great I could have become. This is only because I decided to play safe golf. Hahn warns us of this in the story by saying, “we long for peace and security” (Hahn 91). As the famous quote states, “you miss one-hundred percent of the shots you do not take” (Wayne Gretzky). When I am near a creek or hazard on the golf course I imagine all the bad shots that could occur. This then leads me to hit one of those bad shots, whereas if I had imagined all the good shots I would have performed. Anyone who has golfed before is well aware that golf is more so mental game than a physical game; coincidently similar to life itself. Life and golf present us with two options, “we can recognize and embrace [fear] or act out of [fear]” (Hahn

A matter of opinion has separated a variety of sports enthusiasts apart, due to the ongoing debate of whether golf is a sport or simply a skill. Famed golfer Arnold Palmer declared, “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening – and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented. (ThinkQuest.com)” These words state what every athlete experiences and feels when he/she is turning a double play, making the game winning three point shot, or throwing a hail mary pass for a touchdown. Golfers are athletes too, they train for that big moment just like any other athlete, but

For hundreds of years, golf has been an extremely popular and growing sport all around the world. Looking where golf is now, it is growing rapidly from the young to the elder population. The first round of gold was first played in the 15th century off the coast of Scotland, but it did not start to be played until around 1755. The standard rules of golf were written by a group of Edinburgh golfers. Today, people of the US, Scotland, and England, have been drawn to the game because it is fun, challenging, and hardly any athletic ability at all is required for amateurs. In breaking down the game, geometry plays a major

As Ely Callaway’s vision: “If we make a truly more satisfying product for the average golfer, not the professionals, and make it

I found a great way to describe the game in one sentence “Golf consists of playing a ball from the teeing ground into the hole according to the rules” (Kuhn and Garner 1). The rules of this enthralling sport have evolved since the first 13 rules where implemented in 1744 only taking half of a page in space. To these day some changes were made and other rules where implemented, but some of the rules still remain almost the same to the rules that we have now. In recent times this rules grew to roughly 132 pages. It is very important that a player have a broad knowledge of the rules, generally not knowing these rules can consist of multiple penalties for they are vast and complex (Kuhn and Garner)

What makes golf the phenomenal sport it is today? Is it the game itself? Some say golf started in fifteenth century Scotland by men hitting a pebble with a wooden stick. Currently, graphite drivers routinely send the ball soaring 300 yards. Perhaps it was the golfers who made the game great. Arnold Palmer brought golf to the masses in the 1950’s and Jack Nicklaus has set records that have yet to be broken. However, today sports commentators, pro golfers, and weekend duffers, generally agree the game of golf has been changed forever with the arrival of Tiger Woods.

Changes in golf equipment over from 1992 to 2003 led researchers to chart the best way to ensure victory in PGA tournaments. In the article, “PGA Tour Pro: Long but Not so Straight,” Erik Heiny affirms the notion that “a high greens in regulation percentage and a good short game are the keys to low scoring averages and high earnings,” and he claims that as “drives go farther, the importance of driving accuracy is becoming less important”(Heiny 11).

Mark Twain once called the game of golf “a good walk spoiled.” While there is a sizeable portion of the world that would probably agree with that statement, there are others who believe that walking around for a couple of hours and whacking around a little white ball is not only a great walk but fantastic physical and mental exercise as well. Regardless of how athletic or fit a person is, if they don’t practice their golf swing, then their skills will not necessarily be “up to par.” Golf is a game that people truly can get out of it what they put in. Golf is a sport that both service members and civilians can enjoy, but there are three main reasons why the game appeals to members of the military.

The authors overall concluded that the ‘perfect’ gold swing does not exist due to the variability in constraints and the way in which each individual interprets, uses and lets them affect their performance. The authors mentioned and gave examples of external and internal constraints that all affect and individual’s performance and golf swing. They spoke about performer, environmental, task constraints and how they

To this day, golf is one of two sports to be played on the moon along with the Javelin throw. Apollo 14 member Alan Shepard pulled out a makeshift six-iron he smuggled on board and hit two golf balls on the lunar surface, becoming the first and only person to play golf anywhere other than Earth. Golf originated in Scotland and has since changed exponentially. Scotlander’s would hit the ball with wooden clubs. Now, golfer’s use the most forgiving metal clubs available and spend as much time at the gym as they do chipping. Today’s professionals are gym rats that continue to thrive for perfect flexibility and muscle mass. The game of golf is no longer a game, it’s a grind to become superhuman. The discussion of questioning golf’s status as a sport de-legitimizes it’s $975 million dollar industry, the definition of a sport in the Merriam Webster Dictionary, and the tough mental and physical requirements to stay ahead on the 18th.

Golf can be traced back to Scotland in 1457, and ever since then, the sport has constantly been evolving. Mechanisms have evolved, from the ball, to the athlete, to further enhance the sporting experience.

I’m with con, I think golf is more about game is not about a sport. Everyone can play golf. Also, golf is not that hard to play. It’s more about fun and challenging people. I don’t see that it’s about race or moving a part in your body or you need to run for it. Actually it doesn’t require a Wight or pacific age to play it.

The game of golf has a science all of it's own, and even the best players have

Golf, including the history of it, the equipment used, the rules in place, the tournaments held, and the etiquette during gameplay, is unique as a sport itself. To note, this isn’t about the code word for the letter g, but it is the actual sport. Golf is a game of precession and focus; your mental state influences the game very much. It is a game basically where you use a club to whack the ball into the hole. Golf is one of the most different sports out there.