Golf explained

[Markeymark]

The following is not intended to offend fans of basketball, football or baseball. It just merely puts things in it's proper perspective.

Other than Tiger Woods, have you ever wondered why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don't even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV? The following truisms may shed some light:

Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.

Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.

Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.

Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well they play.

Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.

Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because of another player's deal.

Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.

When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back them.

The PGA raises more money for charity in 1 year than the NFL does in 2.

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+.

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.

Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.

Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.

Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.

Golf doesn't have free agency.

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."

You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a tournament.

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.

Tiger hits a golf ball over twice as far as Barry Bonds hits a baseball.

Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.

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.

[ChiTownBull]

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+.

you get what you pay for....if you want to be very very quiet and watch a guy swing at a non-moving ball...pay the $30 and be bored off your ass....

just my 2 cents worth.....

[S p e n c e]

Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well they play.

I wish all pro sports would adopt this policy.  All players get a minimum base salary (most sports minimums are a couple hundred thousand) and you dont get paid anything else unless you win, or produce very well in the game ie, triple double...homerun/GS...hat trick and so on.  It would certainly make the games much more interesting.

[ChiTownBull]

I wish all pro sports would adopt this policy.  All players get a minimum base salary (most sports minimums are a couple hundred thousand) and you dont get paid anything else unless you win, or produce very well in the game ie, triple double...homerun/GS...hat trick and so on.  It would certainly make the games much more interesting.

except you will have guys swinging for a hr every at bat instead of perhaps looking for a walk or sac fly.

i do wish they had lower gurantees and more incentives....oh well....never gonna happen.

[KnightsRule]

I wish all pro sports would adopt this policy.  All players get a minimum base salary (most sports minimums are a couple hundred thousand) and you dont get paid anything else unless you win, or produce very well in the game ie, triple double...homerun/GS...hat trick and so on.  It would certainly make the games much more interesting.

Baseball was pretty much like that up to at least the 60's. There was a year Mickey Mantle hit 38 HR's or something like that and his pay went way down because the previous year he had hit 50. There was no free agency so if you didnt sign for what owners offered for that year you didnt play. I believe that Joe DiMaggio really never participated in spring training due to fact he would hold out right to the end and then sign his 1 year deal and play a couple of games and then play regular season.

[ChiTownBull]

now thats a great idea short term contracts....though FA has pretty much killed that because teams want to keep stars for at least a few seasons.