golf truisms

[Fly Guy]

> Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and
> why people who
> don't even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV?
> These truisms may shed
> 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 beat up on each other during the
> game.
>
> In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make
> $9 million a
> season, like the best baseball hitters (.300 batting
> average) do.
>
> Professional golfers are compensated in direct
> proportion to how
> well they play. 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.
>
> 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 a seat in the nosebleed section at
> the Super Bowl will
> cost around $300 or more.
>
> When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to
> cover for them or
> back them up.
>
> The PGA Tour raises more money for charity in one
> year than the
> National Football League does in two.
>
> Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
>
> Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing
> area each week.
>
> Golf doesn't have free agency.
>
> You can hear birds chirping on the golf course
> during a tournament.
>
> Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball three times as
> far as Barry Bonds
> can hit a baseball.
>
> Finally, here's a slice of golf history you might
> enjoy. Why do
> full-length golf courses have 18 holes, and not 20,
> or 10 or an even
> dozen?
>
> During a discussion among the club's membership
> board at St.
> Andrews in 1858, one of the members 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...Now you know The Rest Of The
> Story!

[skeety]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

> During a discussion among the club's membership
> board at St.
> Andrews in 1858, one of the members 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...Now you know The Rest Of The
> Story!

now THAT I did NOT know! interesting post...makes you think!