07-22-2003, 08:15 PM
Based on email from a friend. Occhi comments included. I saw this elsewhere before.
Why is professional golf appealing to more fans? Is it the game, is it Nike, is it Tiger Woods, or is it something else? Whatever it is, the price of sh** is on the rise, again, in golf.
One golf lover sees it this way:
Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.
Occhinote: tell that to any amateur who has seen a playing partner use the old "foot wedge."
The PGA doesn't have some of its players in jail every week.
Golfers don't scratch their privates on the golf course.
Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.
(Not on the course anyway, but we will occasionally hit into the group in front of us if they are too slow!)
Professional golfers are compensated in direct proportion to how well they play.
While by and large it is true, big stars get some free money. Some golfers, like Tiger Woods, or Greg Norman and Curtis Strange in their primes, appear at some tournaments thanks to "appearance money."
Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.
(They do get courtesy rental cars at PGA tournaments.)
Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because of another player's deal.
(No, but the sometimes gripe about the quality of the courtesy rental cars at PGA tournaments!)
Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.
No, they leave the munis to us scrubs. :)
When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back them up.
And sometimes, if they do break a rule, a fan will call it in from TV land, and the golfer will get DQ'd and lose money. Paul Azinger and Craig Stadler are two famous examples.
The PGA Tour raises more money for charity in one year than the National Football League does in two.
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.
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.
In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (.300 batting average) do.
Of course, in Golf, the ball is just sitting there, not screaming towards your head at 95 MPH
Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
No? The USGA has allowed ball and equipment specs to creep upwards, for its fans, most of whom are golfers! I'd call that changing the rules of golf, personally. Bring Back the Persimmon Driver!. I still have two.
Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
After four days, company, fish, and a flock of PGA players start to smell bad . . .
Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
(Thank goodness! Craig Stadler Naked on National TV is a Bad Visual.)
Golf doesn't have free agency.
In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer 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.
You can see nice looking "birds" dancing at any NFL football game! :)
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.
When Tiger Woods was a rookie, all you had to do was lip read if you wanted a primer on four letter words after a poor shot. He has since cleaned up his act.
Any pro golfer can hit a golf ball three times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.
See MPH discussion above, and the laws of physics
Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.
They do add to the "greenspace."
Why is professional golf appealing to more fans? Is it the game, is it Nike, is it Tiger Woods, or is it something else? Whatever it is, the price of sh** is on the rise, again, in golf.
One golf lover sees it this way:
Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.
Occhinote: tell that to any amateur who has seen a playing partner use the old "foot wedge."
The PGA doesn't have some of its players in jail every week.
Golfers don't scratch their privates on the golf course.
Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.
(Not on the course anyway, but we will occasionally hit into the group in front of us if they are too slow!)
Professional golfers are compensated in direct proportion to how well they play.
While by and large it is true, big stars get some free money. Some golfers, like Tiger Woods, or Greg Norman and Curtis Strange in their primes, appear at some tournaments thanks to "appearance money."
Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.
(They do get courtesy rental cars at PGA tournaments.)
Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because of another player's deal.
(No, but the sometimes gripe about the quality of the courtesy rental cars at PGA tournaments!)
Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.
No, they leave the munis to us scrubs. :)
When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back them up.
And sometimes, if they do break a rule, a fan will call it in from TV land, and the golfer will get DQ'd and lose money. Paul Azinger and Craig Stadler are two famous examples.
The PGA Tour raises more money for charity in one year than the National Football League does in two.
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.
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.
In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (.300 batting average) do.
Of course, in Golf, the ball is just sitting there, not screaming towards your head at 95 MPH
Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
No? The USGA has allowed ball and equipment specs to creep upwards, for its fans, most of whom are golfers! I'd call that changing the rules of golf, personally. Bring Back the Persimmon Driver!. I still have two.
Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
After four days, company, fish, and a flock of PGA players start to smell bad . . .
Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
(Thank goodness! Craig Stadler Naked on National TV is a Bad Visual.)
Golf doesn't have free agency.
In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer 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.
You can see nice looking "birds" dancing at any NFL football game! :)
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.
When Tiger Woods was a rookie, all you had to do was lip read if you wanted a primer on four letter words after a poor shot. He has since cleaned up his act.
Any pro golfer can hit a golf ball three times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.
See MPH discussion above, and the laws of physics
Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.
They do add to the "greenspace."
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete