Liverpool FC Forum

Big Niall wrote:

roberto green wrote:

Big Niall wrote:The fact that a 59 year old can compete at that level shows that golf is a game, like chess, not a sport. I mean can you imagine Capello picking Kevin Keegan as England's centre forward in the world cup?

No unlike football in golf you need a brain and it doesn't matter as much about your fitness hence the reason they can play a lot older in age.

I am fitter than Watson - hence it is no more a sport than darts, pool, snooker, poker etc

Sport implies physical fitness.

Yeah sport requires fitness,golfs not a sport!
Absolutely no skill required,no dedication or ours of practice needed either!

Big Niall wrote:

roberto green wrote:

Big Niall wrote:The fact that a 59 year old can compete at that level shows that golf is a game, like chess, not a sport. I mean can you imagine Capello picking Kevin Keegan as England's centre forward in the world cup?

No unlike football in golf you need a brain and it doesn't matter as much about your fitness hence the reason they can play a lot older in age.

I am fitter than Watson - hence it is no more a sport than darts, pool, snooker, poker etc

Sport implies physical fitness.

1.Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
2.A particular form of this activity.
3. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
4. An active pastime; recreation.

Definitions of sport - Think you will find golf fits in there pretty well



Even at 59 i think you will find Watson is very fit for his age and plenty of other golfers are as well - i would even suggest that players like Woods are one of the fittest sportmen around .

Golf requires supreme fitness , skill, stamina, determination , a bit of luck , a lot of thinking and cleverness - pretty much like all sports