[KarlInOhio]

In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters(.300 batting average) do.

A typical pro golfer only gets his shot in the hole about 25% of the time.

[KellyAdmirer]

Golf is actually dwindling in popularity at this moment of history, though every sport goes through these swings.

[Mr. Mojo]

Why is golf growing in popularity? Two words:

Tiger Woods

[RightWhale]

Another thing: if the golf course has to close due to financial hardship, it can be made into an airstrip, a subdivision, a farm, or, best and highest use, a rifle range.

[4mycountry]

Ladies are welcome players.

Actually that wasn't always so. When the game was invented it was called "golf" as an acronym: Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden. GOLF

[Blake#1]

"You hit the nail on the head"

[Blood of Tyrants]

At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words

Maybe not at a tournament but I know several people who really shouldn't play golf because it upstes them too badly.

NASCAR, the WWF of the 21st century.

[w_over_w]

The only time in recorded history that a golfer broke his leg was when a "Texas Aggie" fell off the ball-washer.

[SoothingDave]

Golf doesn't have free agency.

Golf is nothing other than free agents. Duh.

SD

[kelmerp]

Golf does have referees and even some of the biggest golfers have been caught cheeting ala Vijay Singh.

All sports go up and down, but overall, every sport has lost some popularity even with greater television time, quite simply beause there are so many choices available today and so many ways to spend you time and money.

Golfers aren't all honorable or nice and they do scratch themselves. Read up on John Daly: he's about as crass and disgusting as any athelete can be.

Golf does change its rulings over time, and so on...almost everything you said is wrong.

[Alberta's Child]

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.

Golf and tennis are the only sports where fans are expected to make noise only at "approved" times during the event.

With all due respect to the author of this article, there's no reason to compare golf to football, baseball, soccer, basketball, etc. Golf isn't even a sport, for crying out loud.

[hometoroost]

"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."

Never followed Tiger around the course have you? Tiger has quite the mouth and the crowds at golf tournaments get louder, drunker, and more obnoxious ALL the time.

[w_over_w]

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.

True, but when I marshalled the 13th at Woodlands CC (Shell Houston Open) back in 1987, the pros used language (when they three-putted) that would have parted a Marines hair. The 13th is an island green and I think they thought nobody could hear them. Damn those boys can cuss! Curtis Strange three putted, looked at his putter, called it a "pig f**king whore" and then shattered it on the edge of the foot-bridge. I love golf . . .

[Scenic Sounds]

I'm really glad that I discovered golf a few years back. I've had some really great times and met some really interesting people playing golf.

[zarf]

Golf is great and I play it, but it is full of the most pretentious jerks I've ever met. You just have to laugh at the idiots who can barely play their way out of a sack yet have the most expensive equipment, talk the biggest game and curse the loudest when they screw up.

The club house/country club atmosphere is insufferable.

[socal_parrot]

This man is an avid golfer...

This man was arrested at a golf course...

[Grando Calrissian]

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

Who do you think pays for Municipal Golf Courses?

Golf doesn't change its rules to attract Fans.

You mean like having a woman play in a men's tournament?

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

In baseball, no two outfields are the same.

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.

Unless you're Colin Montgomery.

Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball almost three times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.

How far can Tiger Woods hit a baseball with his driver? Or how far could Barry Bonds hit a pitched golf ball?

[Colonel_Flagg]

Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball almost three times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.

I love, and play, golf, but there's no way Tiger can drive a golf ball 1,350 feet.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Locator

[sheik yerbouty]

Where I grew up, the doctors would tell patients after their second coronary "You can still play golf.'