Is golf a sport?

Augusta National Golf Club, Hole # 13, picture from golfcoursepics.com

Golf, a game played where a person has to get a white, dinky ball into a hole that is a little over 4 inches in diameter. Seems boring doesn't it? Now, imagine thick trees that never leave the tee box to the flag stick, beaches called sand traps that will give you sun burn, and large bodies of water that will engulf a ball in an instant. That is not longer a game, it becomes a sport.





I am a pretty avid golfer and it has really become a passion of mine. I love to play it competitively and i get to travel around the U.S. to play golf against the best juniors around the country. Playing competitively is another reason why it is a sport. The definition of a sport is an "organized, competitive and skillful activity." By what I have experienced and many other players of the game, I think golf falls into all of those categories. In this blog, I will talk about the game of golf and explain the misconceptions of the sport.