Why Should Golf Be A Sport?

Golf is a 7 Billion dollar industry, 19% of all americans say they regularly are fans of golf, with 24.1 million people that play. Yet so many of them are fighting with each other about golf being a sport and in the near future it might lose its right to be called a sport. The reason is that it doesn't fit the definition of a sport in many dictionaries. To some it fits game better than sport. There are many subgroups of “golf” should it even call golf that if its so many subgroups? Some people agree that athletes that are in the long drive contests are definitely athletes because they’re always in the gym working out just to better their form, their ability to put as much energy behind that ball making it fly as far as 450 yards. “They are
“Golf should stay a sport because it it gives people that might not have an opportunity to play any other sports the chance to have fun with sports.’’ (Teen Ink). And they can be semi-active while enjoying something.
“There are arguably reasons that golf shouldn't be a sport.” (Golf Digest). Some are that golf and cricket are very similar but cricket is called a game, also the “athletes” that play golf don't have to wear anything particular, in football they wear all this gear to protect them but not in golf. I'm not saying they need the padding because golf is not the most dangerous thing but it's just another reason golf shouldn't be a sport. “Golf was thought to have been created in scotland during the middle ages and spread in popularity throughout europe and eventually made its way over to the US.” (Golf Advisor). The first recorded “round” of golf was recorded in december of 1650 by the settlers. This may be why the game has remained a sport for so long because of its long history in the
A businessman and golf lover charles blair MacDonald moved to the quaint little town and began construction of this course, which is still running today, but it has been reduced to 9 holes. Reasons like this are why many people are fighting for the right of golf being called a sport. Also golf has been “higher” than all of us golf was played on the moon. February 6th 1976, allen barry preformed the one handed swing making golf one of the only sports to be played on the moon. The other being javelin. Golf is a sport that has a rich background in our country's history in more ways than one. It should remain a sport because of that, it may not fit the definition of a sport to the greatest extent but its history is too great to be called a game.
Golf should remain a sport no matter what people say, it is a fun and semi active sport that is fun no matter how much hate people give it. Even though people say that they hate it they really dont, they are just saying that to be “cool” or “fit in” it doesn't make sense people would rather bash on something that disagree with someone