...I don't know why people think golf isn't a sport. Like we have a sports team at school it's competitive. I hate it when people say golf is a stupid sport and it doesn't take any skill because it does. I have play golf for 5 years and I was on the varsity team as a freshman. I'm brother was the MVP in our district. Opponents say that golf better meets the definition of "game" than "sport," does not require rigorous physical activity, and can be played professionally by people who are overweight, injured, or non-athletic. They argue that golf is a game or leisure activity, and they cite golf's 112-year absence from the Olympics as proof that it is not a sport. Golf in the United States is a $70 billion annual industry with 24.1...
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...In real, golf is not a common game. You will often see boys playing cricket or football in public grounds. They will be found enjoying their game as they know how to play it. These two kinds of sports are easy to handle and play. Most of the population is not aware of the golf instruction; however they know all the necessary rules and regulations of other famous and common games like tennis and badminton. If they are doubtful in some case, they invent their own instructions. A very limited number of people are thus in relation with the golf rules. Basically, golf game is played with patience and a lot of time. The middle and lower class people are not able to give so much time to them selves. They are either busy in their hard working routine or indulged in other important activities. However, the leading high class society is able to manage their time quiet smartly. They earn a lot and therefore, need not work over time. On the contrary, most of the low paid men work in a couple of offices to increase their take home amount of monthly income. Eventually, they only take rest in their free time. They would never prefer...
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... Is Golf a Sport? The origin of sports dates all the way back to the first Homo sapiens. However, the importance of sports on society was realized by the ancient Greeks. The Greeks used sports as a means of entertainment but it was also used to bring relief on the conflicts between major cities. The participants in these games were of the strongest and fastest athletes of their time and they were seen as godlike figures. As time has passed, modern day perception of sports and its athletes have remained the same. Athletes and sports are as popular as ever and it is because they show us things that many of us can’t do physically. The label of sport is one that brings respect and a sense of greatness for its athletes. For people to consider golf a sport is based on pure fallacy, and it does a disservice on the origins of sports and why it was created. Sports were brought about as a viewing of the best athletes fiercely competing against one another and golf is the opposite of that. Golf and its participants also take away from the greatness of true athletes that put in the hard work of mastering their sport, which is immeasurable, more complex and difficult to master. For a person to relate an athlete of Lebron James to Tiger Woods is blasphemous, and goes to show how golf can undermine what a true athlete is. Ultimately, Golf is not a sport due to a various reasons that include physical...
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...Game of Golf from the 1890’s to the 1930’s FOUR! Millions of people world-wide enjoy the game of golf every day, but few know when and where this intricate sport began to evolve. With the arrival of the 1890’s, the game of golf blossomed into the well known sport so many enjoy today. Golf began to rapidly spread in the upper east and Chicago area at the emergence of the 1890’s. Shinnecock Hills, the first golf course designed and constructed by a golf architect, was built in Southampton Long Island in 1891. With its white stately clubhouse, Shinnecock Hills stood as the prototype for many great golf clubs to follow. It was during this time period that a “golfer style” began to develop. Golfers were seen wearing red jackets with brass buttons, ties, winged collars, knickers, vests, stockings, and a cap. Golfer unions and clubs began to arise throughout many parts of the world with the arrival of the mid 1890’s. In 1893, the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) of Great Britain and Ireland was founded. This union administers the Women’s British Open today, a major championship in women’s golf open to professionals. 1893 is also recognized for the year the first 18-hole golf course was created in the United States. The United States Golf Association was founded in 1894 as the first Amateur Golf Association in the United States. Included in this association were golf clubs such as the Chicago Golf Club, the Newport Country Club, St. Andrew’s Golf Club, and the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. ...
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...Austin Cook 9/22/14 Clay Hamerick Golf History and Informative Essay Golf throughout history has, at its basics, started from men carrying sticks hitting balls on the ground and become a game with extreme depth, excitement, competition, and relaxation. Some historians believe that it was the Scottish who invented golf. Although there are two different theories, European history of golf, and Ancient Asian history of golf. Two of the most ancient regions golf-like sports have been mentioned in are the Greeks and the Egyptians dating back to 2,600 B.C. The sport dates back to the time of Julius Caesar. Although it was not the golf that is played today, it was a similar game. They played by striking a feather-stuffed ball with club-shaped tree branches. Golf was also traced back to the Song Dynasty in China during the years 960 to 1279. The games of these times were not exactly the golf that is known today; the roots of today’s game can be traced back to Scotland in 1457. The game was then outlawed by King James II of Scotland, as it detracted from the training for the military (Schwietzer, 2013). Golf became a pastime in Great Britain in the seventeenth century, and that was a familiar theme throughout the world. In 1860, the first British Open, a tournament that is still played today, had taken place. The popularity of the sport then began to spread throughout the entire world. The first permanent golf club in North America was founded in Montreal, Canada, in 1873 and was...
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...Rock Spring Memorial disc golf tournament Saturday. “It’s providing disc golf to the community, but it’s also revitalizing Rock Spring Park,” Jeff Ligon, who helped design the course and organize the tournament, said. “There was nothing really going on there besides bad things and vandalism, and now with the disc golf course in there I think it’s really helped stopped some of that and bring the park back.” The tournament began in 2009, and happens each year around the same time. The Southern Illinois Chain Bangers, a local disc golf club, organizes the event. Disc golf is played similarly...
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...Jamie Schenck Joe Lewis COM 181 February 18 2013 An Informative Speech on Golf By: Jamie Schenck I. Introduction a. Golf throughout history has, at its basics, started from men carrying sticks hitting balls on the ground and become a game with extreme depth, excitement, competition, and relaxation. b. Some historians believe that it was the Scottish who invented golf. Although there are two different theories, European history of golf, and Ancient Asian history of golf. c. Two of the most ancient regions golf-like sports have been mentioned in are the Greeks and the Egyptians dating back to 2,600 B.C. Wall paintings were discovered showing people using sticks to hit balls on the ground, resembling golf clubs. d. Although there are different historic view points on where golf was invented, the Scots were the first to add the hole, the “basket” or “goal” of golf. All of the history of golf has created what the game is today and is getting more advanced through the future. II. Body paragraph a. Golf is a game with extreme depth and excitement. Golf, according to the USGA (United States Golf Association) is a game that “consists of playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes.” There are many different types of clubs which propel the ball different lengths in different situations. The ultimate goal of golf is to get the ball inside the hole with the least amount of strokes possible. There are...
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...Discuss the trends in the golf equipment industry and how it may impact a company’s strategy. Ans: According to new the United States Golf Association (USGA), Golf equipment manufacturers are forced to launch the equipment within the limitation. Therefore, the product differentiation is not quite high while recreational golfers do not enjoy playing due to lack of innovational equipment. Also, the USGA states that there are various factors that result in the declining of golfers such as: - Game difficulty: Golf equipment manufacturers are forced to follow the new USGA rules, thus, recreational golfers are suffered from the limitation of golf equipments. They cannot enjoy playing golf as much as before while new golfers face the difficulty of playing. - Time consuming for practice: According to the limited innovation of golf equipment, golfers need lots of time to practice while they also have take responsibility to their job and spend time with their families. - High golf fee: Some golfers realize that golf fee is high, as a result, they cannot practice frequently. 2. Discuss the importance of innovation, brand, performance, and price in the golf equipment industry. Ans: Good reputation and image can lead to brand loyalty. That’s why many brands use lots of advertising expenditure to promote their brands. As the leading sports brand in the world, Nike has a clear marketing advantage over its competitors. Nike spends some of their annual revenues on advertising to...
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...article | : | The Lumbar Spine and Low Back Pain in Golf: A Literature Review of Swing Biomechanics and Injury Prevention. | | | | Author and Brief Background | : | 1) George S. Gluck, MD. * Works as an Orthopaedic Surgeon at Hand Center of Nevada, Comprehensive Upper Extremity Care from Hand to Shoulder * Member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2) John A. Bendo, MD. * Works as a Clinical Associate Professor and Vice Chair Clinical Affairs at Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery (Ortho-Spine Surgery Div) and Hospital for Joint Diseases. 3) Jeffrey M. Spivak, MD. * Works as an Assistant Professor at Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery (Ortho-Spine Surgery Div) and Hospital for Joint Diseases NYU Orthopaedic Surgery Associates. | | | | Journal Title and Vol. Number | : | The Spine Journal 8 (2008) 778–788. | | | | Date of submission | : | 3rd January 2013 | MY REVIEW Introduction The article informs readers that golf swing causes great impact to lumbar spine and it lead to low back pain (LBP) among golfers. It also educate readers the details of the study on less injury swing technique, causes of LBP among golfers, the treatment and prevention techniques. It stated that the prolapsed intervertebral disc (PID), muscle strain and facet joint capsule trauma will occur when the spine is given loads of 5,448N in flexion extension movement together with rotational movement. During golf swing of amateurs, about 6,100N of compression...
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...101 8 October 2014 Definition Essay: Golf the Game Played Many Ways Golf, a game played on a large open-air course, in which a small hard ball is struck with a club into a series of small holes in the ground, the object being to use the fewest possible strokes to complete the course. A game very similar to golf was recorded to be played the first time on the 26th of February, 1297 by the Dutch. Using a leather ball and a stick the objective was to get the ball to a target many of yards away in the least amount of strokes. It is said that real golf was founded in Scotland in the 17th century where actual golf clubs were used and the players putted a ball into a hole. Golf was named by the Scottish spelled gowf in Scotland. The definition of the world gowf means stick, club, or bat. Like every sport, golf has rules and instructions. The earliest documented instructions can be found in the diary of Thomas Kincaid. In his diary entry on the 20th of January, 1687 he explains the golf stroke and the instructions behind being able to hit the ball successfully. The rules of golf were first put into writing in 1744 and can now be found in the National Library of Scotland. Golf made its way to our country in 1787 when the South Carolina Golf Club was established. Many sports have only one way to be played but golf can be played in many different forms which makes golf a sport played in many different ways. The two most common ways golf is played is match play and stroke play. Match...
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...Scenario: As the VP of Marketing for Canadian Golf Tours Inc, you have been notified that membership numbers are not meeting expectations, notably the GTA Amateur Tour. The President has asked you to prepare a plan of action to increase participation in the GTA Amateur Tour. You must present these ideas to the President of the company and persuade him to proceed with the new marketing strategy. Memorandum The GTA Amateur Tour was created to offer everyday golfers the opportunity to test themselves in a friendly but competitive arena. As a growing industry in the Entertainment/Sports Sector, the game of golf has attracted similar Tours that offer the same “competitive” opportunities for the recreational golfer. With Golf Town Amateur Tour as its main opponent, Canadian Golf Tours needs to re-market the GTA Amateur Tour to increase our membership and remain competitive in a growing industry. By increasing our membership and targeting new demographics, we can surpass our biggest competitor and begin to see significant revenue increases. The historical image of golf has always been one of prestige. The game is played mostly on the honour system and is rooted in strong values such as respect, responsibility and class. Our current membership consists of a wide variety of individuals of different classes and professions. Because of the location of the GTA Amateur Tour; elegant golf courses in exclusive districts of the GTA) it is important to develop a better image for the...
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...don’t have anything to do, you can always look up the sport called golf, mental golf to be exact. When you search in Google you will see 83,800,000 hits for it. This is a huge number for golf, golf isn’t that big of a sport in most people eyes but to have about 83,800,00 hits on not even the main topic of golf is pretty awesome. The problem is the Wikipedia page doesn’t have that much information on the top of mental golf. So if you wanted to use this as a research source, I would not suggest that you do that. To give a quick introduction to mental golf I thought I would tell you what golf actually is. “Golf is a well-known outdoor sport in which players use specially designed clubs to hit...
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...store that specializes in the distribution of golf supplies to the everyday recreational golfer. The Golfsmith chain operates with 75 retail stores in 21 different states providing not only golf but tennis equipment as well. Carl Paul founded Golfsmith in 1967 with the intention to create a retail service that helped golfers improve their games with custom club fitting as well as market all sorts of equipment in the golf industry. The golf industry is a large one where technology is always evolving along with the techniques and strategies to being a successful golfer. Golfsmith is one of the few chains that can cater to the various needs of golfers throughout the country. The chain defines its core purpose as “To inspire people to play better and live life more.” The golf market is more of an exclusive one compared to other sports such as basketball or football. Golf is a sport more played by wealthier consumers that reside in suburban neighborhoods. Therefore the marketing strategies of a chain such as Golfsmith can be narrowed down to specific demographics. About 85% golfers tend to be white males that fall into the age 18-65 ranges. Over half of the golf consumer market are some sort of manager, professional or executive and have some sort of college degree. The average household income for a golf consumer is over $80,0000. Also, 90% of them tend to be homeowners. These statistics show that golf is an expensive sport played by the more wealthier and high-end customers...
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...focused as possible The game of golf has been on this Earth for many many centuries. Starting in Scotland in the 15th century the game of golf most likely was brought to the United States when Europeans migrated here. According to an article on Livestrong.com titled “Early History of Golf in the United States”, we know that golf dates back as early as the 1600’s. The article states that two men in Albany, New York were documented being arrested for being drunk and breaking windows by hitting balls with their clubs. Jump ahead to 1744, the article states that shipping records document golf equipment being shipped from Scotland directly to the Savannah Golf Club in Georgia. This evidence tells us that the sport of golf arrived in the United States as early as the mid 1600’s. The golf industry continues to have it’s ups and downs, but the truth is that the future of the golf industry is looking up. According to a Forbes.com article titled “The State Of The Golf Industry In 2015”, CEO of World Golf Foundation, Steve Mona, was quoted saying that about 25 million Americans participate in the sport of golf as of 2015. Over 455 million rounds are played annually at about 15,350 golf courses around the U.S. The golf industry alone is practically a $70 billion industry that provides two million jobs and $55.6 billion in annual wage income (Heitner). The game of golf in the recent years has always fluctuated in the number of participants, many golf courses close each year versus opening...
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...on the U.S. Economy As not recognized as one of the more popular sports, golf makes quite the impact on the economy. What many people don’t realize is that the golf industry is larger than spectator sports and preforming arts combined. Golf’s popularity and the number of players have continued to rise as the years go on. Golf makes an impact through many ways such as employment, equipment sales, endorsements, number of courses, investments, and golf course housing. Overall golf brings in a lot of revenue. A recent report stated “The World Golf Foundation's Golf 20/20 report estimates that the industry generated $68.8 billion in goods and services in the U.S. in 2011, with a total economic impact of $176.8 billion.” (Murphy 1). Generating $68.8 billion for one sport is already impressive but than making an economic impact of $176.8 billion is outstanding. Even as a golfer I never would’ve guessed that golf attained that much revenue or made such an impact on our economy. The golf industry was not immune to the tough economic conditions that the US faced but it is predicted that it’s moving back towards the $79.5 billion it produced in 2005 (Murphy 1). Experts believe as the economy continues to heal, the golf business will begin to as well (Hutheesing 1). It is great to see the sport of golf climbing its way back up since the struggling US recession. Along with bringing in a lot of revenue, golf makes a big contribution to employment in the US. The industry employs...
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