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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Here's the difference:
Walking while playing takes stamina. As you lose steam walking a course over the course of the day it affects your swing, making it harder for you to stay down through shots, fire your body through the ball, and maintain a consistent coil in your backswing.
Even though people may **** it up and play terribly, the aerobic part of basketball is also taxing and necessary to actually play the game.
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I realize I'm in better shape than most people in this lazy world...
but I've walked 36 holes in summer heat and I don't feel like it has ever effected me a bit...
I just don't think it's fair to say people who ride a cart aren't playing a sport because they are riding a cart...that doesn't make sense to me. I'm no better in a cart than I am when I'm walking. In fact, I'm probably better when I walk but my fat lazy friends don't ever want to walk.
If your point is that fat lazy people aren't athletes than for the most part I'll agree with you...but you see them play softball, basketball and golf so I don't think anyone tries to argue that the first two aren't sports because of that.
My dad and uncle are avid golfers and both played hockey at MSU...once my dad's hockey career was over he shifted to golf and is an amazing golfer...I find it hard to believe someone with no athletic ability to could pick up a golf club and, with practice, become a good golfer...
you have to have athletic ability to be able to swing a golf club and make that piece of shit ball do what you're trying to do