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Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity while
other sports such as the NBA, baseball, and football
are floundering? Ever wonder why people who don't
even play golf go to tournaments or watch it on TV?
These truisms may shed light on reasons why.Golf
is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority
of players being honorable people who don't need
referees.
Golfers don't have some of their players in jail
every week. Golfers don't scratch their privates
on the golf course. Golfers don't kick dirt on, or
throw bottles at, other people. Professional golfers
are compensated in direct proportion to how well
they play.
Golfers pay their own way to travel between tournaments.
A few even fly on their own aircraft that they have
actually paid for. Golfers don't get per diem and
two seats on a charter flight when they travel between
tournaments. Golfers don't threaten to go on strike.
Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand
new contracts, because of another player's deal.
Professional Golfers don't demand that the taxpayers
pay for the courses on which they play. When golfers
make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them
or back them up. The PGA Tour raises more money for
charity in one year than the National Football League
does in two.
You can watch the best golfers in the world up close,
at any tournament, including the majors, all day,
every day for $25 or $30. The cost for a seat in
the nosebleed section at the Super Bowl will cost
around $300 or more. You can bring a picnic lunch
to the tournament golf course, watch the best in
the world and not spend a small fortune on food and
drink. Try that at one of the taxpayer funded baseball
or football stadiums.
I brought a Coke in to Dodger Stadium last year,
and an usher came to my seat and told me I had to
dispose of it, or I would not be allowed to stay
in the stadium. In golf you cannot fail 70% of the
time and make $9 million a season, like the best
baseball hitters (.300 batting average) do. Golf
doesn't change its rules to attract fans. Golfers
have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each
week.
Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being
interviewed.
Golf doesn't have free agency. They don't need one.
In their prime, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom
Watson, Lee Trevino, Greg Norman, and other stars,
would shake your hand and say they were happy to
meet you. In his prime Jose Canseco wore T-shirts
that read, Leave Me Alone.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 ever hear a steady stream of
four letter words and nasty name calling while you're
hoping that no one spills beer on you.
Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball three times as far
as Bonds can hit a baseball.My wife and I want my
our son and daughter exposed to sports and even life,
through these mores, values and time honored behaviors,
demonstrated by honorable people. And that is who
we attract, and who is attracted to our camp now.The
kind of staff, faculty and families that cherish
this decent way of living ones iife. We thought you
might like it too.!
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