Can golfers be considered athletes??
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FATAL.....OCCORDING TO YOUR THEORY:
IF YOU CAN PLAY IT...ITS NOT A SPORT...
WELL THEN...LETS SEE..
BASEBALL-IM SURE YOU CAN PLAY THAT.....MUST NOT BE A SPORT..
FOOTBALL - THAT EITHER...NOT A SPORT..
BASKETBALL - NOT A SPORT...WHO CANT RUN DOWN A COURT AND SHOOT A BASKETBALL..
MIGGIDY...YOU SURE ARE A DUMB FUCK..
MARBLES???
THAT TELLS ME YOU ARE A FUCKING GEEK..
WHO PLAYED MARBLES???
FATAL...MIGGIDY...
GOLF IS A SPORT...LET IT BE...
5000
FATAL.....OCCORDING TO YOUR THEORY:
IF YOU CAN PLAY IT...ITS NOT A SPORT...
WELL THEN...LETS SEE..
BASEBALL-IM SURE YOU CAN PLAY THAT.....MUST NOT BE A SPORT..
FOOTBALL - THAT EITHER...NOT A SPORT..
BASKETBALL - NOT A SPORT...WHO CANT RUN DOWN A COURT AND SHOOT A BASKETBALL..
MIGGIDY...YOU SURE ARE A DUMB FUCK..
MARBLES???
THAT TELLS ME YOU ARE A FUCKING GEEK..
WHO PLAYED MARBLES???
FATAL...MIGGIDY...
GOLF IS A SPORT...LET IT BE...
5000
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i hope this wuz all a joke cuz you're a fuckin moron if you weren't joking. golf requires skill, nothing else. same shit with marblez. that'z all i said pendejo. i didnt say "if you can play it, it's not a sport." you made that up on your own and i really dont see how in tha fuck you came up with that conclusion. sports require physical conditioning, golf does not. there's no strenuous activity involved with golf. most real sports are team efforts, meaning you must work together with your teammates to win.
and you're callin miggidy a nerd for playing marbles? yea man, all the true hardcore people play golf. you'll never see a nerd wearing golfing attire. LMAO!!!!
i hope this wuz all a joke cuz you're a fuckin moron if you weren't joking. golf requires skill, nothing else. same shit with marblez. that'z all i said pendejo. i didnt say "if you can play it, it's not a sport." you made that up on your own and i really dont see how in tha fuck you came up with that conclusion. sports require physical conditioning, golf does not. there's no strenuous activity involved with golf. most real sports are team efforts, meaning you must work together with your teammates to win.
and you're callin miggidy a nerd for playing marbles? yea man, all the true hardcore people play golf. you'll never see a nerd wearing golfing attire. LMAO!!!!
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DID I SAY I PLAY GOLF?...I HAVE PLAYED...
AND I WAS REFERRING TO HIM PLAYING WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER..
SORRY I OFFENDED YOU AND HIM...
I DIDNT PLAY MARBLES ....
TO BE TOTALLY HONEST I REALLY DONT GIVE A SHIT..
IF YOU THINK ITS NOT A SPORT...THEN...HEY ITS NOT A SPORT..
BUT IF I CAN MAKE MILLIONS PLAYING THAT "GAME"..."SKILL TESTED EVENT"....OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT...
TO ME ITS A SPORT....
THE PAYOFF IS NO DIFFERENT THAT ANYOTHER SPORT...
I LUV THE WAY YOU USE PENDEJO....
CABRON...
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DID I SAY I PLAY GOLF?...I HAVE PLAYED...
AND I WAS REFERRING TO HIM PLAYING WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER..
SORRY I OFFENDED YOU AND HIM...
I DIDNT PLAY MARBLES ....
TO BE TOTALLY HONEST I REALLY DONT GIVE A SHIT..
IF YOU THINK ITS NOT A SPORT...THEN...HEY ITS NOT A SPORT..
BUT IF I CAN MAKE MILLIONS PLAYING THAT "GAME"..."SKILL TESTED EVENT"....OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT...
TO ME ITS A SPORT....
THE PAYOFF IS NO DIFFERENT THAT ANYOTHER SPORT...
I LUV THE WAY YOU USE PENDEJO....
CABRON...
5000
tha way JLMACN is lookin at it.... anything in which you contend against others is a sport. well, if that's true then poker is also a sport. so is marbles, chess, checkers, battle rapping, staring contests, pie eating contests, radio-controlled-car racing, etc.... sure they can all be considered sports, but be real. they're not and golf is not either.
lmao.....I knew someone would come thru with somethin like that....actually according to the dictionary fucking is a sport too! lol...
Sport - a : a source of diversion : RECREATION b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in.
I dont know about golf tho....It could go either way....
Sport - a : a source of diversion : RECREATION b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in.
I dont know about golf tho....It could go either way....
Posted on Sun, Oct. 26, 2003
Blind golfer records club's first hole in one
By Joe Logan
Inquirer Staff Writer
Even though he is blind, Larry Ruttenberg, like many golfers, can usually tell by the feel when he has hit a good shot.
"Sweet spot, off the nose, off the heel, I can generally sense when a shot is good, bad or indifferent," Ruttenberg, 89, from Wynnewood, said last week.
So it was all the more surprising to Ruttenberg on Monday when he hit what felt like a rather indifferent 7-wood off the tee at the 120-yard par-3 12th hole at the ACE Club in Lafayette Hill, only to hear his coach, Paris Sterrett, grow increasingly excited during his play-by-play.
"Paris hollered, 'It hit the green, it's rolling, it's rolling, it won't stop rolling... Larry, it's IN THE HOLE!' "
There is no official clearinghouse for holes in one, but let the record show that the first ace at the new ACE Club, as confirmed by golf pro Mike Pilewski, was recorded by Ruttenberg during an outing for the Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association.
"I stood here, numb, if you want to know the truth," said Ruttenberg, recalling his reaction to his first ace in 65 years of golf.
"He smiled and said, 'Wow, that's great,' " said Sterrett, a retired psychologist from the Veterans Administration and Ruttenberg's regular coach and playing partner. "I don't think it hit him. I think it's hitting him now that he's getting phone calls" from reporters.
When Ruttenberg, a lifelong area resident, took up the game in his mid-20s, he had already lost the sight in his right eye. "Doctors in those days called it an infection," he said. "It got clouded over."
He lost the sight in his left eye 21 years ago when he was struck by a ball while playing golf.
"Somebody was in too much of a hurry and couldn't wait until we got off the green," Ruttenberg said with a remarkable lack of bitterness.
"The guy had been warned" about hitting into them on previous holes, Sterrett said of the player who struck Ruttenberg. "Our society is very impatient."
Before the accident, Sterrett said, Ruttenberg was a successful food broker who traveled extensively for his job, a 13 handicapper who was a member of several golf clubs.
These days, Ruttenberg and Sterrett are regulars at their golf association's outings. About 20 members and 20 coaches play an enviable lineup of area courses.
When stepping onto a tee, Sterrett will describe the hole to Ruttenberg. ("It's 120 yards, open on the front, huge ravine on the left...") After Ruttenberg decides on a club, Sterrett lines him up, then describes the resulting shot.
Most days, player and coach play alternate shots. They usually don't keep score. Maybe now they will.
Tap-ins. Watch for a Reese's Cup logo to turn up soon on the right sleeve and back collar of U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk, the West Chester native who signed an endorsement deal with the chocolate maker... . Shigeki Maruyama's 22-under 266 in the Chrysler Classic was the 16th time this year that the winning score was 20 under or better. Last year, that happened only nine times.
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Contact staff writer Joe Logan at 215-854-5604 or [email protected]. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Some sport you got there. An 89 year old blind man can be good at it.
I'm sure he looks good for his age though.
Blind golfer records club's first hole in one
By Joe Logan
Inquirer Staff Writer
Even though he is blind, Larry Ruttenberg, like many golfers, can usually tell by the feel when he has hit a good shot.
"Sweet spot, off the nose, off the heel, I can generally sense when a shot is good, bad or indifferent," Ruttenberg, 89, from Wynnewood, said last week.
So it was all the more surprising to Ruttenberg on Monday when he hit what felt like a rather indifferent 7-wood off the tee at the 120-yard par-3 12th hole at the ACE Club in Lafayette Hill, only to hear his coach, Paris Sterrett, grow increasingly excited during his play-by-play.
"Paris hollered, 'It hit the green, it's rolling, it's rolling, it won't stop rolling... Larry, it's IN THE HOLE!' "
There is no official clearinghouse for holes in one, but let the record show that the first ace at the new ACE Club, as confirmed by golf pro Mike Pilewski, was recorded by Ruttenberg during an outing for the Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association.
"I stood here, numb, if you want to know the truth," said Ruttenberg, recalling his reaction to his first ace in 65 years of golf.
"He smiled and said, 'Wow, that's great,' " said Sterrett, a retired psychologist from the Veterans Administration and Ruttenberg's regular coach and playing partner. "I don't think it hit him. I think it's hitting him now that he's getting phone calls" from reporters.
When Ruttenberg, a lifelong area resident, took up the game in his mid-20s, he had already lost the sight in his right eye. "Doctors in those days called it an infection," he said. "It got clouded over."
He lost the sight in his left eye 21 years ago when he was struck by a ball while playing golf.
"Somebody was in too much of a hurry and couldn't wait until we got off the green," Ruttenberg said with a remarkable lack of bitterness.
"The guy had been warned" about hitting into them on previous holes, Sterrett said of the player who struck Ruttenberg. "Our society is very impatient."
Before the accident, Sterrett said, Ruttenberg was a successful food broker who traveled extensively for his job, a 13 handicapper who was a member of several golf clubs.
These days, Ruttenberg and Sterrett are regulars at their golf association's outings. About 20 members and 20 coaches play an enviable lineup of area courses.
When stepping onto a tee, Sterrett will describe the hole to Ruttenberg. ("It's 120 yards, open on the front, huge ravine on the left...") After Ruttenberg decides on a club, Sterrett lines him up, then describes the resulting shot.
Most days, player and coach play alternate shots. They usually don't keep score. Maybe now they will.
Tap-ins. Watch for a Reese's Cup logo to turn up soon on the right sleeve and back collar of U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk, the West Chester native who signed an endorsement deal with the chocolate maker... . Shigeki Maruyama's 22-under 266 in the Chrysler Classic was the 16th time this year that the winning score was 20 under or better. Last year, that happened only nine times.
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Contact staff writer Joe Logan at 215-854-5604 or [email protected]. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Some sport you got there. An 89 year old blind man can be good at it.
I'm sure he looks good for his age though.