Tässä muutama, hieman off-topikkiinkin vivahtava, mutta silti aiheeseen sopiva syy miksi golf on hyvä laji kun ouhutaan herrasmiesmäisyydestä. Jokainen voi noista syistä vetää johtopäätöksiä nykyiseen F1-maailmaan, vaikkakin listassa on käytetty vertailuna lähinnä baseballia. Olen boldannu mukavimmat vertailut, jotka sopivat erittäin hyvin F1een wink
- 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 normally scratch their privates on the golf course.
- Golfers don't kick dirt on, or show fingers at other people.
- Professional golfers are compensated in direct proportion to how well they play.
- Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.
- 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 wink
- 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 into the Tamps Bay Devil Rays game at Tropicana Field 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. They lost over 100 games and I couldn't bring in a Coke!
- In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (. 300 batting average) do. Pätee muuten Villeneuven poikaankin varsin hyvin tämä wink
- Golf doesn't change its rules to attract Fans. eek! eek!
- 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.
- In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and other stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you. Does M Schumacher actually talk to anyone in the pit area?
- 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 hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
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