Golf is a game that can be traced back to the 1400’s. Truley a game that has been around for hundreds of years. Yet today there is a controversy weather golf is a sport or not. Golf is a game where you have a small white ball about the size of a donut hole. The ultimate goal of the sport is too get the ball in the hole in as few tries as possible. Yet as we said earlier is golf really a sport? Or is it just a game? It matches both definitions but what which one does it match best?

Golf in my opinion is definitely a sport. I personally believe it matches the definition of a sport more than a game. In the definition of sport it says that a sport must be physically exerting and it must take skill. If you had never played golf before than you’d probably think it was a game and does not take much skill because so many people of all ages play it. Well it does take skill because of the fact that you have to have the right technique to hit the ball. It it is physically exerting because it puts wear and tear on the muscles that you use to hit the ball. You also can’t forget about the fact that without a cart you are walking an extremely far distance and without a caddie you also have a giant bag you have to carry which is also physically exerting. Those are my thoughts on why golf is a sport rather than a game.

~Jack