Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Golf is always a difficult one because none of the top players are particularly likeable.

 

[jimharri]

When and why did golf become an Olympic ‘sport’!!?

You could ask the same question about a lot of the sports in the games.

 

[jimharri]

Golf is always a difficult one because none of the top players are particularly likeable.

Fleetwood?

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Fleetwood?

Maybe. He’s never really managed to push onto the next step in his career though.


Maybe for the best given how the rest turn out. Scheffler seems okay.

 

[mexico1970]

When and why did golf become an Olympic ‘sport’!!?

The Olympic games must have been all over in one afternoon when the Greeks held it every year, but since the advent of television and soap adverts it has gone a bit Pete Tong and they will have any old shit on it so it's long winded and convoluted :)

 

[waspish]

BBC main channel are taking the piss with what they putting on there and what they are putting on the Iplayer!

 

[BringBackSwales]

Based on all the fuckers on the back roads on a Saturday and Sunday we should be absolutely pissing the road cycling

 

[jimharri]

Based on all the fuckers on the back roads on a Saturday and Sunday we should be absolutely pissing the road cycling

You'd need a few sets of traffic lights (on red, obviously), that they could ignore. That'd make them feel right at home. And award bonus points for riding on the pavement.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

BBC main channel are taking the piss with what they putting on there and what they are putting on the Iplayer

Golf?

 

[SebastianBlue]

When and why did golf become an Olympic ‘sport’!!?

I continue to maintain that like Baseball and Cricket, Golf is not a sport but rather a competitive leisure activity, and thus should not be in the olympics (which could apply to a fair few other events, as well).

In my opinion in order to qualify as a full fledged sport a majority of the players need to be actively participating for 70%+ of the time spent during the competitive match event; it is a competitive leisure activity when a majority of players spend 70%+ of the time during the match simply waiting for something to happen.

I know this is an addition to the base definition of “sport” but I think it should be used, as we have more and more leisure activities now being nonsensically classed as “sport” for me…