| Ever wonder why golf is growing in | | | | You can bring a picnic lunch to the |
| popularity and people who don't even | | | | tournament golf course, watch the best |
| play go to tournaments or watch on TV? | | | | in the world and not spend a small |
| These truisms may shed light on reasons | | | | fortune on food and drink. Try that at |
| why. | | | | one of the taxpayer funded baseball or |
| Golf is an honorable game, with the | | | | football stadiums. |
| overwhelming majority of players being | | | | In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time |
| honorable people who don't need | | | | and make $9 million a season, like the |
| referees. | | | | best baseball hitters (. 300 batting |
| Golfers don't have some of their players | | | | average) do. |
| in jail every week. | | | | Golf doesn't change its rules to attract |
| Golfers don't scratch their privates on | | | | fans. |
| the golf course. | | | | Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new |
| Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw | | | | playing area each week. |
| bottles at, other people. | | | | Golfers keep their clothes on while they |
| Professional golfers are compensated in | | | | are being interviewed. |
| direct proportion to how well they play. | | | | Golf doesn't have free agency. |
| Golfers don't get per diem and two seats | | | | In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold |
| on a charter flight when they travel | | | | Palmer and other stars, would shake your |
| between tournaments. | | | | hand and say they were happy to meet |
| Golfers don't hold out for more money, | | | | you. In his prime Jose Canseco wore |
| or demand new contracts, because of | | | | T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone." |
| another player's deal. | | | | You can hear birds chirping on the golf |
| Professional golfers don't demand that | | | | course during a tournament. |
| the taxpayers pay for the courses on | | | | Ladies are welcome players. |
| which they play. | | | | At a golf tournament, (unlike at |
| When golfers make a mistake, nobody is | | | | taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and |
| there to cover for them or back them up. | | | | arenas) you won't hear a steady stream |
| The PGA Tour raises more money for | | | | of four letter words and nasty name |
| charity in one year than the National | | | | calling while you're hoping that no one |
| Football League (NFL) does in two. | | | | spills beer on you. |
| You can watch the best golfers in the | | | | Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball three |
| world up close, at any tournament, | | | | times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a |
| including the majors, all day, every day | | | | baseball. |
| for $25 or $30 while the cost for a seat | | | | Golf Courses don't ruin the |
| in the nosebleed section at the Super | | | | neighborhood. |
| Bowl will cost upwards of $300.. | | | | |