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Originally Posted by nfotiu
You misunderstood my quote... I meant that just because those are elements of success, does not make it less of a sport.
I'd guess that your friend isn't shooting in the 70s on 7800 yard courses with 10 inch rough and 13 stimpmeter greens that wouldn't hold your friend's shot with a 8 iron.
If the following are the major elements of sport:
endurance, strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, nerve, durability, hand-eye coordination and analytic aptitude.
Seems like the bolded elements are all the important elements that are key to being successful at golf. You cannot say the same about things like poker, chess, pool, etc.
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Here's the original ranking of sports that Cowperson's linked article references:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills
Breaking golf down by categories, here's how it ranked:
51 out of 60 in endurance
46 out of 60 in strength
27 out of 60 in power
52 out of 60 in speed
56 out of 60 in agility
43 out of 60 in flexibility
47 out of 60 in nerves
53 out of 60 in durability
21 out of 60 in hand/eye
13 out of 60 in analytical
Read their definitions to understand why golfers do not require a lot of endurance, strength, flexibility, nerves, or durability.