MTBeer Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Golf is a game not a sport. It can't be a sport if you can be a smoker and a professional at the same time.
khm4252 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 You don't need a 40k bike, gadgets and gizmos. And if you don't get The High often enough, the trails you are riding are not technical enough, or you didn't push hard enough. Go challenge yourself on every ride like you challenge yourself every time you step up to the tee, but do it without him, GPS and the works. Just you, your bike and the mountain. And if you feel lekker after riding, you won't need data to confirm that you had a good ride.And you don't need to race every weekend, go have a lekker group ride with mates, then the race entry is swapped out with a permit fee at whatever trail centre you ride. The post ride beer and food might klap the wallet, but it could have happened at the 19th hole as well. If you make the "cheap" argument for cycling then the same is true for golf. You can get a R3000 starter set that is good or an excellent 2nd hand set for R6k. You can play municipal courses at R75 a round. The only thing is golf takes a little longer but generally speaking it is much easier/closer to get to a course than to get to an MTB trail. I am not sure you can truly compare the two. I think they both fight for your time as one generally rides on the weekend and one can do one or the other. Cycling has greater fitness benifits, is easier to do while golf has too many high end courses resulting in high fees thus cycling is doing better.
Hellwarp Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 If it's true that MTB is overtaking golf, whick nobody appears to be contesting ... the reason may simply be that its easier to ride a bike than hit a golf ball "straight up the middle". Most people who have given a club a swing would agree that you do not simply stroll onto the first tee and proceed to club a 250m drive down the fairway. Its a challenging and intimidating pastime which takes months if not years to master to a point where one can "hold your own" amongst experienced players. Not to mention golfing etiquette, rules of the game, clubhouse rules etc etc.MTB on the other hand is more accessible, if you can ride a bike, "off you go". Sure it takes a while to gain confidence to go from tar to gravel, jeeptrack to singletrack, jumps, downhill ...But still Its a lot less intimidating than addressing the ball in front of a gallery of waiting players and making solid contact with a little white ball. Not to mention the short game, putting, bunker shots and the dreaded water hazard short and left of the green ... In my opinion MTB is as, if not more expensive than golf so money isn't the issue.
johanpre44 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 How can golf equipment be cooler than a bike? I just love how all the mechanical bits work together so perfectly in most cases (and when they don't you can fix it). But maybe that's the appeal of golf. Go play the game, get home and put everything away (maybe wipe the clubs). With cycling it doesn't just stop when the ride ends, you have to clean the bike, get the kit ready for the next ride etc... On the money side, cycling may be more expensive in the long run, but I think the rewards are there in terms of health and fitness.
dev null Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 I think the author is right. Am very much in favour of golfers sticking to their game of sticks and balls instead of climbing across to our side of the fence.Next thing you know we have knobbers riding around in checkered bibs or caddies running around the Spruit with spare tubes Can I sign a petition anywhere insupport of above? It's already here my friend: https://www.facebook.com/tracysfunkypants
HappyMartin Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 It's already here my friend: https://www.facebook.com/tracysfunkypantsIt had to happen with all the golfers cycling. Hideous.
Stretch Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Golf is a game not a sport. It can't be a sport if you can be a smoker and a professional at the same time. don't forget this guys addiction to the cancer sticks.... http://stones.org.za/beccy/cricket/symcoxbat.jpg
Stretch Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 I enjoy my 1 or 2 games of golf a year...but I certainly dont have 5 or 6 hours Plus R300 plus available every saturday to play it...I reckon if I played more I could be pretty reasonable at it...but the skill is just enough to make those 2 times a year a heap of fun anyway (and they are usually golf days and therefore fulled with a bit of special water)
No Hare Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 no discipline, no self-control, sport of hooligans
SiriS Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 I do both. Cycling is more expensive. Golf is tougher. Ride every day and you will get better. Hit balls everyday and you can stay the same handicap for the rest of your life. It's a bigger challenge to improve your skills in golf. Both are awesome sports. Why am I playing less golf and cycling more? Time. Went out for quick 1:30 hours at Meerendal early this morning - hangover gone and family still in bed when I got back. Also, the fitness aspect of cycling becomes more important is you grow older. Did I mention both are awesome?
Lurch the stalker Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 If I live to 100 my birthday present to myself will be a membership to a golf course, I'll finally be in the age bracket to play what I consider an 'old man game'
deanbean Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 no discipline, no self-control, sport of hooligans golf-shot-off-golf-cart.pngmust-see-imagery-golf-ball-fail.jpgI've got a pic somewhere of a certain journo, cycling announcer and gravity legend abusing a golf cart too.
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 If I live to 100 my birthday present to myself will be a membership to a golf course, I'll finally be in the age bracket to play what I consider an 'old man game' Hmm, I guess Charl Schwartzel didnt read that memo, good thing too because at the advanced age of 30 years old this great South African golfer is packing the wins and the credentials onto his name and the Euro Millions into his bank account. Maybe he will start cycling when he reaches 100.
Lurch the stalker Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Hmm, I guess Charl Schwartzel didnt read that memo, good thing too because at the advanced age of 30 years old this great South African golfer is packing the wins and the credentials onto his name and the Euro Millions into his bank account. Maybe he will start cycling when he reaches 100. ...and all the best to him for it, personally, I'd rather watch paint dry (this is not an exaggeration;))
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 If it's true that MTB is overtaking golf, whick nobody appears to be contesting ... the reason may simply be that its easier to ride a bike than hit a golf ball "straight up the middle". Most people who have given a club a swing would agree that you do not simply stroll onto the first tee and proceed to club a 250m drive down the fairway. Its a challenging and intimidating pastime which takes months if not years to master to a point where one can "hold your own" amongst experienced players. Not to mention golfing etiquette, rules of the game, clubhouse rules etc etc.MTB on the other hand is more accessible, if you can ride a bike, "off you go". Sure it takes a while to gain confidence to go from tar to gravel, jeeptrack to singletrack, jumps, downhill ...But still Its a lot less intimidating than addressing the ball in front of a gallery of waiting players and making solid contact with a little white ball. Not to mention the short game, putting, bunker shots and the dreaded water hazard short and left of the green ... In my opinion MTB is as, if not more expensive than golf so money isn't the issue.I am not that sure, you know the old saying if you repeat something often enough it becomes fact. But even so if it is true, I would say its most likely a South African truth and not a global one. I have played golf for 30 years now, probably a few years less than I have cycled and I still enjoy them and dont see any reason not to participate in both. I often read these articles and I think are people so scared of not been part of the crowd they will do or say anything to justify their need to fit in with whatever is hip and now, I am old enough to remember when wind surfing was a big deal, everyone was doing it, today you will struggle to find a wind surfer or a shop selling them. Sports, games and entertainment move in cycles, today its golf, tomorrow its mountain biking next year for all we know its rock climbing or horseshoe throwing and we will see similar articles, "Rock climbing, the new Cycling" - but yah, I am old and out of touch and just do what I enjoy - Cheerless, I know!
Skubarra Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Grumps, it is definitely a global trend and not just in RSA This from the BBC a few months back http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/30422698
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