Originally Posted by
70sSanO
What I want to know is why do golfers spend thousands of dollars on equipment and replace it every other year. And pay $100 every weekend to spend 5 hours hitting bad shots over and over. And they do it every week in hopes that something will change and it never does. The only difference is no one will ever mistake them for a pro.
Answering your cycling questions is child’s play.
John
Golf is about social networking as much as it's a game. Bicycling has some of that, but golf has attributes that make it really suitable for the purpose. Let's be serious, all high-end sporting equipment can be used for status symbol purposes, so golfing with expensive equipment at the finest course makes a very strong status statement. Also, the nature of the competition is not physically exhausting, so you can "play hard" and keep talking the whole time. You get super-competitive in a biking activity, and the social interaction drops to nothing. Finally, it's a heck of a lot easier to get sloshed while golfing.
Hunting used to be used in this way among the wealthy, but that's problematic with the killing, guts and blood stuff. Also, getting sloshed while shooting is a bit nerve-racking.