To make sure there's at least one woman in it per year from now on

HTH

Golf is not a f******g sport.

Anything you can "play" while sitting in a car cannot possibly be described as a sport. Monopoly is more of a sport than golf.

Andy Murray would be one of a long line of winners of the title who actually doesn't posess a personality. He should be disqualified on those grounds.

I think I'll put together an alternative list in my spare time today.

A fairly standard Definition of "sport":
An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
Golf is very clearly a sport by any standard definition.


A true non sequitur. Amateur RL is a participation sport, the fact that there are not thousands watching every game is not a refelction on the flourishing or non-flourishing of RL. I would suggest Premier League football is by and large flourishing, you wouldn't say that the fact only 20 speccies turn up at park Sunday league games in manchester contradicts that would you?


Came close, but doesn't say much.


Is there anything to stop a woman golfer joining the main Tour? I don't know, but would have thought if one applied, she couldn't nowadays be declined on grounds of sex?

You're not the only one with flashes of amateur brilliance. At Clayton, a nice little sloping 9 hole course, I once held the record for 18 years with a 31.

I did a bit better on the 2nd.

Is it played in long pants (and in this instance breeks or plus-fours are long pants)?

If so, disqualified, simple as

Chess involves physical exertion. By your "definition" gardening is quite clearly a sport.

Women (at least one I know of) have been invited to play on events on the main tours through sponsors exemptions.

To qualify for a place on the main tour though, they'd first need to get their tour card by going through qualifying school.

Never mind the "standard" definitions, whatever that means, just listen to your Uncle Barbudo.
It's not a sport, it's a pastime.
I said so, so that's it.
End of.


oh ... and ... FACT !

I'd love to see Michelle Wie on the greens.

The greenkeeper wouldn't be too happy

It's only a sport if you have to change your shoes to do it.

Golf - Sport
Darts - Not sport.

I'd love to see Michelle Wie on the tee.

If you really think moving chess pieces involves "physical exertion" then you are mad as a box of frogs. Honestly, it ain't what we're talking about.

Gardening is, actually, an extremely good source of physical activity. It can involve a great deal of exertion, and usually much aerobic exercise. But it is plainly nutty of you to suggest it fits the definition as a sport, so I am more inclined to the view that you're on the wind up.

So for the Michelle Wies of this world can I assume the answer is she prefers to be a big and very highly paid fish in the female pond than an also-ran earning peanuts in the male pond?

Gardening fit [iyour[/i definition of sport perfectly "An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively".

You could also include Masterchef and the Great British Bake Off as sporting events using that definition.

And "physical exertion" can mean blinking. I'm a scientist, I measure femtograms of substances in biological solution, without setting parameters for the quantity of [iexertion[/i the statement you made is completely applicable to the act of moving a chess piece.

Who is the governing body that sets the rules for gardening?

Royal Horticultural Society

GFBGS.

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Quote ="Dave Lister"Who is the governing body that sets the rules for gardening?'" I believe these guys are the equivalent of UEFA. egvga.webs.com/showrules.htm

Quote ="Dave Lister"Who is the governing body that sets the rules for gardening?'" I believe these guys are the equivalent of UEFA. egvga.webs.com/showrules.htm

Not at all. You are relying on semantics to produce an absurd argument, and making yourself look like some remedial pedant who came last with nul points in the school debate, but is convinced he won.


Is that right? You're such a zany guy, I'd never have guessed, but jolly well done with that

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Too f******g easy pal.

Oh dear. A decent fisherman never lets out that he is fishing. Sign of a lost argument usually.

the lady doth protest too much, methinks

I'm not sure whether contortionism constitues sport, but I sure there are many on here who could TAKE it seriously: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... endar.html

I'm not sure whether contortionism constitues sport, but I sure there are many on here who could TAKE it seriously: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... endar.html

If there are rules in contortionism(?), I reckon she could bend 'em.

Quote ="Dally"I'm not sure whether contortionism constitues sport, but I sure there are many on here who could TAKE it seriously: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... endar.html'" Bloody hell.

Quote ="Dally"I'm not sure whether contortionism constitues sport, but I sure there are many on here who could TAKE it seriously: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... endar.html'" Bloody hell.

I'm going to assume that i wasn't the only one who thought filthy thoughts about this woman