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Why Bowling is Better Than Golf

Tuesday April 24, 2007 | 23:28:11 294 words, 20863 views  

After an absolutely horrible round of golf. After you have thrown your clubs in the pond and stomped off the course vowing never to play the stupid game again. You can alway pick up another ball, hit the lanes and bowl. Why not? It’s got a lot of advantages:

-you don’t have to bring your own ball
-you don’t need 14 different clubs
-you don’t lose your ball in the woods
-you don’t need Sudafed because you’re allergic to cut grass
-you don’t have to wait for the beer cart girl
-one game costs $4 not $40
-you don’t need to pee behind a tree
-with bumpers you’ll never miss your target
-the higher your score the BETTER you did
-you get to wear cool shoes that only cost $2 to rent
-you don’t even have to keep score, it’s done for you
-a gutter ball is part of the game, and out-of-bounds is not
-you don’t have to get up early to get a good lane
-you don’t have to talk quietly when someone is bowling
-its okay to wear matching shirts
-you can have nicknames on your shirt like: Fats, Shorty or Tiny
-there are no club memberships to pay
-it never claims to be a form of exercise
-there is no dress code, as long as you wear shoes
-you can still play when it rains
-you don’t have to watch it on TV when you should be playing

According to the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), in 2006, at 44.8 million, Bowling ranks as the 4th most popular participatory sport and Golf, at 24.4 million, is ranked #16. Embarrasingly, golf lags behind sports like Fishing (#6), Weight Lifting (#10) and Billiards (#11).

Which sport ranks in last place (#41)???

Ice Hockey.

At least we still have another sport to kick around.

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Comment from: Oliver Sudden [Visitor]
What's the hardest score to get in bowling ?
PermalinkPermalink 2007-04-25 @ 00:54
Comment from: Brandon Tucker [Member] · http://www.worldgolf.com/blogs/brandon.tucker
What about...

Karaoke is all-too neglected in golf course clubhouses.

There is no black-lit "cosmic golf", so you can never tell when it's time to wash your polos.

When's the last time you teed off with "Back in black" pumping you up?
PermalinkPermalink 2007-04-25 @ 01:48
Comment from: Joltin Joe [Visitor]
After 36 horrific holes this weekend, (my swing took a personal day) and losing about 10 balls, i remarked to my playing partners that I would be switching to bowling because you never lose your ball, and triple digit scores are good!

Another weekend like that and I just might be serious.
PermalinkPermalink 2007-04-25 @ 11:34
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member]
In bowling, you can put up those gutter rails and never have a gutter ball. You can toss two bowling balls at once and have them hook in from each side of the lane. You can toss candle pin, duck pin, or ten pin. Golf, on the other hand, just kicks ass. I would like a little AcDac playing as I tee off and putt out, thought.
PermalinkPermalink 2007-04-25 @ 12:48
Comment from: Dick Sutton, owner of Ben Sutton Golf Schools [Visitor] · http://www.golfschool.com/blog/
Good one, Bruce. Hey, golf's the thinking-person's
game so who cares if we're #16!

Our solution to frustration at Ben Sutton is to
provide at the end of your day a cocktail party
with your classmates and your golf professional. So
no matter how frustrated you got out there, you
have understanding souls to talk to about it.
PermalinkPermalink 2007-04-25 @ 14:15
Comment from: Brandon Tucker [Member] · http://www.worldgolf.com/blogs/brandon.tucker
I went bowling tonight after playing 18 today.

I like golf way more.

PermalinkPermalink 2007-04-25 @ 23:53
Comment from: Al [Visitor] · http://www.globalgolf.com
"Which sport ranks in last place (#41)??? Ice Hockey."

So shouldn't the next article be, "Why Golf Is Better Than Ice Hockey?" Hahaha
PermalinkPermalink 2007-07-12 @ 09:55

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