I heard an amusing answer to the question, "Is golf a sport?" "No if you can smoke a cigarette while doing something, it isn't a sport."
I like the idea that most golf courses are not public financed boondoggles, good point. I'd like to know what their environmental impact is though. It seems like they're pretty heavy on the weed killer around here and pretty hard on the water supply in dry parts of the country. I guess I'd rather just sit in the pasture while knocking off that bottle of scotch.