Is golf a sport or a game?Óscar Díaz offers a vision of the eternal debate
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Explained rudely and making an etymological dead.However, the problem of representativeness of the terms is not usually in words, but in the use that people make of them, in the literalness of our minds.Words are a reflection of the society of each era, and that is why the SAR, unfairly criticized on numerous occasions, acts as a notary that reflects its use, apart from the fact that its meaning contains reproachable nuances.Imperfection is not usually in the word, but in how we use it.
On the other hand, sometimes we grab the meaning that appears in the dictionary to justify positions and reinforce arguments, resorting to his authority to try to settle any discussion and model reality a posteriori.Bringing it to our land, to the golf, there are those who are still offended when he has a closetnot to Sport to define it, and even in our dictionary their definitions are not so far away.In its first meaning, sport is defined as "physical activity, exercised as game or competition, whose practice involves training and subject to norms", while its second meaning offers these alternatives: "recreation, hobby, pleasure, fun or physical exercise,usually outdoors ».Meanwhile, at stake we find the following description: «Recreational exercise or competition submitted to rules, and in which it is won or lost».It is clear that they are terms that have lived for centuries without problems.
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Apart from what appears when looking back in libraries and newspapers (and I fervently recommend reading this article about the etymological origin and use of the terms "sport" and "sport"), the uninformed people pull topics (the aspectof some players, the "non -explosive" character of their exercise) to denigrate the sports qualities of golf and deny its nature.By way of response, connoisseurs react as if they had punctured them by offering examples that reinforce their position, such as the effort and technique necessary to play it at high level, the importance of physical preparation in modern golf, their incorporation into the Olympic familyor its competitive essence.The previous arguments are true and it is good to resort to them to "defend" golf and their sports condition, although the effort to offer reasons to those who are based on prejudices are usually vain.
However, let's not forget the benefits offered by the term "game".We often say something that is a child game to denigrate it or belittle their difficulty, when in reality that is just the most difficult.Stripping from the heavy clothing of obligations, recovering the metaphorical nudity of those who undertake their path in life, the innocence of which is surprised with any thoroughmore in the maelstrom that we have had to live.The modern world rules.This investment of terms is beautiful as long as it is momentary.
The game is what makes us humans, and is one of the fundamental reasons that explain the success of the Ryder Cup or the Solheim Cup.Beyond the sports capacity, of the talent exhibited, of the geopolitical circumstances, these competitions appeal to the viscera, the atavistic spirit of the game, to whom they were its protagonists when there was no money in between, when there was only enjoyment, passion and hours and hoursand hours in the company of friends and golf sticks ... Beyond the feeling caused by belonging to a group, of the feeling of community or not failing who you have next to it, all important factors, the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup CupThey allow their participants to recover the children inside.This was explained by Jon Rahm at the end of this year's edition of the Ryder Cup, resulted in a hard defeat despite his great role."I have not had a good time in life".
I refer this text with a small reflection, especially applicable to the Ryder Cup.Eye with the Americans, a priori always superiors on paper, but most often grabbed in recent decades for their seriousness and for the density of their individualism, their micromundos and their bubbles.Eye with them if they manage to park the business and their differences.Eye with them if you have learned to enjoy, as it seemed to happen at Whistling Straits.
We can check what happens in 2023, in Rome and Finca Cortesín, where we will live the next chapters of this wonderful intercontinental game.