To all you golf enthusiast I hope you enjoy this.

              Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why
       people who don't even play go to tournaments or watch
       it on TV? These truisms may shed light:

           Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming
       majority of players being honorable people who don't
       need referees.

           Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every
       week.

           Golfers don't scratch their privates on the golf
       course.

           Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other
       people.

           Professional golfers are compensated in direct
       proportion to how well they play.

           Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter
       flight when they travel between tournaments.

           Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new
       contracts, because of another player's deal.

           Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers
       pay for the courses on which they play.
       When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover
       for them or back them up.

           The PGA Tour raises more money for charity in one year
       than the National Football League does in two.

           You can watch the best golfers in the world up close,
       at any tournament, including the majors, all day,
       every day for $25 or $30. The cost for a seat in the
       nosebleed section at the Super Bowl will cost around
       $300 or more.

           You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf
       course, watch the best in the world and not spend a
       small fortune on food and drink. Try that at one of
       the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadiums. If
       you bring a soft drink into a ballpark, they'll give
       you two options -- get rid of it or leave.

           In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9
       million a season, like the best baseball hitters (.300
       batting average) do.

           Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.

           Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area
       each week.

       Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being
       interviewed.

           Golf doesn't have free agency.

           In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and other
       stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy
       to meet you. In his prime Jose Canseco wore T-shirts
       that read "Leave Me Alone."

           You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during
       a tournament.

           Ladies are welcome players.

           At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded
       sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady
       stream of four letter words and nasty name calling
       while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.

           Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball three times as far as
       Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.

          Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.

          Finally, here's a slice of golf history you might
      enjoy.

          Why do full-length golf courses have 18 holes, and not
      20, or 10 or an even dozen? During a discussion among
      the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858,
      one of the members pointed out that it takes exactly
      18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting
      himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot
      figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch
     ran out. Now you know.