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Source: The Brock Press (Brock

University) By Adam Hall

ST; CATHARINES (CUP) - Goofy looking pants and a fat ass may describe the person you picked up at the bar last night, but it also describes the way many people look at the sport of golf.

Some people think of golf as one of the world’s most unattractive sports. I mean, why chase around a little white ball? It seems pointless.

These same people feel that professional golfers aren’t making a living, they are making fools of them- selves.

These critics also tend to believe that, if they chose to, they could be as good as any of the professional players they see on television. How hard is it to hit a

little white ball, anyway?

For those of you who ap- proach the game this way, I chal- lenge you to drop a ball and try your best to hit it 300 yards down the middle of a fair- way.

These professionals that you see on televi- sion aren’t just having fun, they make a living off the sport. And just like everyone else they take their job very seriously.

Recently I had an opportu- nity to use my press privileges to pick up a three- day pass to watch the Bell Canadian Open.

This is a stop on the Pro- fessional Golf Association tour that took place in Oakville at Glenn Abbey Golf and Country Club.

This was an opportunity for me to realize, first of all, how horri- ble I actually am at golf, and sec- ondly, how the lifestyle of a golfer is not always as much fun as I had at first anticipated.

I assumed these golfers were

like all regular

swinging hacks would go out and play their round of golf and after- wards take turns buying rounds for one another in the clubhouse.

To my surprise, their job was taken much more seriously then I had ever anticipated.

; The players would get up at approxi-

‘mately 6:30 a.m.

and proceed to hit a bucket of balls at the driving range.

They

would then head

to the course, play 18 holes of golf and after they had completed their round, would go back to the driv- ing range and do it all over again. For any- one who thinks that golfers live the easy life, try being away from your family 10 months of the year, constantly stuck in a plane. After seeing the effort these professionals put into their sport, I came to the realization that maybe the players that are constantly on top, pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars each

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tournament, are not living the life of the average PGA tour pro.

I also learned that the lifestyle might not be as easy as I had first ex- pected, and that the average golfer in goofy pants and a fat ass cannot and will not reach the professional level.