I used to always confound my friends when I would exclaim ‘you have to sweat for it to be a sport… and that puts golf and baseball in jeopardy’… well, it appears that others have figured this out as well. Popular Science magazine has a recent article entitled “Is Golf a Sport?”
It’s an age-old question debated in pro shops and pubs across America: is golf a sport… So golf burns 180 calories per hour while billiards (216), fishing (302), or even a relaxed canoe trip (345) consume more calories.
