Since golf is a world renowned 'hobby' I believe it should be a sport.Like any other sport, you need physical strength, a good mental attitude and be able to have fun!

If golf isnt a sport then why can most professional athlete's (non-golfers) master the sport, such as Michael Jordan, Nicklas Lidstrom, Tony Romo and many more famous athletes. If these athletes can master the sport of golf why do people who think golf isnt a sport say "it isnt a sport because it lacks the need of good physical health", when they say this i don't believe they take in consideration how fit golfers are compared to a 350Lb football players on the field. This really goes to show that people don't look into the sport enough to see the reality of what actually goes into playing the game.

Golf has just been added to the Olympics of summer 2016, it is a sport that has been around longer than most sports we see today such as football (created in 1869), Baseball (1839), Soccer (1880). The version of golf we see today was created during 1457 in scotland, and even some traces from the Song dynasty show they played a different type of golf game during 960 -1279! This is what gets me i don't see why people say it is not a sport when history clearly shows its has been around 2.5x as long as most other commonly know sports and 7 out of 10 golfers are more athletic than most other athletes.