• Warning, this column will upset some people.  Some will think its genius.  Others will think the author is a certifiable nutcase.  You may have heard someone question if golfers are athletes.  No, really, I just heard that question on TV the other day.  I didn't make that up.  The upset people reading this are golfers.
• I don't want to appear biased against golfers.  I used to play at golf.  If someone asked my handicap, I told them it was me.  My golf game continuously struggled.
• Golfers come in all sizes, shapes and colors.  Old, young, fat, skinny, boy, girl, sophisticated, redneck, you see everything on the golf course.  Beer drinking, chain smoking, well dressed, sloppy, cursing, praying, there is everything in that green pasture.  Which brings us back to the original question, are golfers athletes?
• Football for instance has very well tuned athletes and yet there are linemen that appear to be spending too much time at the buffet table and drinking beer by the

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