### activity | game:

Golf
* allows long periods of time in which to lose concentration and become distracted.
* also can reveal character and personality traits in a person
  - mental game, and fatigue can play a factor on that facet
* booming business at home, around the country, and throughout the world.
* can teach more than just how to play the game.
* capitalist game.
* challenging, rewarding game - one that anyone, at any age, can play for life.
* complex game.
* complicated, fragmented marketplace with a history of turf protection.
* continues to play a significant role in the overall presentation of sports.
* day game.
* demanding game requiring accuracy, mental power and determination.
* difficult game which takes practice to master.
* donates more money to charity than all others combined.
* dummy variable for properties located adjacent to a golf course fairway.
* fickle sport.
* four-letter word.
* game and games are meant to be fun
  - for 'thinking' people
* game for all ages, for all abilities
  - the defeated
  - full of ups and downs
  - in which the goal is to hit a little ball into a hole in the ground with a stick
* game of a lifetime
  - accumulated experience
  - attrition, designed as a losing battle
  - bad lies, as well as good lies
  - becoming
  - comparisons and choices
  - concentration and strategy
  - confidence
  - days, next shots, and handicaps
  - etiquette
  - ever-changing shots
  - extreme precision
  - finesse and short-game artistry
  - fractions of inches
  - knowing
  - learning
  - long pauses and bursts of activity
  - never ending continual learning process
  - numbers
  - precision and control
  - strategy and shot making
  - targets
  - or firsts and nexts
* game that creates character, in other words
  - exposes heart and mind to unusual surprises
  - includes walking
  - is hard to master
* game that requires a lot of concentration
  - total balance and tranquility of the mind
  - takes an enormous amount of time for play and practice
  - where the ball lies poorly, and the players well
  - which is most greatly influenced by the skill level of the player
* gentleman's game.
* has short tees for women and children.
* holey game.
* includes a physical skill, and competition
  - regulation time
  - second periods
* involves muscular strength, power, endurance and flexibility.
* is THE most time-consuming college sport.
* is about hand-eye coordination, shoulder rotation, wrist strength, etc
  - learning and practicing
  - standing in place and hitting a shot
  - activities
* is also a game of spins and angles
  - social game
* is an addiction
  - athlete event
  - athletic and technically difficult sport
  - awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result
  - endeavor that produces character, sportsmanship, and pride
  - excellent sport for keeping physically fit and mentally alert
  - exciting sport for people of all ages
  - expensive way of playing marbles
* is an extremely popular sport in Alaska
  - increasingly popular sport, with courses available in most major populated areas
* is an individual activity
  - contributor sport
  - integral part of the Phoenix lifestyle
* is an international game of honor, played by all ages, all races, all nationalities
* is an outdoor game
  - played on real turf
  - believed to be the fastest growing sport worldwide
* is considered a low impact sport
  - to be one of the 'safest' sports for a person with hemophilia
  - crack cocaine for middle aged men
* is different from major team sports, where there is one champion crowned each year
  - most sports
  - other sports
  - than any other sport, which makes it easier for a woman
  - first and foremost a sport
  - generally the hardest and most challenging sport
  - good for eye hand coordination
  - ideal for individuals of nearly all ages and fitness levels
  - less about age, and more about sportsmanship, than perhaps any other sport
  - like learning to play music
  - low impact that suits both men and women, and young to old
  - made up of four swings
  - no different to other sports like tennis, rugby and football
  - now the fourth major sport, for good and for ill
  - often cold and wet
* is one of the fastest growing leisure activities in the world
  - segments of the recreational industry
  - rising participation sports in the world
* is one of the most popular sports in the United States at the present time
  - oldest sports in the world
  - sports at the Summer Games
  - sport that is taking off
  - outdoor sports
  - playd in Scotland
* is played as an Olympic sport for the second time
  - by millions of people around the world
* is played on gravel and baseball has two bases
  - some of the most beautiful land in all of the world
  - played, to some extent, in most countries of the world
* is popular in larger cities
  - simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad
  - with expatriate executives and professionals
  - probably closer to a profession than any other sports
  - said to be a gentleman's game
  - something a couple can do for a few hours and relax and enjoy each other's company
  - spectator sports
  - still a walking sport
  - systematic torture applied democratically
* is the best game ever invented by man
  - game of a lifetime for everyone
  - great national game of Scotland, and is played both by old folk and young people alike
  - greatest game in the world
* is the hardest game in the world to play, and the easiest to cheat at
  - highest form of self-indulgence
  - kind of game such people play
  - leader in popularity with tennis a close second
  - most intellectual of all physical sporting endeavors
* is the most popular form of outdoor personal and corporate entertainment
  - sport followed by horseback riding, mountain biking and water sports
* is the one game that has been effectively ridiculed by media
  - sport where the senior concept works
* is the only game that has more teachers than players
  - sport of all sports where the human body has no consequence
  - royal and truly ancient sport in many ways
  - single largest leisure activity for groups
* is the sport of our age group
  - the next century
  - ultimate sport
  - world's greatest or the world's most frustrating game
  - traditionally a quiet sport
* is very popular in Australia
  - Japan
* is, after all, an outdoor sport
  - basically, a niche sport
* kind of recreation preferred by the high income level foreign visitors.
* lifetime sport almost anyone can play
* mental game, especially at the higher levels
* metaphor for the self-empowerment that is learned through the adventure of life.
* midseason stress reliever.
* natural sport, done outdoors.
* physical sport that is demanding on the back and shoulders.
* pits golfers against trees, sand, water, curves of the earth, physics and themselves.
* popular sport in France, but it is often difficult to find a good course
  - with the domestic population and visitors alike
  - year-round sport along with baseball, basketball and football
* promotes the concept of pursuing a common goal through interaction.
* recognized game of honor and a true test of ones character.
* recreational activity that requires both time and money
  - activity, it game, it is even a competition
* refined sport where the beauty of the surroundings is as important as the game itself.
* relies on business, and business relies on golf.
* requires an intricate coordination of many muscles
  - power, strength, and finesse
  - tremendous focus and concentration, along with the ability to relax
* sickness, like alcoholism.
* sport for the ages and a sport for all ages.
* sport for white men dressed like black mps
  - black pimps
  - in touch with nature, so recreating that natural environment is crucial
  - meant to be played in shirt sleeves, in the sun and ideally at a relaxed pace
* sport of choice for the idle rich and wealthy from Europe, North America and the Far East
  - extreme concentration
  - that allows such an experience to occur
* sport that is continuing to be in full bloom
  - meant to be played at an enjoyable yet steady pace
  - takes certain resources to play
* sport, and very often, a certain machismo is attached to sports.
* test of hitting accuracy, driving distance and putting precision.
* time consuming sport.
* top-handed game.
* universal language.
* very popular pastime in summer and fall
  - rewarding sport, like other sports
  - time consuming and expensive sport
* way of life
  - that two opponents beat each other without really doing anything to the other person
* year round sport on the Cape.
* year-round event in the Columbia area
  - sport in Louisiana
  - sport, thanks to the mild winter conditions
+ Scotland, Sports, Golf
  * Golf is a popular sport in Scotland. It is unique, as Scotland is the birthplace of golf, and there are many public golf courses where people can play for small fees. Everywhere else in the world, golf is a game for the rich.