Shocker! Study Finds Golfers Like to Gamble...A Lot

On the heels of some terrific scientific research in the UK that suggestions men like women who show off a little skin, and research from the Johns Hopkins Medical Center that confirms humans cannot substitute nitrogen for oxygen in order to live, we get some great new findhings from the NCAA about college golfers.

From the gang at Golfweek:

A study released recently by the NCAA found that male college golfers are far more likely to wager than other athletes.

Twenty percent of Division I men’s golfers were "frequent’’ gamblers, according to the survey, done anonymously in 2008 with more than 19,000 student-athletes in 11 sports. "Frequent gambling’’ is defined as once or more per month. The golfers' rate was up from 14 percent in a similar survey in 2004. Eight percent of men’s golfers were defined as "heavy’’ gamblers, meaning once or more per week in ’08.

If you've ever played golf, then you've probably gambled.  Even if you're like seven years old,  you probably gambled with your mom or dad for a Coke if you could break 50.  Seriously, everything about golf encourages gambling. 

And this isn't relegated to rich golfers.  How many $1 Nassaus have you played?  Yeah, that's right, degenerate.  What's worse is that you're teaching kids to gamble.  Everyone knows that skills like implied odds, doubling down, and card counting are not applicable to everyday life.

The article doesn't really say what kind of gambling that collegiate golfers do, but I would bet (har, har) that it is mostly done on the course.  Hopefully no one took Yale in the Harvard-Yale game straight up.  Cause that coach has a lot of explaining to do going with the fake punt on 4th & 22 from their own 26 yard line up 10-7 with 2:30 left in the game.  Talk about a bad beat!

The moral of the story: gambling is bad, therefore golf is bad ...don't teach your kids to play golf, they'll only gamble... gamble, gamble, gamble, die.

You can learn more from the experts at the Golf Coaches Association of America conference from 12/7 to 12/9 in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada!  (Seriously?!)