Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don't even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV?

These truisms may shed some light:

• Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.
• Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.
• Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at other people.
• Professional golfers are paid in direct proportion to how well they play.
• Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.
• Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because of another player's deal.
• Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.
• When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back them up.
• The PGA raises more money for charity in 1 year than the NFL does in 2.
• You can watch the best golfers in the world up close, at any tournament, including the majors, all day every day for $25 or $30.
• The cost for even a nosebleed seat at the Super Bowl costs around $300 or more unless you buy it from scalpers in which case it's $1,000+.
• You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course, watch the best in the world and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try that at one of the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadiums. If you bring a soft drink into a ballpark, they'll give you two options -- get rid of it or leave.
• In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (.300 batting average) do.
• Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
• Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
• Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
• Golf doesn't have free agency.
• In their prime, Palmer, Norman, and other stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you.
• In his prime Jose Canseco wore T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone."
• At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
• Tiger hits a golf ball over twice as far as Barry Bonds hits a baseball.
• Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.