New York Jets star cornerback Sauce Gardner, who was elected to the Pro Bowl team in 2023 and was awarded First Team All-Pro honors, has been setting golf Twitter on fire recently as he’s started to fall in love with the game.
He’s asked for advice, he’s taken swing tips and on July 4th posted that he’s upgraded to TaylorMade clubs.
On Wednesday, Gardner took to Twitter/X to express his feelings on the difficulty of the two games.
“Never thought I would say this, but golf is harder than football,” his post read.
As you’d expect, this sparked a lively debate on social media.
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Hardest sport in the world?
Golf is harder than any sport I’ve ever played. It’s an extremely humbling game. I think that’s the allure to high level athletes. Also why if you’re any kind of decent at golf people who golf instantly have a higher level of respect and jealousy towards you lol https://t.co/u3ZoliNKBh
— satoshis puggle (@satoshis_puggle) July 10, 2024
Soft-minded people
Golf is a sport for soft minded people.
The fact that you must be silent while the sport is being played is ridiculous.
There’s no crowd/home field advantage. No fans chirping you while you’re in motion.
Imagine having to silence a football stadium so the QB could call a… https://t.co/TnPWBYf0zg pic.twitter.com/xVu5rEcBBn
— BOBBY 🧪 (@BobbyLabCoat) July 10, 2024
Cantlay to the NFL?
So true. Sauce could never win a PGA Tour event. But give him a few months practice and I have no doubt Patrick Cantlay could be an All-Pro NFL cornerback. https://t.co/RxKQZ6FPPw
— Tom & Marty’s (@tomandmartys) July 10, 2024
Fewer concussions, though
