Good article. It points out a lot of reasons why I don't golf anymore though in seeking similarities between the sports it misses a few things. First at busy urban golf courses, golfers must golf in groups. If you arrive alone, the starter will put you in a group of strangers. Then there is only one best way to play a hole, down the middle, fast, taking the fewest strokes. You can't dawdle along the left rough trying different clubs and switching balls. In a 300 yard stretch of a river you can catch many fish; on a 300 yard hole, you hole out once. The same rod can be used by either a left handed or right handed caster. In golf clubs with high numbers are finesse clubs for shorter distances; in fly fishing rods with high numbers are heavy duty long distance tools. Weekend greens fees start at $50 some places. Usually we do not have water fees. And so it goes as the sports diverge. Fortunately, in one thing, fly fishing has drawn closer to golf in the last 50 years. The best golfers put there divots back; the best fishermen put their fish back.