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Golf's a game of precision motor control, while insanely long drives might be evidence of cheating, it's hard to imagine a way to make yourself more accurate be
by jjk166 4y ago
Golf's a game of precision motor control, while insanely long drives might be evidence of cheating, it's hard to imagine a way to make yourself more accurate besides skill, at least without it being obvious on live television.
Biking obviously involves a lot of different things but it's much easier to see how doping is going to help.
Football has so many facets that it's kind of surprising there aren't more cheating scandals, but at the same time it's harder to isolate any one thing and say that's what's giving a team an edge.
Michael Phelps rose to prominence after most of the big doping scandals by which point anti-doping measures were well established. Besides doping, it's tough to cheat at swimming.
With chess, it's trivial to have a computer on your person capable of beating any human alive, it's just communicating with said computer that is a challenge. Given that chess masters are supposed to be extremely good at strategy and making clever moves people won't see coming, I'm sure there have been some ridiculous cheating attempts.
- blep_ 4y agoLegitimate curiosity from a non-golf person: how would one cheat at golf?
- cowvin 4y agoMostly things like illegal equipment (besides blatantly breaking rules). https://golfguidebook.com/best-illegal-golf-clubs/ https://golfguidebook.com/best-illegal-golf-clubs/
- SirSourdough 4y ago“Improving your lie” is a common way, meaning altering the environment around the player, swing path, ball, or shot path in a way that yields some advantage. This would include things like breaking off a twig in your way, removing leaves or grass around the ball, etc.
- ProjectArcturis 4y agoSteroids for longer drives.
- yourusername 4y agoAnd faster recovery allowing more training volume.
- chongli 4y agoCheating at golf is very common among recreational players. A common trick is to move your ball onto the edge of the fairway when nobody is looking.