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Golfmos: Why Do UK Golfers Play For Their Individual Countries?
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Date: September 15th, 2025 4:43 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., UK tennis players all play for the UK (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49272371) |
Date: September 15th, 2025 4:45 PM Author: Ass Sunstein Golf goes back further. The first international golf (and soccer) matches were between England and Scotland and they just kept doing it that way while adding more countries.
International tennis came later. |
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Date: September 15th, 2025 4:47 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., but even for individual events when they're technically not "playing for" a country, why are they still listed by country not all under the UK? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49272399) |
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Date: September 15th, 2025 4:48 PM Author: Ass Sunstein Because they started it that way and have different golf federations for England and Scotland. Tennis has one federation for the UK. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49272402) |
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Date: September 15th, 2025 4:50 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., are there welsh and NIR golf federations? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49272418) |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 9:26 AM Author: Ass Sunstein Looked it up because I was curious. Wales seems to have its own.
The golf federation for Ireland includes Northern Ireland as well which is odd but makes sense given Ireland used to be part of the UK and maybe they didn't want to split up the golf federation when they left or something. |
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Date: September 15th, 2025 4:49 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., btw before murrayfag, i'm not even aware of a scotish / northern irish tennis player of note. even 100 yrs ago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49272407) |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 9:28 AM Author: fulano i never knew this. explains why wales plays in the world cup though the country would be wise to unify and stand a chance for once (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49274362) |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 9:39 AM Author: Ass Sunstein Wouldn't make much difference. Wales and Scotland and NI are tiny compared to England and none of their players would even get into the England team with a few exceptions over the years like Gareth Bale and Ryan Giggs.
It would be like Hong Kong joining the Chinese team or Puerto Rico joining the US team. |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 9:29 AM Author: Paralegal Nahasapeemapetilon (✅🍑) they also play separately in soccer, rugby, cricket (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49274367) |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 9:36 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., those are team sports. can anyone name individual sports where uk athletes dont play under the union jack besides golf? sports like boxing, swimming, track, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49274383) |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:11 AM Author: Ass Sunstein Squash https://www.englandsquash.com/ https://www.scottishsquash.org/ https://squashwales.com/ |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:13 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., woah. these two english chaps are world #5 and #7 :
https://www.psasquashtour.com/player/marwan-elshorbagy/
https://www.psasquashtour.com/player/mohamed-elshorbagy/ |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:14 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., a white welsh bro is #4 -- 1 of 2 whites in the top 10:
https://www.psasquashtour.com/player/joel-makin/ |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:20 AM Author: Judas Jones UK does it for the Olympics so they don't get their shit pushed in as badly by Big American and Chinese Cock (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49274474) |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:22 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., wonder why they do it for tennis year-around? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49274483) |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:24 AM Author: Ass Sunstein They do it for tennis and the Olympics because they probably had to at the beginning when those competitions were set up.
The Olympics for example was started by continental Euros who didn't want 4 British teams when their countries only get one.
They field separate teams in soccer and golf because international soccer and golf started with England and Scotland and they got in from the beginning when they were dominant, and had the clout and tradition to keep it going since then. |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:22 AM Author: peeface everything at the Commonwealth Games
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:20 AM Author: Ass Sunstein Also the UK isn't unique in this.
Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, etc have their own teams at the World Cup and Olympics despite being part of other countries. |
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Date: September 16th, 2025 10:24 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., a bit different. england, wales, scotland and NIR are countries. PR and USVI arent countries. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5775440&forum_id=2:#49274494) |