Yes, if you're good enough, there's a lot of money to be made hitting that little white ball. About two hundred players make a very good living from golf; about fifty players make an extremely good living from golf, and maybe ten or twenty are billionaires from golf. And if you're good enough (again) you can transition to the Senior (uh... Champions) Tour and keep winning money into your sixties (a la Bernhard Langer...).
Yes, but even an average high school female golfer = college scholarship. Lessons are expensive but have paid off for a number of parents I know.
Oh, and what’s with the ‘soccer is boring’ b.s. “The rest of the planet likes something I don’t. They’re all wrong!” It’s a sport. Sports are entertainment - unless you’re a participate then it may be exercise or a career opportunity.
Not everyone likes the things you like. Watch what you want to watch. It’s just your opinion. Billions of people disagree with you. I try to find things to appreciate in all sports.
But that was a great World Cup final game. A group of us enjoyed it at a restaurant/bar.