[yeetman21]

What other sport can old people play? If they want to stay semi-active they can't really play badminton or basketball or anything else. Some of it can about about privilege or whatever, but there are other ways to show that like have boats and what not. I play golf and all the people I know genuinely enjoy it

[vanderZwan]

First, you appear to be reacting to something I did not actually say or mean to imply. I was answering a specific question about the connection between "rich" people and golf. So the question was implicitly focused on class, and therefore my answer was looking at golf from that perspective too. Please note that this is not the same as casting judgement on the qualities of golf as a sport in and of itself.

I'm not trying to tell anyone that golf is inherently bad and that they should feel bad for enjoying it (although I do stand by my earlier comment on it being a display of having excess land to waste, at least if we're talking about golf courses in areas where it does not fit into the natural landscape and where available land is scarce).

Similarly, whether or not the class comments apply to you specifically is not up to me to decide. I don't know you or your context.

Now, to answer your question: I would say that the entire category of Lawn Games would be available here. I already linked the wiki page before but I'll do so again in case that comment gets lost:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_game

There's also Tai Chi, or yoga, or just going for a walk, and we can keep going. Also, looking at my own parents, badminton and tennis are perfectly fine sports to play for retired people if your opponents are of the same age and you both take it easy. My mom plays badminton and tennis with her friends, and my father still likes to shoot hoops in his backyard. So basically, there are plenty of ways to get mild exercise out there, that is not an argument favoring golf over anything else.