KenL
Tour Rookie
That analogy doesn't work at all.
The objective of golf is to complete the course in the fewest number of strokes. It doesn't matter what club you use, what techniques or what strategy, all that matters is the score.
I think sport is purer when there is a simple objective: like fastest time or most goals.
With swimming, adding different techniques like butterfly seems to over complicate things. To use your analogy, it's the equivalent of having separate golf gold medals for the lowest score with irons only, punch shots only, draw only, fade only etc.
I'm not trying to knock swimmers - they are some of the finest athletes in the world with incredible dedication.
Aye, OK.