Other sports should emulate golf, with Couples' Masters run as Exhibit A

AUGUSTA -- Every few years, a professional golfer in his 50s will climb into contention at a major championship, and it will inspire a string of predictable quips from the non-golfers among us: Seriously, how can you consider this a sport when guys with grey hair and grandkids are able to compete with guys in their prime?

Let me -- and Fred Couples -- make the counter argument: That's not a knock on golf.

In fact, that's exactly why golf is the best sport.

Think about it. Wouldn't you love to see Michael Jordan, once every few years, show up at Madison Square Garden and drop 20 in a quarter on the Knicks at age 54? How great would it be if Barry Sanders could catch a swing pass, once a season,…