I’m sorry but golf has to be the most boring sport to watch on television, with the possible exception of auto racing (minus the crashes, which I suppose people enjoy).
It’s true that I dislike golf as a sport. “Golf is a good walk spoiled,” said Mark Twain. But it’s more that it translates poorly to television. Some sports are like that. I like baseball but can’t sit for 4 hours to watch all 9 innings.
Plus, I hate the snobbery of golfers and golf fans who put down sports where there’s actual athletic activity involved.
I was in the cafeteria a few days and the US Open golf playoff was on. I asked the other guy in the room if he was watching it. He said he just wanted to see one more hole and then I could turn the channel so I said ok.
By the time my 15-minute break was up, they still were on the same hole.
And this was only a two-person playoff!
I think a hole in golf lasts somewhere between the length of an inning of Major League Baseball and "two minutes" of professional throwball.
And I can say definitively that if you spend time watching golf on TV, you forfeit your right to call soccer boring.
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I missed Monday's playoff, but I did catch Sunday afternoons dramatic regulation finish.
A fun alternative is speed golfing where total time is factored in to your final score.
On a semi-related note, my daughter commented on the recent fishing tournament on Lake Champlain. While we watched the over-powered boat pull in with its one fish for weighing - "They should use sailboats."
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