UK Analytics Firm YouGov: Golf Is the Most Boring Sport to Watch

[David in FL]

Good grief.  If you want to know whether there's any validity here, simply consider that they consider cricket and darts to be more compelling than football.

nuff said...

[Zeph]

On 1/13/2018 at 6:44 PM, Nutsmacker said:

I like how darts is less boring than golf to watch.  Haha.  Who watches dart matches?  

Have you seen one? I don't have a channel for it now, but watched a bit some years ago. It was really cool, with players dressing up, doing some showmanship, the annoucers making jokes, it all happening in a bar with people not quite sober.

It's also quite faster, which might be a reason golf is so high up. Four times four hours of coverage over four days before you get the final result.

I dont understand how people are surprised American football ended up higher than cricket. It's a UK poll, in countries where cricket is more popular than American football.

Edited January 16, 2018 by Zeph

[samamaar]

On 1/12/2018 at 8:55 PM, nevets88 said:

It has the highest percentage of most boring and lowest percentage of most exciting. Ahead of golf: snooker and darts. Ouch. Who knows what a poll in the US would say?

 https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/01/10/what-most-boring-sport/

For me football is the most interesting sport to watch.

[Herkimer]

Hitting the ball close to the bullseye, I mean hole, is very similar to darts.  Seeing a ball fly right to the hole is very exciting.  That's why the crowd screams and applauds such a shot.  I've watched countless tournaments on TV on the edge of my seat because it's so exciting.  But, then again, I'm far from impartial when it comes to this sport.  I also love watching Billiards.

[Patch]

I make it point to watch parts of 3 of the 4 majors. Those parts split between the Masters, US Open, and The Open. . 

At night, while goofing around on roku, I will sometimes watch You Tube, which will show entire rounds of certain pga players in about 10-15 minutes. 

After those 3 majors, and You Tube, I am a firm believer that golf should be played. Not watched. 

Of the major sports in America, my favorite is the NFL.  MLB is second, . I do go to the local NHL games, but only because I get to sit in a suite, eat, drink, and the tickets are free. That, and my Grand Daughters are big fans of the GKs. I have no interest in any other American professional sports at this time. 

[Vinsk]

On 1/15/2018 at 4:54 PM, Golfingdad said:

This could be argued by fans of each sport that is on that list towards those that don't like it.

For the record, I have watched darts on TV on occasion and it's kind of interesting to me.  The guys are mostly characters, the announcers are excited, and the fans are drunk as **** and rowdy as hell.

 

Thanks @Golfingdad, I’ve officially watched darts.