Golf voted dullest sport
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Golf has emerged as Britain鈥檚 dullest sport in a survey confirming the historic phrase wrongly attributed to Mark Twain that it is 鈥渁 good walk spoiled.鈥
The YouGov poll, published in yesterday鈥檚 edition of The Times, found 70 percent of the 1,616 adults asked for their opinion adjudged golf to be the dullest 鈥 only 11 percent considered it to be exciting.
Despite attracting sell out crowds at Wembley for NFL games American Football is considered the second dullest (59 percent) while after the 0-4 Ashes drubbing by Australia there is more bad news for English cricket as it is just behind in third with 58 percent.
English golfer Matthew Southgate, who finished joint sixth in The British Open last year, concurred with the findings and was not surprised athletics topped the poll in terms of being considered the least dull (28 percent) and 47 percent found it exciting.
鈥淚 probably agree with them,鈥 Southgate said. 鈥淭he coverage needs to be better. Running is first to the line 鈥 that鈥檚 pretty self-explanatory 鈥 but in golf there鈥檚 a lot of time when no one is hitting a shot. Unless you know the rules and the players, it can be difficult to watch.鈥
Golf officials hit back at the survey. 鈥淕olf is unique in that any golfer can play against the best players in the world thanks to the handicap system,鈥 Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the R&A, said. 鈥淚 would encourage anyone to take up golf and enjoy a true sport for life.鈥
The survey represents quite a shot in the arm for athletics. Despite scepticism over doping it is a crowd pleasing show.
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