It's like watching the Food Channel. At least someone could get injured cutting carrots on a live food competition. In golf, the most exciting thing we get is an alligator sometimes - and they NEVER eat one of the gophers.
Competitive math is more exciting.
DISBELIEVER!!!!!!!!
You are not of the body!
It depends on your perspective, if you play or are passionate about golf, it’s not boring to watch.
I use to play frequently but still follow the game, I watch a couple of tournaments every year.
The Masters is must see TV for me, especially on Sunday, I reserve all day and watch the entire broadcast.
I usually do the same for the British Open, I enjoy the time it starts and the courses in the UK.
The Players which is played very near where I live, and I’ve played the stadium course where the tournament is played.
What I find interesting about people who find a particular sport boring or uninteresting is their need to trash it especially if they don’t watch it, obviously millions of people around the world watch and enjoy playing.
Hitting a golf ball accurately and consistently is the hardest thing to do in all of sports. It is amazing to watch the pros. You have to play golf to appreciate the sport.
One could say that about most sports. It is one of the chief complaints leveled at baseball as well. Sports like golf and baseball are slower paced than basketball or (used to be) football. When I watched baseball, I liked the slow pace, and the atmosphere of the ball parks (gave it up when MLB(LM) went woke). I also like the slow pace of golf. I don't have to watch every single moment, and can be doing something while it is on in the background. I've been a fan since at least the early 90's and I never played aside from hitting balls at a driving range, though I did used to play it a lot on my computer.
Also, many (most?) sports are dumb when you think about them deeply. "Boy, he sure is good at hitting a small ball and knocking it into a small hole in fewer strokes!". "Boy, that guy can really toss a ball through a hoop with a net on it!". "Wow, did you see that guy bat that ball and run to a "base"?".
This new LIV spinoff is going to make golf more boring, IMO. With many of the players banished by the PGA for playing with the LIV it will lead to PGA events made up of the junior varsity players (what I call "battles of the nobodies"). I could watch LIV, but it is hard to find and has to be streamed on YouTube. Also, I don't like how they only play 54 holes in the LIV (hence the name). I don't think it was wise of the PGA to tell those players they could not play in both leagues. Though I will be glad that Sergio Garcia won't be in PGA events any more. Can't stand that punk-ass.
You’ve never known the joy of a bowling tournament, now have you?
Your average golf course maintenance includes putting down 5 times the pesticides per acre than the average midwest farmer.
(I used to deliver a variety of sands to over 120 courses in an approximate 200 mile radius, and got to chat with a couple of golf course workers that had worked as farm hands. That was their analysis.)
I tell friends that golf to not touch their face after handling golf balls that have been rolling all over the course. And the same for the golfing shoes.
**Watching golf is the leading cause of boredom in adults.**
My wife says it is a tie with baseball. I agree.
Unlike the NFL, MLB, NBA, golf isn’t woke.
No multi-year salaries either.