What sport using a ball has the largest playing field?

mibmob

Polo http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012492.html Jul 14 02, 3:49 PM

Son of The Household Cavalry

Surely golf has got to have a bigger playing area than Polo. They walk for miles in search of their balls. Jul 14 02, 4:50 PM

Jim	Hunting with a musket ball gun is larger than golf... Jul 14 02, 5:32 PM

Brainy Blonde

I think I'm experiencing deja vu. Wasn't this question asked before and received the exact same answers as the first two, but by other people? I hate to break it to you Jim, but very, very few people consider hunting a sport. If I remember correctly, the last time this question went around everyone agreed it was Polo or golf. I don't think a definitive answer was ever given with a source. I shall give it a shot and try to find the correct answer. Jul 14 02, 5:59 PM

McG	Hunting and fishing are sports. People who engage in these activities are sportsmen. The musket ball is that which stretches the parameters of the question a might too far. Jul 14 02, 6:55 PM

McGruff

The outdoor polo field is 300 yards long and 160 yards wide, the largest field in organized sport. The average 18-hole golf facility takes up 150-200 acres, teeing areas using 2%, putting greens 2%, fairways 23%, rough/woods/water 70%, buildings and grounds 3%. An acre is equal to 43,560 square feet and a polo field is 432,000 square feet, making the average golf course larger. Jul 14 02, 7:05 PM

Hunter

What's wrong with the musket ball...yes, it is uncommon--but it still counts. Jul 14 02, 7:17 PM

McG

I didn't say the musket ball answer was wrong, although very few people actually hunt with a musket. If they did, maybe hunting would be more sporting, as the other side is unarmed. Questions are always open to interpretation, and I happen to think beachbum was going for a scored game type of sport using a ball, such as football and soccer. Jul 14 02, 7:59 PM

Bill	Another good one...Paint Ball Scrimmage. Jul 14 02, 9:12 PM

Son of The Household Cavalry

How many ball bearings are there in a bicycle? Surely the Tour de France covers quite a few square miles. Or how many ball bearings in a Rally Car? There are rallies around the world that would cover huge areas. Jul 14 02, 10:53 PM

hemp1000

Golf is played on a course not a field. Therefor Polo is the answer. Apr 15 10, 5:06 PM

Baloo55th

How about Ashbourne Rules football, as in the Royal Shrovetide Football Match? This takes two days and the goals are three miles apart. This is one of the few sports that actually prohibits murder in its rules. (What the penalty is for committing it - apart from the one imposed later in court - I don't know.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football Apr 16 10, 11:24 AM