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What sport using a ball has the largest playing field?

Question #20588. Asked by beachbum.
Last updated Nov 29 2016.

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mibmob
Answer has 7 votes
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mibmob
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Answer has 7 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
Polo

Response last updated by Shadowmyst2004 on Aug 21 2016.
Jul 14 2002, 3:49 PM
Son of The Household Cavalry
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Son of The Household Cavalry

Answer has 6 votes.
Surely golf has got to have a bigger playing area than Polo. They walk for miles in search of their balls.

Jul 14 2002, 4:50 PM
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McGruff
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McGruff
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Answer has 5 votes.
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 2002, 7:05 PM
RickF
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RickF
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Answer has 4 votes.
Polo has the largest playing field of any organized sport - 300 yards by 160 yards.

link http://www.sportpolo.com/sport/polo_field.htm

Response last updated by satguru on Nov 29 2016.
Jul 15 2002, 7:48 AM
phillre
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phillre

Answer has 4 votes.
Hurling is a ball game that is played twice a year in the Cornish Town of St Columb Major. This ancient game is played anywhere within the Parish boundary which is approx 25 square miles.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurling_the_Silver_Ball

Jan 12 2006, 7:46 AM
hemp1000
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hemp1000

Answer has 2 votes.
Golf is played on a course not a field. Therefor Polo is the answer.

Apr 15 2010, 5:06 PM
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Baloo55th star
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Baloo55th star
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Answer has 3 votes.
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.)
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football

Apr 16 2010, 11:24 AM
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