Sporting events do not have to be confined to mere “flash entertainment”. Far from the all-too-brief excitement of an hour-and-a-half-long football match, this journalist The Economist plead in favor of sports “Slow.” And it is clear that the interested party has developed a certain expertise in the matter. What a pleasure for him to see the England cricket team, reigning world champions, overcome New Zealand in June after a meeting that lasted… five days. “A perfect illustration of the joys of extended sports competitions”, he laughs: twists, a shower of marked “runs” and a victory at the end of the suspense.
By this logic, the taunts aimed at the supposed slowness of golf would be completely unjustified. The adventures of a four-day competition can hold him in suspense
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