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Reader Survey: Best of the Rest

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Which would you choose?

Amen Corner, Augusta National 85%
Stadium Hole, Phoenix Open 15%

Responses: 708

Most innovative golf property:

PGA Tour 44%
Augusta National 29%
PGA of America 11%
LPGA 9%
USGA 6%

Responses: 688

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Player you would want as your tennis coach:

Roger Federer 45%
Maria Sharapova 17%
Novak Djokovic 10%

Responses: 713


Most innovative tennis property:

USTA 45%
All England Lawn Tennis Club 23%
ATP 15%
Tennis Australia 10%
French Tennis Federation 4%
WTA 4%

Responses: 671

Major League Gaming

Is competitive gaming (Major League Gaming, Twitch, ESL Gaming Network, etc.) a buy, sell or hold stock:

Buy 38%
Sell 33%
Hold 29%

Responses: 711


Sport that will produce the biggest U.S. star of the Rio Olympic Games:

Swimming 29%
Gymnastics 24%
Track and field 18%
Basketball 15%
Soccer 11%

Responses: 714

Readers said in the 2009 survey that Shaun White would be the biggest star of the upcoming 2010 Vancouver Games. White would go on to win the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe.

Who the USOC should select to bid for the 2024 Olympics:

Los Angeles 29%
San Francisco 29%
Boston 27%
Washington, D.C. 15%

Responses: 722

Change for the 2020 Olympic Games that you would most strongly recommend:

Allow two cities or two countries to jointly host an Olympics 39%
Make it easier for new sports to come in and out of the Olympic program 25%
Allow IOC members to visit bid cities 19%
Launch an Olympic network 17%

Responses: 705


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Fight sport that will see the biggest growth over the next five years:

UFC 72%
Boxing 17%
WWE 11%

Responses: 684

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