About four in 10 Americans say they are fans of auto racing. About half of Americans living in the Midwest say they are racing fans, while in each of the other regions less than four in 10 say they are fans. Professional Golf Thirty-six percent of Americans say they are fans of professional golf . Golf fans exhibit very little differences according to race, region, and place of residence. In fact, of the 11 sports tested, only professional wrestling has a lower proportion of fans among the oldest Americans.
Whites are nearly twice as likely to be fans of hockey as are blacks.
Professional Tennis Twenty-eight percent of Americans are fans of professional tennis. Men and women are about equally likely to be fans of tennis, making tennis the sport with the greatest appeal to women outside of figure skating. Tennis also shows very small differences by age. Tennis fans are likely to come from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, as those with more education and higher incomes are much more likely to be fans of the sport than are those with less education and lower incomes. Similar patterns are also evident by income.