re: What's wrong with golf in Baton Rouge?

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According to the National Golf Foundation, only 14 new courses (in 18-hole equivalents) were built in 2013 in the United States and another 157.5 closed their doors, for a net loss of 143.5 courses.

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According to NGF statistics cited by Koppenhaver, a total of 3.7 million people took up golf in 2013, however, 4.1 million golfers left the game, for a net loss of 400,000 players. A net gain of almost 260,000 women golfers was offset and more by a net loss of nearly 650,000 men. The biggest losses were in the 18-34 age group, where nearly 200,000 people found something else to do with their spare time and their disposable income.

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