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re: spinoff: Why is game of Golf dying? What is the cause?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:52 pm to jamboybarry
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:52 pm to jamboybarry
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4. It's still seen as a nerdy sport
they need to go to some tournaments and see how hot the pro golfers gfs/wives are
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:52 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
My opinion: Snobbish elitist players make it difficult for new players to learn the game by bitching about how long it takes new players to move from hole to hole, as well as bitching about course etiquette that many new people may not know.
Golf is indeed dying. Fewer and fewer young people are interested in the game.
Question is why and how does the golf industry plan to change that?
Golf is indeed dying. Fewer and fewer young people are interested in the game.
Question is why and how does the golf industry plan to change that?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:53 pm to TigerFred
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Who says golf is dying?
Everyone.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:53 pm to jamboybarry
Jamboybarry...
Your #4 is dumb.
Your #4 is dumb.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:53 pm to constant cough
Because I can get more business done in my robe and pajamas watching netflix and being home with my family than kissing arse for half a day with some old coot.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:53 pm to mizzoukills
It's a relatively expensive, time-consuming, difficult sport at a time when lots of marginal/new players have less money, time, and patience. I enjoy Golf, but play much much less than I used to (which wasn't much).
The real questions should be (1) how one phenomenal golfer near-single handedly led to such an explosion in its popularity, and (2) why "oldtimers" and "real golfers" seem to resent him.
The pros sure as hell don't resent the size of those post-Tiger checks.
The real questions should be (1) how one phenomenal golfer near-single handedly led to such an explosion in its popularity, and (2) why "oldtimers" and "real golfers" seem to resent him.
The pros sure as hell don't resent the size of those post-Tiger checks.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:53 pm to mizzoukills
Golf is expensive. We are in a recession.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:54 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
quote:Dick's Sporting Goods for one...
Who says golf is dying?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:54 pm to mizzoukills
Main reason I have seen in the last 5 years...just because you can play a 5 hour round, doesn't mean you should!
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:54 pm to Future_FlexZone
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Waning days of #whiteprivilege?
Yep. More people are shucking off their non-conscious micro aggressions and becoming aware that golf is an extension of the white European male culture responsible for subjugating, oppressing, raping and exploiting the people of color all over the world for the past 1,000 years.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:54 pm to mizzoukills
The VIEWERSHIP of prof. golf is dying because Tiger's quiet levels of success. Also, golf is not exactly the most socioeconomically friendly sport in the world. I really have no idea what the stats or on playing golf are vs. 10 years ago. Might be interesting to know. You probably should have found info like that to put in your OP.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:54 pm to HamCandy
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Jamboybarry...
Your #4 is dumb.
Your mom's face is dumb
Also I forgot #5 little asian kids are taking that shite over
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:54 pm to mizzoukills
It's expensive as frick to hit a ball around.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:56 pm to Navytiger74
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The real questions should be (1) how one phenomenal golfer near-single handedly led to such an explosion in its popularity, and (2) why "oldtimers" and "real golfers" seem to resent him.
And golf isn't dying, it's just returning from what Tiger did to the game. It'll settle somewhere in between and fans/players will be better off.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:56 pm to jamboybarry
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3. It takes half a day to play a round
Also, to be consistently DECENT at golf, one has to devote an incredible amount of time/effort beyond just a Saturday round with your bros. Hours upon hours monthly have to be spent around a chipping/putting green as well as the range. This is why when you meet someone who consistently shoots in the low 80s or especially high 70s, they do not have ANY other hobbies. Golf is all they can do. Because of the cost and time commitment to be good at it. And the younger generation's attention span doesn't lend itself to that kind of thing either. People are all about "the experience" now and want to try everything. Problem with that way of thinking is that you never get good at something or master anything.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:57 pm to I Love Bama
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It's expensive as frick to hit a ball around.
True. But when hasn't golf been expensive?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:57 pm to I Love Bama
I wouldn't say it is dying, it is just coming off a bubble and back down to a normal level that golf has always been at. Golf courses and manufacturers exploded for a while and now it is getting whittled down to where it was before. The bubble popped is all.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:57 pm to colorchangintiger
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Fewer and fewer younger people are playing these days
This generation is largely underemployed and dirt poor. Picking up new hobbies that require expensive equipment is kind of a stretch.
That said, I don't think Golf is dying. I think the temporary spike in popularity is slowing down.
This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:58 pm to I Love Bama
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It's expensive as frick to hit a ball around.
And hitting said ball can be frustrating and difficult as frick.
Been playing for 20 years and still get mad, but always come back.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:59 pm to mizzoukills
It's funny you bring this up because I was talking to the local pro shop owner and he told me that golf has lost 30 million golfers in the past 6 years or so. He claims golf lost an entire generation due to other sports like gay arse soccer.
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