Golf "etiquette" and rules are why young people dont get into it

I agree with you to a certain extent. When I started playing golf I was absolutely terrible (I still am, but that's a different story for another time). I would usually go play with a few people who sucked, like me, just for fun. There were old Marshalls that made playing suck at times. They would follow us around and just sit and watch us. We would let people play through when they caught up to us, so we weren't doing anything wrong. Just trying to enjoy playing. They made it very unwelcoming.

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I agree with the underlying theme that its a gentleman's game and that you should respect the course and other golfers

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This is rich coming from the douchebag that doesn’t repair his ball marks or if he does, he uses a tee. Acting like you’re a single digit cap when I’m sure you play bogey golf at best.

At 27 cost, course availability in BR, and opportunity cost keep me from playing more frequently.

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Theres just so much small BS that people get worked up over that turn people off to it. Personally I love it but I also don't give a frick who tees off first or who pulls the pin and puts it back in and small stuff like that. Lighten up fricks. If you aren't a single digit your opinion means nothing anyways.

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What a terrible, terrible post.

I think the biggest reasons people either start golf and quit or just don't get involved at all is it's a hard sport to get good at. You can put all the time, lessons, etc... in to it and if you just don't have "it", you just don't have "it". I think that's a hard reality for some.

I sweep the dew on Saturdays and I'm done and back home around lunch which leaves the rest of the day to do whatever with my wife and kids. I think some people use time as an excuse, golf has always taken 4-4.5 hours for most courses. I get that some can't devote that and if that's the case, fine. Nothing wrong with playing only 9 holes too if it's a game you love.

My only rule..

A birdie always has honors on the following hole.

My favorite is when playing on some shitty municipal goat ranch and guys get all fired up about spike marks if someone walks across their putting line.

Like frick dude the green has 80 million bumps and 3 different types of grass, that spike mark ain’t doing shite

To be clear, I am seeing a lot more young people getting into golf in my area.

Baseball and Soccer used to be go to sports for young people because of cheap Rec Leagues. But, now your parents have to be political masterminds and the cost/time commitment for those sports have skyrocketed due to Travel/Tournament Teams. And rec leagues are getting terrible or non-existent.

Golf is now not a country club / expensive sport compared to other popular sports.

I don't have any statistics to back it up. It is just something in my area that I am seeing.

With the exception of a few Hoighty Toighty clubs, a lot of the stuffiness has gone by the wayside. I play in a golf league with almost 100 guys who are relatively well off on the mean, and all of us play ready golf, listen to music, etc

Golf is going through a “craft” revolution nationally, and around the globe. There is a big movement centered around getting back to what the game originally was... an Everyman’s recreation. People want an authentic experience just like with food, beer, etc.. There is an emphasis on classic course design, strategic width vs. tight/high rough, fun and playability. That movement hasn’t hit Louisiana yet because we’re always 20 years behind, but it’ll get here. Read up on places like Sweeten’s Cove, Goat Hill Park, Winter Park 9, etc etc etc. None of those places are starched shirt joints, but they are all fun as hell and what golf should be.