I grew up in a (amateur) golfing family, and I still try to get out to play a couple of times a year — usually at a work- or parish-related get-together. My friends who play — simply don't much, if at all, any more. It's just damned difficult to devote an entire day to the exercise, and darned expensive for an 18 hole round.
I don't know the answer for any of that (though I suspect dumbing down the game is not going to be it). It may simply be that golf, as a widely available and broadly paid sport, will simply fade out in the next three or four decades.
Golf Loses Players as Millennials Find It Expensive, Time-Consuming – Businessweek
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Never had an interest in it beyond the mini golf variety.
Money is too tight to devote to golf these days, and I don't think the sport has made an effort into making appealing to the younger generations. Tiger Woods (and a few others in his age range) made it cool again a few years back but that trend has appeared to die down. The one and only golf course in this area has cut their open days because the demand just isn't there.
I whiled away many hours with Links 386 Pro.
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Video golf is about the only golf I ever play. I remember Links 386 Pro. I tend to go with more goofy fare such as Hotshots Golf for my PS3.