{"id":43174,"date":"2014-06-22T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/22\/the-decline-of-golf.html"},"modified":"2014-06-23T13:20:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:20:45","slug":"the-decline-of-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/22\/the-decline-of-golf.html","title":{"rendered":"The Decline of Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. \u00a0My friends who play — simply don't much, if at all, any more. \u00a0It's just damned difficult to devote an entire day to the exercise, and darned expensive for an 18 hole round.<\/p>\n

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.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Golf Loses Players as Millennials Find It Expensive, Time-Consuming – Businessweek<\/a><\/p>\n

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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. \u00a0My friends who play — simply don't much, if at all, any more. \u00a0It's just damned difficult to devote an entire day to the … Continue reading “The Decline of 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