{"id":172,"date":"2012-04-20T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=172"},"modified":"2013-02-04T15:41:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:41:47","slug":"golf-needs-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/golf-needs-us.html","title":{"rendered":"Golf Needs Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/father+daughter+golf3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/father+daughter+golf2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><\/span><span>When I use the word <i>us<\/i>, I&#8217;m not referring to just us here at Golfstinks.com but the whole community of average hacks we belong to. I&#8217;m talking about the 26 or so million of us. Talk about power in  numbers. It&#8217;s kind of surreal that we hold a great bargaining chip over the industry and we don&#8217;t even think about it, never mind use it. That chip being good old fashioned $$$.<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p>Think about it, if we harness the buying power as a collective group could you imagine the control we would have. If we thought equipment prices were getting a little high&#8230;no problem, we could fix that. What&#8217;s that, greens fees are out of control? We can fix that too. Here&#8217;s the reality, 99.9% of the 26 million plus golfers in the USA are comprised of average hacks&#8230;us, the ones who keep this industry going.<\/span><span><span><\/p>\n<p>Golf also needs us because we keep the tradition alive. Just like it was introduced to us, we will someday maybe introduce it to someone else and so on. Along with playing comes one of my favorite parts &#8211; the stories. True or not, I like listening to golfer&#8217;s stories because they&#8217;re always intriguing, funny or incredible. How often do you hear a lame story?<\/p>\n<p>Another thing, I&#8217;d rather listen to an average joe&#8217;s stories than a pro&#8217;s. They seem to have better content. You know when a hack is about to tell a good story because it begins with &#8221; You are not going to believe this s%@#&#8230;&#8221; The fact that we stink at golf automatically paves a path to great stories with all the mis-hits, animal encounters on the course, golf ball pinball off trees and cart mishaps. Let&#8217;s all revel in our stinky-ness and unite.<\/p>\n<p>Hit&#8217;em long&#8230;yell FORE!!! 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