{"id":3562,"date":"2014-01-27T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2014-01-26T17:59:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T22:59:11","slug":"a-new-idea-from-the-pga-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/a-new-idea-from-the-pga-show.html","title":{"rendered":"A &#8220;New Idea&#8221; From The PGA Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3563\" alt=\"1471956_772546839428973_1731289230_n\" src=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1471956_772546839428973_1731289230_n-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1471956_772546839428973_1731289230_n-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1471956_772546839428973_1731289230_n.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For a golf nut, the PGA Merchandise Show (or just about any golf show for that matter)\u00a0is like being a kid in a candy store.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re into everything golf, then it&#8217;s the place to be to check out the latest and greatest.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like putting me at\u00a0one of the big auto shows.\u00a0 Just booths and booths, aisles and aisles, of new clubs, apparel, swing aids and all the other accessories involved in the game from all the big players in the industry.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to not be excited for something like this.\u00a0 But I&#8217;ve read that\u00a0one of the bigger topics (as I suppose it is every year) to come out of this years\u00a0show was the concern over, and how to stop, the decline\u00a0of golfers year in and year out.<\/p>\n<p>After experiencing major growth in the sport\u00a0prior, the past eight years have not been kind to golf as a whole.\u00a0 While participation is still on the decline, more courses continue to close than open.\u00a0 So, as usual, the industry people are looking for answers to reverse the trend.\u00a0 And when I first started reading up on one of their ideas, it sounded pretty good!\u00a0 That is, until I read a little further&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with this&#8230;&#8221;Hack Golf.&#8221;\u00a0 Off the bat, it sounds interesting.\u00a0 Being a hack myself (along with the majority of other golfers out there), I&#8217;m intrigued right from the start.\u00a0 That is, until I read further.\u00a0 Hack Golf (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackgolf.org\">www.hackgolf.org<\/a>) is an initiative started up by Taylor Made.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a website to, more or less, open the lines of communication between the industry and\u00a0the\u00a0golfers themselves.\u00a0 That in itself, is a good idea.\u00a0 What bothers me is that it&#8217;s taken about eight years of decline before the industry seems to have thrown their hands up and finally said\u00a0&#8220;I give up.\u00a0 Maybe we should listen to what people have to say.&#8221;\u00a0 Genius.<\/p>\n<p>Now if that&#8217;s not bad enough, one of the solutions I see they are looking into, is to make the game simpler.\u00a0 I am sure I am not the first person to say&#8230;I HATE this\u00a0idea.\u00a0 Make the cup\u00a0fifteen inches?!\u00a0 Seriously?\u00a0 That&#8217;s almost as big as a basketball hoop!\u00a0 Tee-up every shot?\u00a0 Use bigger balls and special clubs?\u00a0 Is it just me, or is this so typically American?\u00a0 The game is too tough, so instead of encouraging someone to work hard, we dumb it down.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, I still like the idea of reaching out to the golfers.\u00a0 But as I look through the comments posted on there so far, most of it is the same stuff we hear on a regular basis &#8211; It&#8217;s too expensive, it takes too long to play, it needs to advance into the digital age, it&#8217;s too difficult, etc&#8230;\u00a0 Now, some of these complaints are spot-on.\u00a0 But at the same time, I think some golfers need to relax a bit.<\/p>\n<p>From the standpoint of the industry, yeah&#8230;it&#8217;s too damn expensive.\u00a0 Maybe these industry people need to realize that money is in fact an object to most people.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve\u00a0said before that every time you\u00a0thumb through a golf magazine, almost everything advertised, whether it is golf-related or not, is high-end and expensive.\u00a0 Equipment, apparel, courses&#8230;all high-end stuff.\u00a0 There is nothing there for the budget-minded golfer.\u00a0 It just fuels that &#8220;Rich man&#8217;s game&#8221; stereo-type that keeps people away before they even give\u00a0it a chance.\u00a0 And on the rare occasion a new course does open, that&#8217;s expensive also!\u00a0 The greens fees are simply too much.\u00a0 Here in CT, the average course is roughly $45 for 18 holes.\u00a0 But it\u00a0seems that\u00a0any new course that come along is well above that putting it out of reach for most.<\/p>\n<p>Now, from the standpoint of the golfer, we need to relax a bit.\u00a0 Is the game time-consuming?\u00a0 It sure is!\u00a0 But you know that going in, so what are you complaining about?\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t have the time to play, then play nine holes or stay home.\u00a0 Someone else will gladly take your place.\u00a0 And as far as bringing the game into the digital age?\u00a0 We&#8217;re asking for trouble here.\u00a0 I have news for you &#8211; 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