• Touching_Grass@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Those numbers seem off. Everybody in my entire life I’m probably 1/2 of the people I’ve met are golfers. Every city IVs lived has been able to support multiple golf courses.

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      1 year ago

      Your anecdotal evidence says a lot more about the kind of people you surround yourself with than anything else. 60% of people in the US are still living paycheck to paycheck; many don’t have the time or the money for even the cheaper entry fees, especially when you consider having to buy/rent clubs.

      Plus… why would an organization like the NGF downplay the number of golfers when their goal is literally to research and promote golfing?

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        1 year ago

        Lol wtf they’re not all playing 100 year old country clubs. Every town has municipal owned courses and a pawn shop

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        1 year ago

        Why is everybody here behaving like a bunch of cunty redditors.

        All I’ve said is I know a lot of golfers and every city I’ve lived supported multiple courses. And that some battles aren’t worth fighting. One guy called me racist.