THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 17
January 2020
Charbonneau
Men’s Club
By JOHN MCLAIN
Golf is alive and well,
especially in
Charbonneau
Defi nitions of
“golf” include:
■ Golf is a
game whose
aim is to hit a
very small ball
into an even
MCLAIN smaller hole,
with weapons
singularly ill-
designed for the purpose. — Win-
ston Churchill
■ “Give me golf clubs, fresh air
and a beautiful partner, and you
can keep the clubs and the fresh
air.” — Jack Benny
■ “Why did Jack Nicklaus, the
greatest player in history, change
his swing every other week?
We’re always chopping and
changing. Golf is a puzzle with-
out an answer.” — Gary Player
Yes, golf is demanding of us,
and is not always the sport of
choice by royalty. The first docu-
mented mention of the word ‘golf’
is in Edinburgh on March 6, 1457
when King James II banned ‘ye
golf,’ in an attempt to encourage
archery practice, which was be-
ing neglected. Even in modern
times, there are many reports of
declining participation in many
sports, including golf. But in a
2019 article by Forbes, many ex-
perts found lots of data to sup-
port a new feeling of optimism
about golf in America.
Greg McLaughlin is the CEO at
the World Golf Foundation: I’m
I’m optimistic about the state of
the game and excited about how
the face of golf is changing.
About 20 years ago, one in 12 U.S.
juniors were ethnically diverse;
today, that number is one in four.
Also, two decades ago, one in six
deep love for the game as we do
at the USGA. That’s not to say,
however, that there aren’t chal-
lenges we need to overcome for
the game to be successful long-
term. Particularly, we need to
help golf courses identify and
proactively address issues com-
mon in the game such as rising
operational costs, the time it
takes to play the game and im-
proving the golfer experience at
green-grass facilities. It’s also im-
perative that we continue to in-
vest in research to make golf
courses more sustainable both fi-
nancially and environmentally,
and we need to think of more
ways to make golf accessible for
all.
Suzy Whaley is President of
the PGA: I am excited about the
future of the golf industry! Golf is
an $84 billion economic engine
that drives nearly 2 million jobs
and contributes more to charity
than any other major sports in-
dustry. While we face many of
the same challenges that every
U.S. juniors were girls and today
it is one in three. The game is
evolving and beginning to look
more like America looks. Percep-
tions about golf are changing too.
It’s moving away from the long-
held view that it’s a game for on-
ly a certain status of our society,
and people are perceiving it now
as a game for all. We have the
facts to back this up: 76% of the
golf facilities in the U.S. are open
to the public, 80% of the people
who play golf in the U.S. do so
primarily on facilities open to the
public and the average cost of an
18-hole round is $35.
Mike Davis is CEO of USGA: As
a whole, the golf industry is
strong. You can feel that at any
one of the USGA’s 14 national
championships and international-
ly in particular where we’re see-
ing the game grow at an encour-
aging rate. Golfers are extremely
passionate about their sport
which means they’re emotionally
invested — and we wouldn’t want
it any other way. It’s inspiring to
know that so many share such a
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