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Nov 21, 2013 · The real problem with golf participation isn't the lack of new golfers but the loss of current ones, a National Golf Foundation study suggests.
- Derek Evers
Oct 9, 2023 · This blog post explores reasons to quit, benefits of continuing, and alternatives to help you make an informed decision. Evaluate your progress, set realistic goals, and seek advice from others.
Mar 24, 2018 · Statistics indicate that 4 million golfers quit the game in the United States every year. And if you polled each of these 4 million golfers, you’d find confusion to be the common denominator in their decision to quit.
- Bobby Clampett
- Time
- Frame of Mind
- The Cost of Golf
- Moving Jobs
- The Club
- Injury
- The Weather
- Perspective
- The Cold Shoulder
- It's Too Difficult - It's Too Complicated
A round of golf routinely takes about four hours to complete. When you add in the time it takes to get to the golf club, an hour or so spent in the clubhouse after your round and travel home afterwards, it means that a club golfer can be away from home for upwards of six hours. If he or she has a young family it amounts to a serious sacrifice, espe...
Golf is meant to be fun. In fact, all sports are meant to be fun. So why, oh why, do so many people seem to hate the game so much? They slam clubs into the ground, they lose their temper, they stop talking to their playing partners, throw their brand new £390 driver into the trees and break their putter over their knee. Golfers of all levels can gr...
Golf is not a cheap sport. There is the cost of buying a set of clubs, bag, trolley, waterproofs, shoes, golf balls. And that is before you even take into account your annual subscription at the golf club and the cost of buying food and drink at the course. For young men and women with families and mortgages, it is a sizeable commitment and may go ...
If you move from one part of the country to another for a new job, it stands to reason that your priorities are going to change. Yes, you will probably be going to a better-paid job but the chances are that you will also be buying a new house that is more expensive than the one you just moved from. It takes time to settle into a new area, get to kn...
Many golf clubs simply don’t move with the times and some members reach the point where they have had enough of being taken for granted. Recent Golfshake surveys showed that many of you do not feel valued by your club, that they don’t put your interests first and see you simply as a cash cow. And for many golfers, the strict dress codes and bans on...
More people than you would think stop playing golf because of long-term injuries. The most common of these is back problems. And do clubs do enough to accommodate members who suffer from injury? I would suggest that the answer is probably a resounding ’no’. If you have an injury that is going to prevent you from playing the game from two or three m...
Not everybody wants to play golf 12 months a year. Many people decide to put their clubs away during the winter. Golf clubs simply do not accommodate this kind of player. Isn’t it about time that we saw clubs introducing summer-only memberships?
You don’t know your partner’s birthday and he or she just realised that the reason you didn’t want to get married during the second week in April is because it would have clashed with The Masters. And do you REALLY want to call your son Severiano? If this is you then it might well be time to hang up your clubs before they land you in the divorce co...
Despite the boom time golf is enjoying, there are still many nomadic golfers who choose not to join clubs because they want to play different courses. And who can blame them? A change is often as good as a rest. But increasing green fees mean that this can be an expensive way to play golf. Yes, cheap green fees are available but often at times when...
Some people stop playing purely and simply because it is a difficult game to master. Unlike many other sports, golf is not an instinctive game - you stand over a stationary golf ball and have time to think. In almost every other ball sport, the object comes towards you and you have to act upon instinct. And, of course, many would-be golfers simply ...
May 17, 2024 · It's why many golfers often return to the sport when they're middle-aged, when extra recreation time has potentially been freed up again or when it's not feasible to participate in other, more strenuous activities.
- Kieran Clark
Jun 24, 2004 · Myth No. 3: Golfers leave the game because of the time it takes to play a round of golf. Reality: In the current golf world, slow play is no longer tolerated. Almost every popular golf course will maintain play at less than four-and-a-half hours.
Dec 12, 2023 · If you’re struggling with your golf and finding it hard to use it as a distraction, therefore not playing well or enjoying it, then STOP. Consciously decide to take a few weeks off. Learn something new, read some books, go for long headspace rich walks.
