This is not to say that courses operators and manufacturers should have increased prices. Clearly since the revenue has increased they are better off. Lee Hoke, Prof. of Economics. The industry is interested in profits and hence new and old players are sold technology rather than technique which was the case 40 years ago. When technology fails them, they stop playing.
Most new courses are either private or priced beyond the means of most players.
Golf on TV seems to get more boring each year. Beginners think that a putt has to take 3 minutes to line up because that is what TV shows them. Hence the 5-hour round starts to kill the enthusiasm. I have read the condensed version of the report and have developed an alternative facility called Target Golf Suites. It is a compact golf facility that allows players to hit their balls to target greens, then putt out all in private suites.