Odds World Rankings President Cup Stand. Private courses have waiting lists.
Public courses require tee times.
Driving ranges are full of guys working on their games. And it's more than just the fact golf is popular. Golf books are all over bookstores, including one tome on putting that looks thicker than a dictionary. There is a golf channel on cable television, and you almost can't channel surf without finding some guy giving golf lessons. There is also a growing golf culture, complete with the perception that playing golf is almost a mystical experience, golf as some sort of metaphor for life, blah, blah, blah.