Why golf is in decline in America
Ever more Americans agree with Woodrow Wilson's quip that golf is an “ineffectual attempt to put an elusive ball into an obscure hole with implements ill-adapted to the purpose”
By Economist.com
Golf traces its origins to 15th century Scotland but it was in America starting in the 1890s that it really came into its own. The country is by far the world’s biggest market for golf, home to about half its players and courses. Golf adds about $70 billion a year to America’s economy.
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