Golf industry is trying as much as possible to attract younger players. To make the children induced into the game a foot golf, a fifteen inch hole and a golf board (which is a vehicle) are being used to replace the handed down golf cart with skateboard which is motorized. The question remains as, what would happen if golf became a team sports?
Many may find it awkward but it has been proven that team playing is the best combination for people under the age of 35.Kris Hart said that he thinks golf as a team sport regardless other don’t have the same view as him. Since the formation of Nextgengolf organization in 2014 most players are from 18 to 34 years of age. In college 450 students from different schools compete in club tournaments. They compete in group of eights. Only those who score five counts win. On the City Tour teams of four to six people compete in a two team formats where the team which scores on each hole wins. A scramble up is also there, whereby everyone in the team tries his or her best shot.
Kris hart tried to explain that by playing together unity can be achieved and the game becomes more enjoyable with everyone participating than individuals. PGA of America tried this formats to kids under the age of 13 and many joined. In the last three years, the number tripled with 30,000 members. Teaming in golf helps players to co- exist as each player knows which wing or side he can play best. Most watched golf events are individual but since the early 1960s it has been proven right that teaming up helps mobilize the players to one opponent and try as much as possible to muster their positions very well.
This summer golf officials chose the PGA formats that is: seventy two holes of individuals shot play. As a result of this occurrences golf as an individual game play persists. Kris Hart cited many games which gear young people to make friends. These games are basketball and soccer. Golf isn’t included here because it’s a very stand alone game. Hart concluded by saying that the organization is looking at way in which everyone can be included in one game instead of one person playing a match, solo.
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