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<\/a><\/p>\nComedian Kevin Hart is into golf. So is NBA star LeBron James, who recently posted that half of what he sees on his social media feed is golf-related.<\/p>\n
When you see photos of tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal these days, they\u2019re usually on the golf course. Comedian Nate Bargatze was part of Rory McIlroy\u2019s offseason getaway last year and \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Colin Jost hosted a daily show from the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis moment golf is having feels different. It feels more grassroots and ground up, I hate to say from the consumer perspective, but golf is booming in spite of the pro game which has gone through a lot the last four years,\u201d said Chad Mumm, the executive producer and creator of the Netflix series \u201cFull Swing,\u201d which has brought an inside look at professional golf to a broad audience.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of it has to do with COVID and things like Topgolf and simulators made it easier for people to try it, to get a club in their hands. Then you see the online community, whether it\u2019s Instagram or TikTok, now YouTube, where people can take an interest in the game and turn it into a real passion point or real fandom.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn top of that you have all these famous people \u2026 celebrities have already played golf but now they\u2019re doing it and posting about it all the time on social media. In a two-year period of time you\u2019ve seen this stigma that golf has carried in the U.S., at least for the past 60 years, really fall away and golf became a thing that is not an elitist sport. It\u2019s something anybody can go do and be passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n
The byproduct of golf\u2019s new profile is change, something that draws pushback in certain corners.<\/p>\n
Traditionalists \u2013 you know who you are \u2013 shudder at the idea of music on the golf course but that\u2019s like trying to hold back the tide. The golf fashion police are alive and well in places, cutting their eyes at cargo shorts and shirttails that aren\u2019t properly tucked in. Some starchy places don\u2019t allow push carts.<\/p>\n
Because of all the new people who come into the game, golf does not face a reckoning but a realization that it is bigger and \u2013 here\u2019s that word \u2013 more diverse than ever. It has made golf better and, like most other things, not everything is for everybody.<\/p>\n
But golf has become less intimidating and more inviting.<\/p>\n
This is golf\u2019s extended moment. Private clubs have years-long waiting lists. Equipment has never been better. Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood radiate star power.<\/p>\n
Go spend an afternoon at The Cradle at Pinehurst, the short course where shoes are optional, there\u2019s music in the air and Transfusions are being poured, and there\u2019s no better example of how golf is changing.<\/p>\n
Go scrolling online and explore golf\u2019s expanding universe.<\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau has built an empire on YouTube by being his quirky self. Content creators, a species that didn\u2019t exist a few years ago, are familiar enough to the new generation of golfers that they play their own events, and spread them across various viewing platforms.<\/p>\n
According to AI, there were more than 4.3 billion views of golf content on YouTube in a recent 90-day period. Little wonder that Good Good Golf has grown from a group of twentysomethings posting videos online into a big enough brand to be a PGA Tour title sponsor next year.<\/p>\n
Remember when the Masters only showed the final holes on Saturday and Sunday afternoon? Now the Masters can be an immersive online experience, seeing not barriers but broader horizons.<\/p>\n
Not unlike what\u2019s happened to the written word \u2013 podcasts and videos have shouldered into the media space but there is still room for readers \u2013 the game is more accommodating now.<\/p>\n
This is golf\u2019s extended moment. Private clubs have years-long waiting lists. Equipment has never been better. Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood radiate star power.<\/p>\n
The PGA Tour is in the midst of being reimagined and there is plenty of conjecture about what it will look like in, say, three years. The guess is similar but different.<\/p>\n
Remember what Brian Rolapp, the tour\u2019s new CEO, said in August:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to honor tradition, but we will not be overly bound by it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s going where the game is going.<\/p>\n
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Comedian Kevin Hart is one of many celebrities who are bringing golf to a new audience. Rob Kim, Getty Images for Fanatics<\/p>\n