"Long gone are the days when all golf fans went to tournaments just to watch golf."
While it's been a while since I've attended a golf tournament--when I carried your photo equipment at an LPGA event at Baltusrol!--I see this in other sports as well. Go to an MLB or big time college football game and you will be assaulted from beginning to end by music and scoreboard videos. Most Big Ten schools now sell beer at football games, despite most students being under-age. What does any of this have to do with enjoying the game itself? But this seems to be what the fans want.
Well done Brooklyn….. I do, however, remember a funny sidebar with my good friend Vance Heafner…… he played the hole at the GGO with a hat that had room for a can of beer or two and two straws which came to your mouth and kept your hands free……I believe it was the third round of play, not sure of the year
I completely agree about smartphones and attention spans. I was going to also say that in my comment but I didn't want to sound too crabby.
"Long gone are the days when all golf fans went to tournaments just to watch golf."
While it's been a while since I've attended a golf tournament--when I carried your photo equipment at an LPGA event at Baltusrol!--I see this in other sports as well. Go to an MLB or big time college football game and you will be assaulted from beginning to end by music and scoreboard videos. Most Big Ten schools now sell beer at football games, despite most students being under-age. What does any of this have to do with enjoying the game itself? But this seems to be what the fans want.
Well done Brooklyn….. I do, however, remember a funny sidebar with my good friend Vance Heafner…… he played the hole at the GGO with a hat that had room for a can of beer or two and two straws which came to your mouth and kept your hands free……I believe it was the third round of play, not sure of the year