Has golf skipped a generation?

This is more like it - 'Millenials' just wanna have fun.

It looks like golf may well have skipped a generation. The Washington Post reported that golf has lost 35 percent of the 18-30 demographic. ‘Millennials’ just aren’t playing the game.

For many ‘Millennials’ golf has too many barriers to entry. It’s seen as a country club sport, it’s expensive, and is played by older more traditional minded people. All these issues have been widely recognized across both sides of the pond.

Now a young shaver, Joe Shields, wants to fix this problem. 25 year-old Shields grew up golfing and he wants others to enjoy the game as he has.

Shields idea is to take golf away from the traditional clubhouse, and create an environment that’s much more welcoming to non-traditional golfers.

He has therefore created The Sunday Golf League, which is designed to appeal to golfers who want to play competitively, but in a more informal environment

The SGL has three dates already on the schedule: Hyatt Hill Country Resort, May 1; The Republic Golf Club, June 5; and The Quarry Golf Club, July 10.

For $68, a player receives a round, a cart and a beer. There’s a proprietary handicapping system to keep it competitive and an eight-stroke limit per hole to keep it moving. Competitors will play in three-member groups; this is another way of speeding things up – another of the big barriers to golf for this generation.

With cheaper play and less formal rules, the SGL hopes to give millennials what they want — a social outing in a more relaxed environment, without Judge Smails up their backsides.

This is totally GolfPunk’s view of the world, and we wish Joe every success with his new venture.

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