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'I have $1.51. Do I hear $1.52 for this round of golf?'

Alex Myers — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:50:00 GMT

By Peter Finch Orlando -- How'd you like to play golf for 10-15 percent of the usual green fee? That's the pitch from Bid4Golf.com, a new website founded by David Robinson, a former club...

New fitness products from the PGA Merchandise Show

Liz Bergren — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:26:00 GMT

By Ashley Mayo and Steve Hennessey Just as many golfers have turned to fitness as a way of improving their games in recent years, many fitness products have started popping up at the annual PGA...

Editor's Picks From The PGA Show

GolfDigest.com — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Our picks for the coolest, wackiest, and most innovative items on display this week in Orlando

Demo Day At The PGA Show

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT

New items from the PGA Merchandise Show

ScoreBand: An ionized scorekeeping bracelet

John Strege — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:40:00 GMT

By John Strege We'll leave it to others to extol the benefits of egative ions, but devices that produce them, usually in bracelet form, seem to be ubiquitous in golf (and other sports), including...

Video: David Owen - Stuff I Like

GolfDigest.com — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

In the April "Stuff I Like" video, David Owen checks out cool finds at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida.

My Tech: Stuff I Like

David Owen — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Gear you didn't know you needed: David Owen's week at golf's annual trade show.

Keeping Up with Lexi

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Golf World tracks Alexis Thompson as she works the PGA Merchandise Show

GW Monday: How can we grow the game?

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:48:00 GMT

From the January 30 edition of Golf World Monday:

These days, golf's participation malaise -- fueled by issues of time, access and difficulty -- rivals the economy as a discussion point whenever the game's civic leaders gather in one place, as they did last week at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. But the crisis -- if you want to call it that -- gained a prominent spokesman when Jack Nicklaus, speaking at a symposium to promote "Golf 2.0," the PGA of America's ambitious initiative to grow the game, revealed that among his 22 grandchildren, only one (nine-year-old G.T., the son of Jack's son Gary) plays golf "more than a little bit."

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Consider that for a moment: In a family known for its enthusiasm for sports, with (presumably) no barriers of access or cost, led by a grandfather considered the greatest golfer who ever lived, and who raised three of four sons to become golf pros, exactly one of 22 grandchildren has gravitated to the game. The Golden Bear, as involved as any grandfather could be, says it's because golf is being "out-organized."

"Other sports are grabbing kids' attention and time," Nicklaus said. "Soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball, basketball ... [As a result] they don't have the time to play golf, and they are not being introduced to it. We have to fix that. We need to introduce golf to them in a way that is friendly and [that provides] early success so they stay with the game."

Golf has plenty of pressing matters, but youth participation might be the weightiest. If Jack Nicklaus can't get his grandkids to play golf, what hope do the rest of us have?

-- Geoff Russell
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What do you think about Jack's comments? Are you concerned about the declining number of children taking up the game? Sound off on our partner site, GolfWRX.com.

Notes & Best of Booth Babes from the PGA Show

Matt Ginella — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:34:00 GMT

Yes, I had a good show.Back from my second PGA Show in Orlando, it's not unlike most conventions: meetings, meals and martinis. There were no beverage cart girls, but I did make a few minutes...