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4. <br />bi <br />hile there is considerabie <br />research concerning <br />parks, wilderness, fishing, <br />skiing, and travel, there is virtually <br />none on golf. Millions of people in <br />America spend millions of dollars <br />on golf, yet no one has investigated <br />the preferences golfers have for golf <br />course difficulty. <br />The National Golf Foundation <br />(NGF) 1985 Research Report in- <br />dicated -that in 1985, 109 courses <br />opened for play, and in 1986, 165 <br />new courses were started. A 1985 <br />study indicated that there were 17.5 <br />million golfers in the United States. <br />Of 2,309 courses surveyed by NGF, a <br />total estimate of $1.7 billion was <br />spent to maintain them, while an- <br />other $1.8 -billion went into main- <br />taining equipment. <br />With such large sums of capital <br />being expended, it seems logical <br />that the money be directed proper- <br />ly, that is, for the participants' satis- <br />faction. Golfers should be able to <br />MdILAb <br />•- ` � dam~ �'' - - •..�! <br />fir•. �5;f:' - a <br />40 7_2 <br />• ti w <br />'. , 'i' : T''i Jam"{rte. �•,' ...A1' : � .' - . <br />Over the Mounds <br />and into the Rough <br />38/MAY 1989/P&R <br />THE IDEAL GOLF COURSE <br />