And if the current corporate suggestions for McGolf do not bring in the crowds, they can double and redouble the size of the holes and locate them in soup bowl shaped greens that funnel even errant shots to cup. Eventually you can just build Pinewood Derby style ramps from tee to green that McGolfers can simply place their ball in and watch with pride as it zooms along the track and into the hole for an ace! High fives all around!
Seriously, use whatever gimmick you wish to increase customer base for peddling your wares. I mean if five million golfers leaving the pool has increased the time it takes to play a round to 7 hours then we need at least 20 million of these Special Olympians added to the field so things will speed back up.
/snarc
Our work league added 5 new golfers from my department alone last year. Five who have never held a club before. Of those three have taken to the game and two of them purchased upgraded equipment in anticipation of the coming season. We play 9 hole matches from the forward tees with USGA rules in effect. It may be an abbreviated game, but it is still golf. Nothing has been dumbed down for mass consumption.
