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Article: Golf: Clubs must share in a vision for the future; Blueprint challenges golf to become more family friendly.(Sport)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2005
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Byline: RICHARD WILLIAMSON
GOLF clubs must be prepared to embrace a modern, family orientated attitude - or face the prospect of losing a generation of players to the sport.
That is the stark warning behind an ambitious blueprint for the future designed to elevate golf's profile to new heights and safeguard its long-term health.
For the first time, the governing bodies at the core of golf in England have come together to devise a way forward that will succeed in not only enticing new players into the game, but also in allowing the most talented to turn their pastime into a profession.
The result is Golf's 2020 vision, a grand plan to ...