Golf is on the decline in America, and The Economist tries to explain why
The game of golf may have been born in Scotland in the 1400s, but the U.S. has owned the sport since the 1890s, The Economist explains. America has roughly half the world's golf courses and golfers — but both those numbers have dropped since 2006. In trying to explain why golf is losing players and failing to attract a new generation to the game, The Economist lists three reasons, ranging from the cultural to the physical. None of those reasons is Tiger Woods, though if you include his fall from grace in the mix — as The Economist does — that makes four. Watch the report below. —Peter Weber
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