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Message: [QUOTE="WhereistheDove?, post: 5326029, member: 1109"] Clearly not 100% tiger but the people that grew up with Tiger as the face of golf are in their 20s and 30s right now, with disposable income, which is prime age to pick up golf and drive the growth in golf. COVID and the flight from urban to suburban communities may have put gasoline on the fire but a lot of that is Tiger. The idea that it’s still only country club types and very wealthy folks is also incorrect. Plenty of blue collar and middle income folks play golf. There has also been massive growth in minority golf participation over the last 25 years. POC were 9% of golfers in 1990, 19% at the height of Tiger, and 25% now. Actual professional golf representation was always going to be harder to come by. While amateur golf is reasonably accessible, competitive golf at the level required to go pro is absolutely still a rich kid’s game. [/QUOTE]