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The golf business has not seen an increase in number of players for awhile. Despite this circumstance there are some 1,200 courses in one stage of development or another and 900 or so remodels. I would be willing to bet the farm that few will be designed or remodeled to entice women, the largest untapped resource in the golf market, into becoming long term players or focus on the needs of the shorter hitting golf population in general.
That's why I think the future growth of the
business of golf rests on the visions of women like Alice Dye and men like Bill Amick. They have architectural ideas that are geared to the huge resource of non-traditional player.
Take a visit to his website
http://www.amickgca.com/index.htmand see if you agree with what I've just said.
I don't know if combining some Tour events would have an impact on architecture but they are fun to watch, ala the Wendy's event and the team championships.