Jim, I'm enough of a romantic to be saddened by the ever-and-exponentially-widening gap between the pro game and the one millions of us play at home. Smaller may not be better for golf (the game), but with each passing year my heart is less and less interested in *the* game and more and more interested only in *my* game. Now, some might say: good, that's the way it *should* be; but I have a sinking feeling that, given my attitude, I'm part of the problem and not the solution, i.e. part of a growing demographic that sees the pro game as something akin to"Roller-ball", to some ugly machine like spectacle that is losing the soul and charm of this great sport. So, I play 6400 yard courses, often with persimmon and blades, never with any yardage aids except those stakes in the ground, and trudge along hoping that my local courses don't (too) soon become shopping malls and townhouses -- but I have that nagging suspicion that, somehow, my lack of interest in televised golf (multiplied by millions like me) will indeed have a detrimental affect on all golfers, sooner or later.