It would be of great benefit to golf as a whole if any club/course that has a piece of suitable land available builds something like or akin to a short course, a par-3-course, a pitch-n-putt, a massive putting green etc.
Places particularly for older or physically less able folks, youngsters and beginners to play. Places to have fun and socialise and get out into the fresh air. In fact, pretty much duplicate what golf was when it first started.
They don’t have to be high spec and expensive to build and play. In fact they ought to be the opposite.
Once upon a time at least in the U.K. many/most municipal parks had a short course or a putting green. Alas these have largely gone but that doesn’t mean the basis behind them shouldn’t continue to exist.
The Himalayas at St Andrews and the Children’s Course at North Berwick are brilliant facilities.
And full marks to clubs like RND/Westward Ho for developing the Taylor Course or Kingston Heath for building the staggering good Furrows course.
Bit different perhaps for money making resorts where the clientele maybe isn’t youngsters and (forgive the phasing) oldsters but those in the middle but from my perspective if I was considering visiting such a resort, one with additional golf facilities even if of smaller size and lower spec would be more likely to gain my custom and thus money than one without.
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