A conversation at a golf club in 1902, probably:
Horace: This golf course is almost 6300 yards! It's much too long for anyone to enjoy!
Fred: You're right for now. But in just over a century's time, there will be a website called GolfWRX full of golfers who drive the ball over 320 yards, and they'll actually think the course is too short.
Horace: But that's preposterous! Who would even want to hit the ball that far? It would take forever to walk to it.
Fred: They won't have to walk at all! They'll simply drive a golf cart.
Horace (sarcastically): Oh, okay Fred. They'll just drive a golf cart. But just where exactly will this golf cart be stored? You need a lot of space to store golf carts, Fred.
Fred: Why, the golf carts will be stored in a basement garage in the clubhouse of course! The clubhouses of the future will be massive!
Horace: Will they? What will they do with all that space? I mean, besides storing these golf carts of course.
Fred (incredulous): What will they do?! They'll make money by selling burgers and craft beer! It'll be a goldmine!
Horace: But won't people be able to get food and beer elsewhere? Closer to home? At better restaurants with more variety? Without having to wear club attire?
Fred: Oh Horace, do you really think people of the future will want to eat in public? Let me remind you that minorities are allowed in public, to say nothing of the hordes of women one encounters there. Surely the people of the future would rather spend their money on overpriced food and drinks that can be enjoyed in the company of other white men.
Horace: I don't know. I'm skeptical.
Fred: Even if clubs never serve a single pint of craft in their clubhouse, they'll host weddings! They'll have so many of them that there will be waitlists to get married, just like there are to join the club today!
Horace: Can't people get married in churches though? Or city halls? Or with the advent of air travel, on beaches in exotic destinations? Or at White Castle? Do you really think weddings are golf's way forward?
Fred: Of course! And after the wedding, couples will have children. So they'll join the club so that the kids can use our pool while dad plays golf!
Horace: Who's going to watch the kids in the pool if dad is playing golf?
Fred: Don't be an idiot Horace. Mom will watch the kids.
Horace: I don't think mom will like that arrangement.
Fred: Mom literally doesn't get a vote, Horace. Who cares what she likes?! Besides, clubs of the future will offer yoga and fitness centers for mom! She'll love the club just as much as dad does!
Horace: She will? I'm not sure mom will feel comfortable wearing Lululemon gear and twisting into various bent-over postures in a building full of dirty old men.
Fred: There are plenty of young men at the club too Horace!
Horace: You may not know as much about the future as you think, Fred. Anyways, I don't doubt that clubs of the future will try to offer food, beverage, weddings, pools, and even yoga. But it just seems like there will always be other places that do all those things better and cheaper. Shouldn't clubs just focus on golf?
Fred: Don't be ridiculous - in the future, no one will focus on golf. Hell, no one will focus on anything. Golf will be like everything else - an activity that exists more as an excuse to drink, listen to music, and to help foster good Instagram and Snapchat posts. People won't buy Lululemon because they think it's a quality product. The fabric is see-thru for Pete's sake! They'll buy it because it looks great on a Facebook feed.
Horace: Ok, fine. But this is all going to backfire when people realize how uncool golf carts look.
Fred: No, no. You're forgetting about the Golfboard...