Growing the game of golf: Retaining golfers almost as important as attracting new ones

I sometimes wonder why we play this game. I've had my ups and downs and even had a stretch a few years ago when I consistently broke 80 and even broke par a couple of times. I believe golf is more fun when you're not hunting for balls all the time. It's more fun when a round doesn't take 5 and a half hours. It's more fun when you have decent lies that make it easier to achieve solid contact.

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The Club at Cordillera - Short Course

Perhaps more golfers would embrace nine-hole rounds if more layouts were like the 1,252-yard Short Course at the Club at Cordillera in Colorado.

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