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The future of 'golf' may not be on the links

  • Written by Joshua Woods, Associate Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
To play disc golf, all you need is 20 dollars for a couple of discs, and you're good to go.Jari Hindstroem

Could disc golf become more popular than ball golf by 2028?

Ask disc golfers and they’ll say, “You bet – our sport is growing like crazy.”

But for most Americans, the answer is, “What’s disc golf?” And...

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