Impact of Golf

Friday, December 13, 2013

Young Guys on Tour

Young golfers are beginning to take over the sport. Every year there is a new 20 year old who makes a statement in atleast one tournament that season. In the past few years though we have noticed that there is a good amount of 20-25 year old golfers who have been dominating the sport of golf. A few on that list would be:
  • Dustin Johnson -25
  • Rickie Fowler- 23
  • John Huh- 22
  • Ryo Ishikawa- 20
  • Rory Mcllroy- 23
  • Kyle Stanley- 24
  • Keegan Bradley- 25
  • Jordan Speith- 20
The bottom line is that the game of golf is changing. These young players are a prime example of that. In a field once dominated by household names, the above players are changing the sport. They are bringing in younger viewers, they are bringing a fresh energy to the PGA Tour that had been severely lacking since Woods dropped off the leaderboards. Now with Woods rising back up to lead this group of rising stars, the PGA Tour will find itself soon competing with Nascar for weekend fans.

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