NEWS IN BRIEF
In honor of National Golf Month, a new survey of 1,000 Americans reveals that while 38 percent have played golf before, only 27 percent would consider taking it up as a regular hobby and 88 percent have never attended a professional golf game. A mere six percent say they play golf regularly.
Though 56 percent say they have never watched golf on television, 20 percent catch it once in a while and a diehard five percent watch it all the time. Interestingly, nearly half of Americans admit they get excited about playing a game of golf.
Only about half of Americans say they consider golfers professional athletes, and most say they don’t have a favorite golfer. But among those that made an impression is golf giant Tiger Woods, five-time PGA champion Phil Mickelson and current top world ranked golfer Jordan Spieth.
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