Sunday, August 25, 2013

A Hole In One

Did you know that the chance of having two holes in one in one round is roughly 67 million to one in golf? Golf is played on a large open air course where a person strikes a golf ball into series of holes. Some people say that golf is only for the rich. This is a common misconception about golf. According to Golf's Biggest Delusions (Newport, 2012), it is stated that only 10% of 26 million golfers belong to private golf clubs. The other percentage of golfers play at public courses. Golf has been played by the Scots during the 15th century wherein they used pebbles instead of golf balls. But, in 1750, golf has evolved into a sport as people know today (Bellis, 2013). Golf has changed with the help of media. Golf has been publicized through media so that it may become more popular. Golf, with the help of media, can become popular, interesting and improved.

Golf can become more popular with the help of media. Public golf clubs could make ads to make the sport more popular. Golfers could buy quality equipment online. They can also find cheap and usable golfing equipment online.They could read posts and blogs to find good places to play golf (Miller, 2012). They could ask around freely in the internet. They could make online groups to discuss about golf. They could also discuss when and where they could meet up to play golf. There are endless possibilities to make golf known to all. Advertisements help in attracting people who would like to golf. The private golf clubs would make advertisements to increase their amount golfers.













Golf could be interesting if they made sites wherein golfers could share their thoughts and ideas. According to Gayle (2011), in the statistics of the National Golf Foundation, core golfers are into social media than what is expected of them. Social medias like Facebook and Twitter have been used by golfers to seek people who are also engaged in the sport to share ideas. They also browse for item, golfing destinations, and clubs to enjoy golf. Some of them makes pages on the web to capture active golfers to join different golf clubs. Golfers enjoy the use of media to their full extent to really appreciate the sport.

With the use of media, golfers and clubs could improve their game with some suggestions. Facebook can be used by people to make some pages so that golfers could suggest improvements to their golfing experience. They can express their thoughts freely on the web so that golfing clubs could improve their facilities and performances. By going to this website, http://www.golfplusmedia.com.au/ , golfers can look into the latest updates on golf and they could also give a feedback to increase their experience in playing.

I personally enjoy golf. With the help of media, It can be a useful tool in communicating with people, even the topic about sports.It has helped a lot of people in giving their feedback on their subject. Media is free to be used by everyone but it has its own limitations.

Reference:
(Gayle, 2011). Best Practices in Social Media Outsourcing. Retrieved from http://golfsocialmarketing.com/
http://www.golfplusmedia.com.au/
(Newport, 2012). Dont make golf too Easy. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323582904578489292471020874.html




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