sdandrea1
Like everything else. Perhaps the governing rules of the game will also be modified to certain extent in the future.
How old is this game ? How old is the Religion ? If Catholic Church could change it's guidance after thousands of year, so will the game of golf after a few hundred years. If will morph and change, or perhaps a HYBRID form of this game will appear.
The ideal hybrid model is to take less than 3 hours to finish. Cost less and most certainly takes up less real estate to get similar experience. Virtual reality golf ?
Come to think of it, one of my favorite show , The Star Track had projected many of today's invention decades ago. Like the smart phone, artificial simulation,...... So a virtual reality is not that far fetched. Virtual gaming goggles is on the market already. In real estate , a buyer off shore in another country could put on a pair of virtual goggles and tour the interested property to have a tour as close as being there, walk from room to room, up and down the stairs......
Nothing could replace the real thing, However, in the big picture with more population and lomoted resources in the future, the game might suffer just being in the way of the progression. The real game might return to a side show belonging to the few privileged.
We are the fortunate ones to be able to enjoy it.