Golf isn’t really that elitist these days. There are public courses everywhere, games off hours are $20, and equipment can be had for a few hundred dollars. It’s pretty middle class compared to the actual elitist sports.
few hundred dollars
compared like near $0-$100 for a lot of sports with free courts/fields at parks (basketball, volleyball, soccer, and flag football are like $20 for a whole group to be able to play for as long as a ball lasts, sports like baseball and tennis require individuals to have some equipment but far less than golf costs), that’s still kinda a lot, especially as a basic cost to enter. OTOH… I have more than one bike and I spent nearly $3K on one solely for hobby use when I was making roughly minimum wage, so its far from elitist.
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Golf isn’t really that elitist these days. There are public courses everywhere, games off hours are $20, and equipment can be had for a few hundred dollars. It’s pretty middle class compared to the actual elitist sports.
I’m not saying it’s totally accessible. I’m just saying it hasn’t been a rich/elitists game for some 20 year now.