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Except you are exactly wrong. The "exclusive era" in golf nearly killed the sport in the late 80s and early 90s. Tiger and Nike ushered in the era of muni to pro golf. It is the era of 1st Tee, municipal golf, public schools having teams, and globalization that has saved golf. Look at the...

You're taking a very narrow view of pro golf. On the US PGA tour, top 65 get paid each week, the rest get a bill for the hotel, caddie fee, coaches salary etc. On the smaller tours it's worse. The Florida winter mini tours don't pay nearly that deep and most of the lot is dead money. I've...

The pros are the product. The punters are the customers. Treat the customers to some fun. If they want to mix it up in the early bracket, make that fun (see DCC and most tour stops have Monday qualifying). Treat them decently with hospitality, player/fan experiences, pro-ams, skills...

That is very helpful. No seriously, a very insightful remark. You've added enormous amounts of value to this discussion. Seriously, do you want the punters to donate and bid up purses or not? Imagine a casino that just taxed the punters on entry and didn't bother with all the "playing"...

I agree putting is still the difference, but with very long courses you need a big driver to get in the door, or on the green as it were. The tour pros are stronger, taller, and fitter than the 90s. Kings Mill used to be the shortest course on the PGA schedule, now it is barely up to hosting...

This. The right answer is to give those bracket fillers more, not less, hope of going a ways into a bracket. Loosen the tables, short sets, no soft breaks, would all add a bit of luck to the proceedings and encourage some drama. To use the golf analogy, we need more Tin Cups and Pat Perez's...

Or the NBA raising the hoop so no one under 7 feet can dunk. The dumbest thing is that the obvious lesson of DCC is that the characters are the popular product in pool. Silly tight pockets are great if you want a game dominated by a handful of super competitors and autists, but if you're...

A somewhat novel argument for pool as sport lies in the game's origins. We're really playing table Croquet. Our tables are miniature indoor lawns, and our cues evolved mallets. Originally croquet: pool :: tennis : table tennis. I think most would agree that table tennis is a sport. I...

People who play golf have lots of disposable income. Companies really like being associated with golf (look at the sponsors for pro tournaments: banks, consulting firms, industrial companies). Golf is very expensive and golfers spend lots of money on both playing and equipment. Golfers are...

Maybe I can help us get back on track. I recently retrieved my OB Fusion shaft from my office which closed during COVID for renovations. For the last two years, I've been playing with a generic sneaky Pete, 13mm maple shaft. Now I'm transitioning back to my player, with the OB Fusion shaft...

Very cool. Thanks! I'll definitely check it out. Looks like my kind of bar. Google says it is 300 meters from my house. I'll definitely check it out.

Awesome. Thanks!

Out of curiosity, would one meet his mother's sister's sons at the place in Bayamón? My Puertorriqueno brother in law thinks he knows the place, and shares your reservations.

M Many thanks! I'm not sure I'll make it that far out of San Juan, but if I find myself in San Sebastian, I'll definitely check them out. I really appreciate the insight.

This place is awesome. Thank you for your help.

Many thank. I totally agree, any pool is better than no pool. I've played quite a bit in South America and around the Caribbean so my expectations are pretty well calibrated.

Next month I'll be spending a couple of weeks in Old San Juan. I was wondering if anyone had insights into places to play. Not necessarily looking for action, but definitely looking for a place to practice a little. South of town there looks to be a room called Zona 9. In San Juan there look...

Atomic is okay. Recent report is the tables play slow. Bedrock in AdMo is similar and the tables play nice.

Not a camera recommendation, but Open Broadcast Software is a great, free, open source live video switcher. I use it at work for streaming conferences and interviews. It is like a full video truck on your laptop, and it doesn't cost a dime. https://obsproject.com/ The tutorials are geared...

Happy birthday and best wishes for the new year!