There are 4 reasons for that.
1) The golf population is exponentially larger than the pool population.
2) If you're going to play golf, you've accepted the fact that the sport is going to cost you money on a regular basis, and you're willing to spend it. Whether you play on public courses or have a private membership, you're forking out cash just to play. Not necessarily so in pool.
3) A pool player can use the same equipment for years. Golf requires regular costs like balls, shoes, clothing, etc, and is always offering new equipment options. The industry is constantly trying to upgrade equipment (some of which seem radical upon introduction), whether the upgrade works or not. Until the Revo came to being, what radical change has happened in pool? Break and jump cues perhaps? So golfers embrace change and don't look at their fellow players with disdain who go that route. Unlike the view of so many pool players regarding Revo users.
4) Most importantly, the majority of pool players have earned the accurate reputation of being cheap SOB's. If you don't believe me, ask anyone trying to make a living in the pool industry. Not the case in golf. You can't be that way if you want to play. It's a different form of pool hustling - people trying to get over on the industry by using the game to occupy their time, all the while trying to spend as little cash as possible. It's probably the biggest reason this sport will never get mainstream, meaning drawing outside media and advertisers to promote the game like what happens in golf. They have no interest in pool players. They understand the unmistakable profile.
