This article is stupid. It is more likely that people with the time and energy to do something useful or frivolous, don’t want to be seen doing ANYTHING similar to what ubama and michelle spend their time doing.
If ubama had been a big baseball fan, MLB attendance and interest would have plummeted. It is unclear whether their lavish White House parties for the Mo-Town crowd had any impact on that genre, because of its limited appeal these days anyway.
Oldplayer
No, the decline in people PLAYING GOLF, Not people “golfing,” mirrors the downturn in the economy.
Again, one plays golf, they don’t ‘go golfing.’ We don’t go footballing do we?