Who do you think pays for Municipal Golf Courses?
How many PGA Tour events are on Municipal golf courses? How many NFL, NBA, MLB teams play in non taxpayer funded facilities?
Golf doesn't change its rules to attract Fans.
You mean like having a woman play in a men's tournament?
Not a single rule was changed.
Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
In baseball, no two outfields are the same.
The bases are still 90 feet apart, and the pitchers mound is still 66' 6" from home.
At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
Unless you're Colin Montgomery.
Colin brought it upon himself, and it really has dropped off the past couple of years.
Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball almost three times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.
How far can Tiger Woods hit a baseball with his driver? Or how far could Barry Bonds hit a pitched golf ball?
This is a comparrison that should not have been included. A useless and worse than apples vs. oranges argument.
Also, the story about the bottle of scotch is an urban legend.
Actually, private golf clubs are often among the most heavily-subsidized professional "sports" venues around. Find your nearest private country club and do some research at the local municipal building on their property tax records. Many of these places pay property taxes that are comparable to farms or other agricultural land uses. I also seem to remember a story in the last few years about country clubs that get special tax exemptions as "natural preservation areas," too.