Alternative Golf Association
The Alternative Golf Association, also known as Flogton ("not golf" backwards), is a group of Silicon Valley executives that encourages golf participation by relaxing or ignoring traditional rules to reduce player frustration.[1][2][3] According to the National Golf Foundation, there were declines in golfers and rounds played compared to 2005. Flogton aspires to stimulate golf as snowboarding helped skiing. Patrick J. Gallagher (CEO), Scott McNealy (Commissioner) and Bob Lurie are involved with Flogton.
Flogton encourages nonconforming equipment such as lubricant applied to club faces, wedges textured like cheese graters and Polara Golf Ultimate Straight balls.[1]
References
- 1 2 Glier, Ray (8 May 2011). "Turning Golf Tradition on Its Head". The New York Times.
- ↑ Newport, John Paul (21 May 2011). "Finding a Game for the Rest of Us". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Newport, John Paul (21 February 2011). "The New Testament of Golf". The Wall Street Journal.
- Dwyre, Bill (30 May 2011). "Golf is in a mad scramble". Los Angeles Times.
- Daly, Dan (2 June 2011). "Flogton rights the wrongs of real golf". The Washington Times.
- "Turning golf tradition backwards". Boone County Journal. 29 June 2011.
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