“We cannot go on in the golf business as we are now."

Sean Martin shares some of the highlights of Gary Players' Asian Amateur press conference. At least he's saying the right things, even if he hasn't built a single golf course that anyone would ever think to call a model for the future.

“It’s costing too much money to maintain the golf courses. We’re building the golf courses too long, because the golf ball is going too far, so the costs are going up instead of going down. . . . And it’s stopping the number of people that are playing. So it is critical we cut the ball back for professional golf, 50 yards. Leave the technology for the amateur.”

50 yards works for me.

“We have to build golf courses for the people. We have to change. Change is the price of survival. We cannot go on in the golf business as we are now. We have to get more people playing, more people out, more children playing, and we’ve got to change our whole concept.”

I know where to start! No more golf courses designed by famous players who overcharge and overbuild. What do you think Gary?