I’m always reading that they’re looking for ways to get young people more interested in the game of golf.  Although I wish I started to play while I was younger, I guess I should be glad that I discovered the game while I am still in my 20′s.  I found a couple things though recently that I think would appeal to people my age or even a little younger to diminish the perception that it’s just a game for old guys or for business meetings.

Puma Open

I will definitely be looking into this one when it comes to Atlanta this fall.  Anyone else interested?

OC Monster Golf

I could definitely see this being fun for a day at the beach or in the backyard.

Almost Golf

Practice golf balls that simulate ball flight of a real ball, yet fly 1/3 the distance, and are safe for the neighborhood.  Their college tour looks pretty cool.  Hopefully I can check it out since Georgia Tech looks to be one of their stops in the fall.  I wonder if we can setup one of these courses around my office.

OK, so I’ve only been playing golf for about two years now but it’s definitely something that has significantly garnered my attention (probably because it absolutely frustrates me to play a sport that I am not immediately good at but want to).  Though I hate to admit it, the computer geek in me is really surprised how much technology has played a part in the sport and my interest in it.  From hitting balls in the golf pods at my local PGA Tour Superstore (before it closed last December), to CBS’s swing vision and ball flight tracker while watching golf on TV, and to the awesome quality of the live webcast on masters.com this year, it’s kind of amazing how far golf has gone from the view that it’s just an old rich white man’s sport.  Adding to this commentary of the change in the game was an interesting article in this weekend’s wall street journal.  It was about the white belt making it’s comeback onto the golf course, brought on by some of the more youthful (and european) fashion forward players .  (Apparently, if you wear both the white belt and white shoes, it’s called a “full cleveland” and if you wear just the one of the items, a “half cleveland”.  Who knew?)  Anyways, the most interesting thing that I got from reading it was a new golf blog source.  So I thought I would share it and some other golf sites that I follow that are a little off the path from your traditional golf sources.

Wei Under Par

Blogger, Stephanie Wei, is a former Yale golfer, living in NYC, commenting on her love of the game from the interesting viewpoint of a young hip city girl.

In Golf We Trust

I like their golf galleries like their Golf in Showbiz one and who can go wrong with a section dedicated solely to Tiger Woods?

Golf Punk

Magazine based in the UK that has interesting interviews with today’s top golfers and I personally like their golf junk section.