9.An evolving game
Asia has already become a center of the women's professional game,and much of the growth in participation across the world is coming from women's golf.
Family-friendly facilities (33)will be developed(develop) for a new golfing demographic(人群) in the following years,(34)as/because more women are playing the game and men and women are increasingly spending their leisure time together.
Children's engagement with the game will increase.In China,golf is recognized as a game (35)that/whichteaches children important life principles.Free golf training is offered to kinder-gartners and some parents are now prepared to spend up to 300,000yuan a year on lessons for their children.
"Asia will play an increasingly vital role in the furture development of golf,"say top players past and present.
More top events will be added to the schedule in China and other places in Asia,(36)where the game is becoming more popular.Back-to-back Open Champion Padraig Harrington agrees:You only(37)have to look at the European Tour's schedule and see how many tournaments are now being hosted by Asia,whether in the Middle East or Far East,"he says.
"Change is the price of survival,"says golf legend Gary Player,one of a handful of players(38)to have achieved/having achieved(achieve) the Career Grand Slam(大滿貫)."With the eyes of the sport now firmly(39)focused(focus) on Asia,I can see several of the world's Top 10coming from Asia and several more global tournaments hosted there by 2020."
The game will also become more technologically engaged.Advances in digital technology will change the face of(40)coaching(coach) with"smart clubs"which memorizes golfers's grip and swing,allowing them to analyze their performance and learn from their mistakes.