Cell Phones Allowed: PGA Tour Hopes To Make Fans Less Disconnected

Golf Channel's Steve Sands is reporting a change in the PGA Tour cell phone policy for 2011. The GolfChannel.com item notes it this way:

According to Sands, the PGA Tour has been discussing the cell phone policy for several months and feels that, in today's world, fans can become disconnected for long periods of time while on the golf course. Their hope is that allowing people to carry a cell phone while at a tournament will help grow attendance.

Or just pass the time while the players are taking six hours to play.