R.I.P. Taylor Made's Grow The Game Initiatives
/Longtime readers will recall that I applauded Taylor Made's Mark King for his HackGolf.org crowdsourcing idea and 15-inch-hole experiment since a golf manufacturer finally put forward money to do something about their state-of-the-game complaints. 
Unfortunately, the initiative lost traction before its first anniversary ('14 PGA Show), as new CEO Ben Sharpe confirmed with CNBC. (He told golf.com's Coleman McDowell that they'll continue to fund the website and any ideas that come from the site).
Sharpe also mentioned how golf needs kids, when he should probably be making the case that kids need golf. But we won't quibble over that.
The non-confirmation confirmation of Hack Golf as a leading voice for change meeting its maker...
That didn’t get the traction that we hoped it would, because it was perceived maybe as a Taylor Made campaign rather than an industry campaign. So we’ve learned from that.
Sharpe goes on to say how they are supporting the PGA Tour's initiatives, and mentions The First Tee and the PGA Junior Golf Leagues (that's PGA of America, but who's keeping score?).
