Why? The NGF's Inaugural List Of Golf's 100 Best

I'm not sure I'm buying Erik Matuszewski's explanation for the National Golf Foundation's new list highlighting 100 companies, but I'll give the Forbes--yes that Forbes--writer the benefit of the doubt since I can't think of any other reason the NGF needs to get in the rankings business.

But the scope of the overall golf economy – a $70 billion business -- runs far deeper.

It’s why the National Golf Foundation has released its inaugural list celebrating the top 100 businesses in golf, a platform that in some ways is the golf biz equivalent of the popular top 100 course rankings. The NGF GOLF 100 was created by the NGF to recognize the most successful, innovative and influential companies and organizations in the game, across a wide variety of categories.