Nick Dougherty explains how the BMW PGA Pro-Am can attract a new audience | Golf News

The star-studded Pro-Am ahead of the BMW PGA Championship featured a huge variety of high-profile celebrities, and Nick Dougherty believes their passion for golf can have a huge impact on the game …
Having the calibre of sporting stars and celebrities definitely attracts people through the gates that wouldn’t normally come to a golf tournament. Too many people still regard the sport of golf as an “old man’s game”, and they are reluctant to give it a chance. But that’s where the Pro-Am at Wentworth can help widen the audience.

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