The VOL. 8, NO. 11 November 2017 GOLF PARTICIPATION 2 WGF Strategic Goals for 2018: Rapidly running out of time By Jim Koppenhaver GROWING THE GAME 5 TGA Premier Golf continues to tee off on golf 's participation problem By Jim Dunlap GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS 7 Signs of the times? By Stuart Lindsay INDUSTRY SCORECARD 9 October golf weather impact: Month takes a hit, year remains flat MARKET FOCUS 12 Columbus needs more tee times, less halftimes THE LAST WORD 14 Shark Experience unlikely to break golf 's chains www.PellucidCorp.com By Jim Dunlap The Pellucid PersPecTive 1http://www.PellucidcorP.com