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Is Adventure Golf proper golf?

Can someone who has never seen a traditional course call themselves a

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Cansomeonewhohasneverseenatraditionalcoursecallthemselvesagolfer?Whatelsearethey,saidRobertMaxfield? SpeakingtoSarahStirkonGBQTV,theChiefExecutiveofthePGAsaidthesport’sbiggestchallengewastransitioningthehugenumbersofpeopleplayingthegameinsomeform–whetherthatwasdrivingrangesorsimulators–toagolfcourseenvironment. Thegoverningbody’sGolfforAllreport,producedlastyearinassociationwithIPSOSMori,revealedsomethinglike22millionpeoplehadplayedorconsumedgolfmediaatleastonceayear. AdventureGolfhasbecomeenormouslypopularwith60percentofinfrequentplayershavingbeenintroducedtothesportthroughthisformat. ButaskedbyStirkabouttheviewoftraditionalists,whomightstillargueitisn’t“propergolf”,Maxfieldagreedthenarrativeneededtobechanged.   “LookattheIPSOSstudy,”hesaid.“Thefiguresspeakforthemselves.Thereisamassiveproportionnowthatareengagedandinterestedingolf. �