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FootGolf kicks new life into struggling U.S. golf courses

By Letitia Stein

April 23 (Reuters) - Mike Woods laughed out loud the first time he saw a FootGolf video.

But now the PGA director at the Haggin Oaks golf complex in Sacramento, California, is chuckling all the way to the bank as the soccer-golf hybrid craze rolls across the United States, bringing new revenue and new players to ailing golf courses.

"Then it dawned on me that we are struggling so much to bring the millennial generation into the game of golf," Woods told Reuters, recalling his initial skepticism. "Yet that's the absolute target market for soccer.