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Legalized gambling will change the nature of professional golf more than it will any other sport.
Bet on it.
The game will get a lot richer and a lot less genteel.
You think today’s golf galleries are growing more unruly?
Wait until the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, when most states have had a chance to legalize sports betting, if Congress hasn’t already stepped in to regulate it. Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the federal law that prohibits sports betting clears the way.
With gambling unshackled, with betting on golf inevitably growing more widespread, interest in the game will evolve.