Encouraging the next generation of golfers, particularly women and children, will be crucial to the sport's long term health and prosperity.
The PGA recognises its duty to help grow and develop the game and is striving to do that, not just through the good work of its members locally and regionally but at national level too through a number of golf partnerships with the golfing unions of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Golfers are never slow to embrace new technology in terms of balls and equipment and that progress on the course is being matched off it with the PGA's involvement in a series of dynamic golf partnerships.
ENGLAND
One of the key initiatives undertaken by golf's leading bodies in recent years has been the development of the England Golf Partnership (EGP).
The PGA together with the English Ladies' Golf Association and English Golf Union, supported by Sport England and the Golf Foundation, joined forces in 2002 to form the EGP and create a Golf Whole Sport Plan.
The EGP has mapped out 18 challenges (A Vision For English Golf) that it believes need addressing to make England the leading golf nation in the world by 2020.
These include creating 'one vision', maximising facilities, improving golf's image, getting more schools playing golf, retaining 18-30 year-olds, utilising volunteers, implementing a national coaching strategy, setting national targets and developing a competitive structure.
But progress is being made and the foundations appear to be in place.
Between 1996 and 2002 there was a remarkable 30% increase in England's facilities taking the total number to around 2,000 courses and 400 ranges.
Nowadays wildly erratic tee shots are as just as likely to come from lorry drivers and factory workers as they are from bank managers and accountants but among the key issues facing the EGP are to build on this platform and attract an ever wider cross-section of the public.
A number of challenges still exist.
Norman Fletcher, PGA Director of Regions and External Affairs, was project manager for the EGP, and outlines some of the key issues facing golf.
"Golf is good at getting youngsters in to the game but we lose them at 18 when they go off to university, find girls or boys, get homes and mortgages.
"Average golf clubs have a huge dearth of golfers, both male and female, in the 18-40 age range.
"Participation has evened out but there is still huge potential. If we go back 15 years there was a huge demand for an increase in facilities because every weekend you had queues of people at municipal courses waiting for a game.
"Those queues have now disappeared because demand is now satisfied.
"What we have to do today is increase demand which is the point of the Whole Sport Plan.
"It's estimated there is an 80,000 shortfall in club vacancies so we have to drive participation rates up."
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SCOTLAND
The PGA is one of several golfing bodies involved in Scotland's ambitious clubgolf project which has targeted introducing every nine-year-old north of the border (some 50,000) to golf by 2009.
Clubgolf has outlined a number of objectives including a customised approach to taking golf into the community, a core programme of skills, learning, practice, and play for 9-15 year old boys and girls, coaching and competition for talented golfers at regional and national level plus specialist support for potential international and professional players.
In addition clubgolf is looking to retain 50,000 children in the programme, ensure 20,000 youngsters experience golf in a community golf programme setting and see the creation of 200 clubgolf centres.
Other partners in Scotland's Junior Golf Strategy are the Scottish Golf Union, sportscotland, the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association, the Scottish Executive and the Golf Foundation.
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IRELAND
The PGA has given its support to the Charter for Junior Golf, compiled by the Golfing Union of Ireland and the Irish Ladies Golf Union.
The Charter set outs the aims and principles of a united group - the Unions, Branches and Districts and the Golf Clubs - in ensuring golf continues to grow and develop in Ireland.
As part of this programme, the GUI, ILGU and the PGA Irish Region will seek to assist clubs in ensuring that sufficient young people are attracted to the sport thereby guaranteeing golf in Ireland has a bright and healthy future.
It also supports Junior Golf Ireland.
WALES
The PGA is committed to supporting Golf Development Wales which is a partnership born as a result of the successful Ryder Cup 2010 bid.
Its objectives are to improve competitive standards in the country and encourage more people to play the game particularly young people and women.
With the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor looming ever nearer, Wales has seized the opportunity with both hands to grow the game at all levels and by investing in the development of golf at junior level and improving the facilities and opportunities open to elite Welsh golfers, the hopes of having Welsh players representing Europe in 2010 have never been higher.
Find out more about Golf Development Wales and how it is growing the game through a range of initiatives and schemes.