the number of kids that start golfing and stick with it is very low. They get into other sports that are cool. Now that more kids are seeing it can be cool to play golf will have an effect on golf down the road. In the next 10 years the average age of a person that golfs regularly will drop significantly.
We have had that problem with kids growing up sailing and not staying with it when they hit the mid-teens. There is quite the gap between the juniors and the adults, say from 13 years old to 35 years old.