Golfing Alone

Americans are sick of golf. It's beautiful to imagine forests encroaching on the weird, grassy/sandy islands we've built all over this continent. We could, I suppose, look at the downside, i.e. Americans are giving up another social activity. But this is one societal ill that I'm willing to suffer in order to satisfy my aesthetic preferences.
Besides all that, it's just surprising. I thought they were still building golf courses constantly. In any case, in the context of the housing decline, this might be the end of those awful golf communities.