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Xander Schauffele of the United States plays a shot from a greenside bunker on the first hole during the first round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on September 20, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Golf is steadily losing players. When the Sports & Fitness Industry Association released data on the number of players in 2015, it showed the sport's lowest point in recent memory.
More than 800 golf courses have closed across the United States in the past decade, and millennials don't appear to be as interested in the sport as generations past.
Shifts in work culture and the economy are partly responsible for this decline in popularity, as more people are working long hours and no longer have as much time to invest in golf.
But there's an upside to these closures: lots and lots of new space for developers.
Former golf courses are now being turned into residential areas, industrial spaces, parks, and detention ponds. Take a look at a few of the ongoing projects below.