As we watched the Bowling Green Amateur Championships go from 500 to 600, and finally to 746 players, we wondered why people chose to attend this event. Thanks to the event’s hardworking TD, Larry Bledsoe, who loaned us an email list of nearly 500 of the competitors, we compiled a brief questionnaire. While far from scientific, below are the results from the 71 players who participated in the survey.

“Why have you chosen to play in the Bowling Green Amateur Championship?”

We asked participants to rate the following answers to this question on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 indicating strong disagreement and 5 indicating strong agreement. We averaged the responses below:

• I like the competition that large fields produce: 4.2
• It’s about the people for me: 4.0
• The players package/party make it a good deal: 3.6
• I really like the courses: 3.3
• I’m ready for some warm(er) weather golf: 2.9
• It’s the first major competition of the season: 2.9
• It’s easy for me to get to Bowling green: 2.7
• The prizes should be awesome: 2.7
• It’s all about the points for me 2.7
• It’s a tradition for me: 2.4