Either that or they've just grown out of playing ball games... As I did at 17 after many years of cold, wet, muddy pursuit of pointy balls around the school pitches. 5 days per week (except CCF Mondays) unless the 1st XV was playing at home. Even then we had to watch... It didn't take the brains of a rocket scientist to work out that those obsessed with throwing, kicking and hitting balls probably had little else with which to stimulate their little worlds.
But if that's their bag - or rather ball bag - baby....
And I definitely share the same view of golf as Mark Twain and Jeremy Clarkson!