Today, Golf magazine published a feature story spotlighting the people who signed this petition. "The petition's nearly 2,500 signatures shows a string of responses from college and high school coaches, parents, even tour pros, with a nearly uniform response: The intent (read: the damage the rule has done) far outweighs its benefit," the story says. The story goes on to quote the pros speaking out against the rule. But the most striking comments, the article says, come from the parents and kids affected by the rule. Here's just one quoted in the article: "My son asks for me to come to his tournaments," said Kathy Wilcox of Toston, Mont. "So I go and sit in the clubhouse or my car in the parking lot. I wish I could support him and the other kids in a better way." See the full story here: http://www.golf.com/tour-news/2018/01/11/montana-high-school-golf-spectator-ban-remains-place-despite-pleas-across-golf-world Thanks to this article and others like it, awareness of the bad golf rule in Montana has been steadily growing around the country. Here are some other recent media stories: * 2003 PGA Champion, Shaun Micheel (featured in the above article) went on Sirius XM radio today to criticize the bad golf rule * Golf Digest is currently writing a story * ESPN emailed to say they are interested in doing one as well * Elvis Anderson wrote and posted a story here: http://worldsbestgolfdestinations.com/montana-what-are-you-thinking * Rob Thomas, of the Golf writers association of American, posted a story on American Golfer and tweeted it on @AmGolferBlog * Stacy Solomon, a writer at golfforbeginners.blogspot.com, posted the petition to a golf group on Facebook with 9,000 followers * Julie Williams, a contributing writer for Morning Read (an online golf magazine in Orlando) is writing an article With this kind of media attention, it's only a matter of time before the late night talk show hosts start weighing in. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who signed. We are almost at 2,500 signatures and still climbing! Also thanks to everyone who left a comment! There are now more than 300 of them on the petition site. With your help we can turn this archaic and absurd rule around. SOMBER NOTE: As the Golf magazine article says, "Despite the organic growth of the petition, the MHSA elected to keep the issue off the agenda for the group's annual meeting on Jan. 15." So please, keep those signatures and comments coming!