It's the (sort-of) offseason, and here at Devil Ball, we're kicking around various topics of interest to golfers worldwide. Today, we take on ways to improve the PGA Tour. One of the main problems golf faces is the collision between traditional and postmodern culture, between the golf-clappers and the full-throated screamers. Like it or not, though, we're in a louder society these days. And golf has to adapt, or it faces the threat of tennis-esque mass irrelevance. Here are a few of my ideas; you'll have the chance to air your own below.

Take us there. This one's a personal preference, but when I'm playing a new golf course, I do everything short of lay down and roll around on the green to get a feel for the place. TV coverage should do the same thing for us -- take us to every corner of the place, not just the fairways and greens. Follow the players out for a night in the local town. (Anthony Kim would be able to give us some great stories.) Check out that photo above -- stunning courses like that are what golf is all about. (Yes, that course is in Portugal and thus not likely to make the PGA Tour, but roll with me here.)

This Is Your Game. Golf is the only major sport with a significant majority of fans who still actually play the game. So why not play off that more? More tips, more outreach, more pros playing off-days on scrubby little municipal courses. "This Is Your Game" would be an ideal slogan.

It's about more than Tiger. As this year showed, Tiger won't be around forever, and when he goes -- whether through injury, retirement, or bad early rounds that put him out of contention on Sunday -- many of golf's casual fans will follow. That's why golf has to cultivate a new generation of stars, and fortunately enough, a new generation is here. Is it calculated? Is it scheming? Is it hype over substance? Absolutely. It's also the way things are done these days -- again, like it or not. Sure, you'll have some Michelle Wie-style flameouts, but if you can pump up an Anthony Kim or a Camilo Villegas to star levels, so much the better. That said ...

It's all about Tiger. There's a reason you see so many Tiger-related articles on this site. You may be sick of him, but there are several million people who don't aren't. (Hat tip: grammar police.) Tiger is a worldwide icon, and golf would be foolish to run away from him. Tiger's stint as a caddy this week is a perfect example -- the guy needs to be human, needs to be more accessible, needs to make you feel like you could play like him, and not just on a video game. Yes, it's more than we expected out of Jack or Arnie, but again, different times, different expectations of our pros.

The All-Star Showdown. This is a great idea recently advanced by Ryan Ballengee at Waggle Room -- an event of varying games and styles, celebrating golf and golfers rather than sponsors. Skills competitions, pro-fan interaction, affordable tickets -- in short, a great way to connect players and fans while still seeing how good the best really are.

Ryder up the joint. Everybody enjoyed the Ryder Cup -- well, everybody American -- and that's because for a moment, we were allowed to be both golf fans and American sports fans. Look, there's plenty of room for both exuberance and sportsmanship in golf. Why not encourage a little more of that kind of atmosphere at other tournaments around the country? It would require not just tournament directors unclenching, but players, too. And relax, there are plenty of exclusive clubs whose gates you can hide behind when the tournament's done.

Fix the damn championship, already. Look, this isn't college football. Golf is as decisive as it gets -- one guy shoots less than everybody else, and he wins. So enough with the points totals and the reallocations and the made-vs.-missed cuts and all that. Figure a way to get all the best golfers on the course at the end of the season, and then have them battle it out for one true champion.

Swordfights with nine-irons at every turn. Hey, couldn't hurt.

All right, your turn. Come up with your own ideas to improve the PGA's take on the game we all love. Winner gets a ten-year Tour exemption. Maybe.