The Q spoke to several influential women about their connection to golf, their careers, and what the industry can do to get more girls and women into the game.

Dan Van Horn saw past the aging greens and maintenance cutbacks when he first visited the Longleaf golf course in North Carolina. The founder of U.S. Kids Golf instead saw the ideal spot for a living laboratory.

The American golf industry has spent an impressive amount of time and resources on initiatives designed to bring more women to the game. Unfortunately, those efforts have yielded little. What are other countries doing differently?