How a Company Reinvented the Driving Range to Attract a Younger Audience to Golf


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Fail (function () {throw & # 39; Could not get the videx bundle. & # 39 ;;}); Function updateCurrentlyPlaying (videoId) {var videoCollectionId = & # 39; current_video_collection & # 39 ;, videocardContents = getCurrentVideoCardContents (videoId), carousel = jQuery (document.getElementById (& # 39; cn-current_video_collection). & # 39; Find (& # 39 ;. js-owl-carousel & # 39;), domain = CNN.Host.domain || (document.location.protocol + & # 39; // & # 39; + document.location.hostname), owl, $ owlFirstItem, $ owlPrevItem, showDetailsSpanContent = & # 39; & # 39 ;, gigyaShareElement, showIndex, whatsappElement, $ carouselContentItems = jQuery (& # 39 ;. carousel__content. getElementById (& # 39; cn-current_video_collection & # 39;)); gigyaShareElement = jQuery (& # 39; div.js-gigya-sharebar & # 39;); if (type of gigyaShareElement! == & # 39; undefined & # 39; && CNN.Utils.existsObject (videocardContents)) {jQuery) (gigya .attr (& # 39; data-title & # 39 ;, videocardContents.headlinePlainText || & # 39; & # 39;); jQuery (gigyaShareElement) .attr (& # 39; data-description & # 39 ;, videocardContents.descriptionPlainText || & # 39; & # 39;); jQuery (gigyaShareElement) .attr ( & # 39; data-link & # 39 ;, domain + videocardContents.url || & # 39; & # 39;); jQuery (gigyaShareElement) .attr (& # 39; data-image-src & # 39 ;, (videocardContents.media && videocardContents.media.elementContents && videocardContents.media.elementContents.imageUrl) || & # 39; & # 39;);} whatsappShareElement = jQuery (& # 39; div.share-bar-whatsapp-container & # 39;); if (type whatsappShareElement! == & # 39; undefined & # 39;) {jQuery (whatsappShareElement) .attr (& # 39; data-title & # 39 ;, videocardContents.headlinePlainText || & # 39; & # 39;); jQuery (whatsappShareElement) .attr (& # 39; data-storyurl & # 39 ;, domain + videocardContents.url || & # 39; & # 39;);} if (carousel && currentVide oCollectionContainsId (videoId)) {owl = carousel.data (& # 39; owl.carousel & # 39; ) || {}; showIndex = getCurrentVideoIndex (videoId); if (type owl.to === & # 39; function & # 39;) {owl.to (showIndex);} $ owlPrevItem = CNN.Utils.exists (owl. $ element)? owl. $ element.find (& # 39 ;. cd.cd – active & # 39;): $ carouselContentItems.find (& # 39 ;. cd.cd – active & # 39;); $ owlPrevItem.removeClass (& # 39; cd – active & # 39;); $ owlPrevItem. find (& # 39;. media__over-text & # 39;). remove (); $ owlPrevItem.find (& # 39 ;. media__icon & # 39;). show (); $ owlFirstItem = CNN.Utils.exists (owl._items)? jQuery (owl._items [showIndex]): $ carouselContentItems.eq (showIndex); $ owlFirstItem.find (& # 39 ;. cd & # 39;). addClass (& # 39; cd – active & # 39;); $ owlFirstItem.find (& # 39 ;. media a: first -child & # 39;). append (& # 39;

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& # 39;); if (Modernizr &&! Modernizr.phone) {$ owlFirstItem.find (& # 39 ;. media__icon & # 39;). hide ();}} CNN.Videx. Metadata.init ({dateCreated: videocardContents.dateCreated, descriptionText: videocardContents.descriptionText, duration: videocardContents.duration, sourceLink: videocardContents.sourceLink, sourceName: videocardContents.sourceName, title: videocardContents.headlineTextlection & # 39; # 39; & # 39;, videoDescriptionDivId: & # 39; js-video_description-1u77gx6 & # 39 ;, videoDurationDivId: & # 39; js-video_duration-1u77gx6 & # 39 ;, videoTitleDivId: & # 39; js-leaf-video_headline-1u77gx6 & # 39; ;, videoSourceDivId: & # 39; js-video_source & # 39; CNN-1u77gx6 & # 39 ;; ifgx6 .exists (videocardContents.showName)) {if (CNN.Utils.exists (videocardContents.showUrl)) {showDetailsSpanContent = & # 39; & # 39; + videocardContents.showName + & # 39; | & # 39 ;;} else {showDetailsSpanContent = videocardContents.showName + & # 39; | & # 39 ;;}} fastdom.measure (function getShowInfo () {var $ show = jQuery (& # 39 ;. metadata__show & # 39;), $ isShowDetailsSpanExists = $ show.find (& # 39; span & # 39 ;). hasClass (& # 39; metadata – show__name & # 39;), $ showName = jQuery (& # 39;. metadata – show__name & # 39;); fastdom.mutate (function updateShowInfo () {if (! $ isShowDetailsSpanExists ) {$ show.prepend (& # 39;