I agree somewhat. When I joined this web site, I was under the impression this was a game created for golfers, by golfers. Like so many other Internet web sites, they become very commercialized, hence, .com. I remember reading an article a few years back that mentioned Myspace was bringing in $20 million a month in advertising sales.
It's still a fun game to play and is surely the finest looking game on the web or otherwise. I guess club, and golf ball sales weren't enough to keep this game afloat. I've also noticed the shrinking list of features in the upcoming product release list, and the amount of new features everyone is waiting for WGT to implement in this game.
Perhaps a few more years will tell a different story.