I don't think that integrity in scoring has anything to do with the interest in the pro tour.

The reasons the golf Pro tour has grown so dramatically are a few things.  Up to 100,000 fans can attend at a venue.  (lots of cash for a large prize fund before even sponsorship).  Golf also doesn't waste hardly an iota of time trying to educate the consumer on difficult couses versus easy.  Scoring will vary all the from 30 under par at a fun venue to barely par at a difficult US open site.  No body cares or worries about the great scoring days...they just enjoy them.

Lastly golf participation is not driven by regular participation in leagues which really drove the growth of bowling.  Let's face it, as 9 to 5 salary jobs have disappeared in our society, 6 O clock leagues for 36 weeks don't fit that well in the average person's schedule.  Hence bowling participation is down.

I think this whole scoring integrity thing is overblown.  Bowling and the pro tour are down because of less participation by the average person in bowling thus low interest, small venues preventing large ticket revenue , and too much education versus entertainment on the pro tour as illustrated by many tournaments several years ago that had abysmal scoring that BORED the public.  They've never come back!

Regards,

Luckylefty
PS I recently visited a couple of senior tour stops and watched the incredible pros out there on their ever so slightly modified(easier?) patterns and the excitement was palpable!  Too bad that has interest for the sport in general has already faded.
PPS please don't ever show me another Woman's college baker toruney on a sport pattern again with scores of under 150!  Enough education already.