Evolution of Golf Participation

A decade ago, there were almost three times as many Americans who played only traditional, on-course golf as those who exclusively engaged in off-course forms of the game, like Topgolf. A lot has changed over the past 10 years. Today, the number of people who play off-course forms of golf exceeds the number of on-course only participants, and by a fairly wide margin. But the increase in the number of on-course golfers overall during that timeframe is at least in part attributable to those who decided to venture out to a course after being introduced to the game at a golf ...