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NGF’s Bi-Weekly Golf Business Perspective
Golf’s Big Investment
May 12, 2022For anyone who suggests the relatively limited number of new course openings in recent years speaks to golf’s overall health and points to limited investment in the game, the research tells a far different story.
Read MoreGolf Travel ‘Ready to Take Off?’
April 28, 2022Indications are that the overall travel industry has hit an inflection point and is primed for a big summer. So what about golf travel, a $20 billion business in the U.S.?
Read MoreIs Golf Coming Up Short?
April 14, 2022Are we really in the midst of a short course movement in golf? Yes. And no…
Read MoreThe Fight for Municipal Golf
March 3, 2022A few high-profile fights for the preservation of municipal golf courses have led some to believe that Muni golf is facing an existential threat. It isn’t. Well, at least in 49 out of 50 states it isn’t.
Read MoreInertia – Where is it taking golf?
February 17, 2022Rounds of golf in 2020 were almost unthinkably high – the industry erased 20 years of decline in about six months. Naturally, we all wondered how 2021 would go. Would demand maintain, or regress as people presumably fell back into old routines? Emphatically, it was the former.
Read MoreBig Shift for Course Closures in 2021
February 3, 2022Over the past year or so we’ve talked about the improving supply/demand balance for golf in the U.S. There are indications of this move toward equilibrium in the year-end 2021 data, including a slight increase in not one, but two facility types.
Read MoreParticipation and Engagement Rise Again
January 20, 2022Heading into year three of Covid-19, the virus seemingly continues to benefit golf even while hampering parts of the economy and frustrating millions ready to be ‘done’ with it. Here’s what golf participation looked like for 2021 from a high level.
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