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While traditional golf participation has continued to climb in recent years, engagement has been even more pronounced away from the course – and that includes screen and simulated growth. Gains in this growing sector, among both participants and availability, are even more significant since the start of the pandemic.
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Golf is experiencing a fashion movement. And yet an interesting disconnect remains between the dress code perspective of the golfer – and perhaps as notably, the non-golfer – and those who operate golf courses.
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No sport has as significant a charitable component as golf, which raised almost $4.6 billion for a wide variety of causes at the national, regional and local level in 2022.
That total is almost 1% of the nearly $485 billion in total U.S. charitable giving from individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations, according to the Annual Report on Philanthropy from Giving USA. It’s estimated that more than 141,000 separate charity events were held at golf courses around the country, with approximately 80% of all U.S. facilities hosting at least one.
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Golf’s charitable impact is unrivaled compared to other sports, with an annual total that’s up 18% in the latest measure.
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When it comes to traditional, new golf courses, what’s being built today is different than during the development boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Here’s how.
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Traditional stop-and-swat driving ranges have been around for generations, but the "off-course" golf business has experienced an unprecedented movement over the past decade that really started with Topgolf's expansion.
For many, Topgolf has become the driving range of the modern era — a socially-focused sports entertainment complex that pairs a high-tech golf offering in climate-controlled hitting bays with music and F&B. Topgolf's growth and success catalyzed the evolution of everything from mini golf (and places like Popstroke, Puttery and PuttShack) to commercial indoor simulator businesses (Five Iron Golf, X-Golf, GOLFZON, etc.), and now existing golf facilities, some of …
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Entering 2023, there were 15,945 golf courses at 13,946 facilities in the United States.
Approximately 73% of these courses are open to public play, with 8,708 daily fee courses and 2,915 courses owned or operated by a municipality. Additionally, there are 4,322 courses at private clubs, or 27% of the nation's total supply.
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Did you know there are more golf-related resorts in the U.S. than the total number of golf courses in 99% of other countries. There are almost 1,200 in total, which for context is almost twice as many as the nationwide number of Costco locations.
Our research reveals that approximately 12% of annual rounds have a tourism component, meaning golfers traveled 50-or-more miles from home to play at least one round of golf. This includes both overnight stays and day trips.
Currently, online search activity for golf trips and vacations are at some of the highest measured levels (at least in the history …
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There have been only two sustained periods of golf course supply contraction in the United States. They’ve ended in two very different ways.
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NGF recognizes 10 facilities in annual GolfSAT customer satisfaction awards
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