Golf is big business -- with a direct U.S. economic impact of almost $102 billion annually. NGF produced the most recent, and often-quoted U.S. Golf Economic Impact Study, and also conduct standard reports on golf's impact at the state level. These numbers are a part of many of our latest one-page state summaries that detail key supply and demand data at a more localized level -- now available to members.

Golf has a direct economic impact of almost $102 billion annually. NGF’s team of researchers and consultants produced the most recent Economic Impact Study and have also conducted a growing number of in-depth, state-level reports -- research that is critical for communicating golf's profound and wide-ranging impact.

You want economic proof that golf is not just a game, but a lifestyle? Here it is.