3-Minute Business Insights
New golf course construction has been on an upswing since the pandemic. NGF's database team is currently tracking more than 100 new course projects under construction or in planning.
Topics: Construction, Development, Facilities, Facility Supply, General Interest
The Growth of Destination Golf
A closer look at one of golf's biggest development categories
Whether its golf destinations, destination golf resorts or destination golf in general, this niche continues to grow in popularity – on both the public and private side.
Topics: Destination Golf, Development, Engagement, Facilities, Facility Supply
Golf Course Supply: No Boom, But Better
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.
Topics: Construction, Development, Facilities, Facility Supply, General Interest
Course Openings by State (P5Y)
Topics: Facilities, Facility Supply, Golf Courses, Golf Facilities, New Courses
Midyear Momentum: Course Openings & Closures
Continued signs of equilibrium in world's best-supplied golf market
Over the past four years, the number of annual golf course closures has dropped 62%. So what does the market look like at the midway point of 2023? And how do course openings compare to recent years?
Topics: Closures, Construction, Development, Economy, Facilities
Midyear Update: U.S. and Worldwide Course Supply
Golf has remarkable geographic spread, with at least one course in 83% of countries and territories worldwide. In fact, there are more golf courses globally than Starbucks locations.
Topics: Closures, Construction, Development, Facilities, Facility Supply
Is New Course Construction Picking Up?
With increases in golf participation, play and popularity in recent years, one of the questions we've gotten recently is whether there’s been a rise in new U.S. course construction since the onset of the pandemic.
Topics: Construction, Development, Facilities, Facility Supply, Golf Courses
Tracking New Golf Course Development
Among the U.S. golf courses in construction or in-planning, almost one-third of the projects are located in two states. But as history shows, not every project in golf's developmental pipeline opens for play.
Topics: Construction, Development, Facilities, Facility Supply, Golf Courses
U.S. Course Openings & Closures Trend
Topics: Closures, Facilities, Facility Supply, Golf Courses, New Courses
Par 3 Proportion of New Course Openings
Topics: Development, Facilities, Facility Supply, Golf Courses, Golf Facilities
Is Golf Coming Up Short?
Are we really in the midst of a short course movement in golf? Yes. And no...
Topics: Closures, Economy, Facilities, Facility Supply, Golf Courses
A Closer Look at Course Openings
A member-only dive into new facilities
In 2021, the number of new course openings in the U.S. was again limited. And yet these debuts, from Florida to Washington, hit their highest number since 2017.
Topics: Facilities, Facility Supply, Golf Courses, New Courses, Openings
