Golf Participation Rises Again… Off-Course Golf Fastest Growing Segment

a net increase of 500,000 golfers to 25.6 million in total.

While there’s been a net gain of 1 3 million on-course golfers over the past three years, 2022 marked the fifth straight year overall of green grass participation increases That hadn’t happened in two decades

And yet gains away from the golf course are more significant, with a 13% year-over-year jump compared to the 2% rise in oncourse participation As anticipated, total off-course engagement (27.9 million) has for the first time eclipsed those who play on the course.

Overall, golf ’s U S consumer base is now a record 41 1 million, with three distinct participant groups (see graphic)

Golf participation is one of the core measures of golf ’s vitality

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