More than 19 million Americans tried on-course golf for the first time from 2020 through 2025. That should be one of the most encouraging numbers the golf business has seen in years.
Here is the number that should make every operator, coach and equipment company uncomfortable: Only about one in four beginners becomes what the National Golf Foundation calls a committed golfer.
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The NGF’s August report found that first-time participation exceeded 3 million in each of those six years. The on-course golfer population still grew by just over 4 million during the same period. Those figures are not a clean subtraction problem because the…
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