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NGF's annual Golf Participation in the U.S. Report is the year-end summary for 2024 that provides the latest data on both traditional on-course golfers and those who engage with the game away from the course.
The 20-page report includes detailed information on key segments such as beginners, women, people of color, juniors, and a closer look at the continually-expanding pool of non-golfers who say they’re very interested in playing the game now (latent demand). Also included as an extension of the off-course research is an examination of “Dualies,” or those participants who engage with both on- and off-course forms …
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The annual National Rounds Report provides a summary overview of play across the U.S. in 2024 — from national and state levels. This member report takes a look at rounds trends, with comparisons to pre-pandemic engagement and details about play levels based on age groups, participation segments, and avidity.
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Colder December weather in the Northeast and Midwest than a year ago wasn’t enough to derail another record-setting year for play on a national level. It’s the third time in four years that rounds of golf have hit record levels.
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The NGF’s Top 100 Businesses in Golf is a platform intended to highlight the vitality, size and diversity of an industry that has more than a $100 billion annual impact within the U.S.
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NGF's holistic annual state-of-industry overview — The Graffis Report — is now available for members, providing a comprehensive look at the 2024 calendar year.
This Golf Industry Report, named in honor of NGF's founders Herb and Joe Graffis, compiles many of the game’s key data points on the business of golf and the health of the game in a single publication: golf participation, engagement, rounds-played, golf course supply and development, golf equipment sales, retail supply, the game’s reach, and more.
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One of our most popular visuals to demonstrate the size and scope of golf's consumer …
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A small year-over-year bump in national rounds during November virtually assures that 2024 will finish with another record-setting play total.
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Dream Golf, the developer behind destination golf properties such as Bandon Dunes on the Oregon coast and Sand Valley in central Wisconsin, this year gave the green light to two more public projects: Old Shores on the Florida panhandle and Wild Spring Dunes in Texas. They became the newest facilities in a growing portfolio of golf resorts that also includes Rodeo Dunes in Colorado, where the first two planned courses are under construction, with others to potentially follow.
While participation and play have enjoyed well-chronicled jumps during golf’s post-pandemic renaissance, golf development is also on the rise, albeit to …
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