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Golf’s Decline in America: Work/Life Balance Is the True Culprit
Published: March 29, 2011
The number of core American golfers (those playing eight rounds or more per year) has fallen between three and 4.5 percent every year since 2006.
Since 2007, the number of golf courses closing in America has significantly outnumbered the number of new course being built.
This downward trend in American golf is even making its way to the professional level. In 1986, American golfers made up 60 percent of the Top 100 players in the World Golf Rankings. By the end of 2010, Americans made up only 32 percent of the Top 100.
Upon viewing these numbers, most immediately peel that two-by-four off of their faces and cite two main causes: cost and time.
While those are certainly two of the main factors, I would contest that the cause of the time issue in particular is actually one of, if not the biggest problems when it comes to the decline of golf in America.
In terms of pure participation in the game, the cost issue isn’t that large of a factor, in my opinion.
More than 80 percent of golf participants play at public courses and junior and senior golfers combine to make up only 30 percent of all golfers in America. This means that the other 70 percent of golfers are between the ages of 18-65, and a very large portion of that segment would have the financial means to pay a $45 public green fee once per week if they so desired.
Plain and simple, the majority of Americans that have the means to play golf simply don’t have the time.
Any sharp increase or decrease in the golfing public will be driven by the common golfer. Nine-to-fivers with a little extra money in their pockets that enjoy going out and playing a round of golf with their buddies truly drive the amateur game in America.
But one of the major issues when i...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf
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Golf’s Decline in America: Work/Life Balance Is the True Culprit
Published: March 29, 2011
The number of core American golfers (those playing eight rounds or more per year) has fallen between three and 4.5 percent every year since 2006.
Since 2007, the number of golf courses closing in America has significantly outnumbered the number of new course being built.
This downward trend in American golf is even making its way to the professional level. In 1986, American golfers made up 60 percent of the Top 100 players in the World Golf Rankings. By the end of 2010, Americans made up only 32 percent of the Top 100.
Upon viewing these numbers, most immediately peel that two-by-four off of their faces and cite two main causes: cost and time.
While those are certainly two of the main factors, I would contest that the cause of the time issue in particular is actually one of, if not the biggest problems when it comes to the decline of golf in America.
In terms of pure participation in the game, the cost issue isn’t that large of a factor, in my opinion.
More than 80 percent of golf participants play at public courses and junior and senior golfers combine to make up only 30 percent of all golfers in America. This means that the other 70 percent of golfers are between the ages of 18-65, and a very large portion of that segment would have the financial means to pay a $45 public green fee once per week if they so desired.
Plain and simple, the majority of Americans that have the means to play golf simply don’t have the time.
Any sharp increase or decrease in the golfing public will be driven by the common golfer. Nine-to-fivers with a little extra money in their pockets that enjoy going out and playing a round of golf with their buddies truly drive the amateur game in America.
But one of the major issues when i...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf
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