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503,000,000.
That behemoth of a number is the total rounds of golf played in 2020. It is a number that we should find important not just because it was a 13.9% increase in rounds played from 2019, but if anything could be considered a positive effect of the pandemic then this is one of the few.
Social distancing became a must, and no sport does it better than golf.
But within the information recorded by Golf Datatech, there was another that stands out for the golf industry as a whole. Equipment sales were up 10.1% which was the highest jump since they began tracking this kind of information.
But with every boom, there are growing pains, and the golf industry has definitely been experiencing their share of those.
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That behemoth of a number is the total rounds of golf played in 2020. It is a number that we should find important not just because it was a 13.9% increase in rounds played from 2019, but if anything could be considered a positive effect of the pandemic then this is one of the few.
Social distancing became a must, and no sport does it better than golf.
But within the information recorded by Golf Datatech, there was another that stands out for the golf industry as a whole. Equipment sales were up 10.1% which was the highest jump since they began tracking this kind of information.
But with every boom, there are growing pains, and the golf industry has definitely been experiencing their share of those.
Continue reading...