Golf Industry News - Sheffield Hallam University

Spending by golfers in the UK grew to £5.1 billion in 2019, the equivalent of £964 per adult golfer, according to an independent report funded by The R&A and published by Sheffield Hallam University’s Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC).

The application of business rates across the UK is not consistent for golf clubs and a clearer, uniform approach to business rates for golf courses would make a huge difference

Golf tourism has been a huge economic benefit to host clubs, the nearby cities and their surrounding regions after every modern-day Ryder Cup since the mid-1980s, writes Ross Biddiscombe