New golf participation information for the third quarter of 2023 within the Nice Britain has revealed that extra rounds had been performed for many of July to September than in any earlier yr apart from 2020.
After a sluggish begin to the yr, 2023 rounds performed throughout Nice Britain stay effectively away from pre-pandemic numbers, within the newest signal that golf’s pandemic participation growth has reset the baseline urge for food for the sport.
In response to a report issued by Sporting Insights, solely January of the primary 9 months of the yr noticed a dip towards 2019 figures, whereas the rest of the yr has to date seen 2023 observe and sometimes exceed the totals seen outdoors lockdowns through the interval 2020-2022.
September was the quarter’s strongest performing month, each towards 2022 (up 10%) and towards 2019 (up 55%).
Quarterly rounds performed throughout Nice Britain had been up 5% in comparison with Q3 2022, pushing the yr to this point complete 3% forward of 2022. The year-to-date common of two,910 rounds performed per course per thirty days means there are 646 extra rounds per course per thirty days being performed – or an additional of 21 extra individuals per day.
The report means that initiatives corresponding to iGolf, Openplay and Flexigolf schemes for unbiased golfers in England, Scotland and Wales had been taking part in a major function in offering routes for non-members and newer golfers to trace enchancment and entry aggressive golf, serving to these individuals to remain within the sport.
Final month noticed BRS Golf, golf’s main supplier of tee time administration reserving expertise, report a powerful first half of 2023 for each member play and customer play within the UK and Eire, with extra rounds performed to date this yr than in the entire of 2019.
