It’s a milestone year for NGF and our tracking of America’s golf courses. For 90 years, our world-class team has maintained the definitive database of golf facilities and courses – an amazing resource that catalogs the supply side of our…
Golf remained a red-hot sport in 2025.The National Golf Foundation reported this week that rounds of golf played at U.S. courses climbed to another all-time high last year, extending “one of the most sustained periods of elevated play the game…
According to the National Golf Foundation, total on-course golf participation rose to 29.1 million in 2025 from 24.3 million in 2019, an increase of nearly 20 percent. By adding off-course participation, the number climbed more than 40 percent to 48.1…
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 4, 2026 – KemperSports, a leading golf, sports and hospitality experience company, announced today that 20 of its golf courses received 2026 GolfersVoice Customer Satisfaction Awards from the National Golf Foundation (NGF) based on achieving outstanding customer…
Jupiter, FL – The Graffis Report, the National Golf Foundation’s annual holistic golf industry overview, is now available for NGF members. The Graffis Report compiles many of the game’s key 2025 data points on the business of golf and the…
It was another year of crowded aisles and sustained enthusiasm for the golf industry at this week’s annual PGA Show in Orlando. The game’s business leaders and those hopeful to cash in on the golf’s consistently buzzy momentum gathered on…
Golf continues to be a popular participation sport for millions of Americans, as a record-setting 47.2 million Americans age 6 or above played golf on-course or off-course in 2024, according to the National Golf Foundation. The sport’s popularity was apparent…
Spring has finally sprung and with it golf season has arrived in northwestern Pennsylvania.Area golfers will prepare their clubs in the coming days, or already have, for another season on the links.Are more people dusting off their equipment this year…
ORLANDO, FLORIDA | Among the most surprising things about the global pandemic that began taking hold in early 2020 was the positive impact it came to have on golf. Especially the travel sector.To be sure, it took some time for…
Since the pandemic, simulated golf has exploded in popularity, and many entrepreneurs in the competitive socialization industry are looking to capitalize on this growth. According to a report from the National Golf Foundation, 6.2 million Americans hit a golf ball…