Why Korea plays golf indoors
About 9,700 screen golf rooms, a ₩2.4 trillion participation market that is still growing while the outdoor one shrinks, and two decades of research into why. The numbers behind the most Korean thing in golf.
Two features a week on the business of golf in Korea, every Tuesday and Friday.
About 9,700 screen golf rooms, a ₩2.4 trillion participation market that is still growing while the outdoor one shrinks, and two decades of research into why. The numbers behind the most Korean thing in golf.
Korean outlets publish about sixty golf stories a day. Almost none reach English readers, which is why a ₩22 trillion market, the strongest women's tour outside the US and the owner of Titleist are still covered abroad as a curiosity. GBR exists to close that gap. Here is its size.