{"id":113107,"date":"2025-09-02T12:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/113107\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:05:05","slug":"golf-clubs-need-to-build-closer-connections-with-golf-entertainment-venues-the-golf-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/113107\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf clubs \u2018need to build closer connections with golf entertainment venues\u2019 \u2013 The Golf Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of golf entertainment venues in urban areas will double in the coming years, says Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA). <\/p>\n

He adds that green grass courses need to \u2018bridge the gap\u2019 through closer connections or investing in their own simulators.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to Syngenta Golf\u2019s latest\u00a0Changing the Business of Golf\u00a0podcast, he said: \u201cWe\u2019ve got millions of people trying golf by hitting into screens. We\u2019ve got to create connective tissue somehow.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jay Karen<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re at 2,300 facilities right now, and it\u2019s foreseeable that in ten to 15 years\u2019 time it could be double that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karen also sees growth potential in younger generations, many of whom lack access to public golf courses.<\/p>\n

He explains that partnering with public sector programmes to introduce golf in community spaces could lead to \u2018explosive growth.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are thousands of communities that don\u2019t have golf courses,\u201d he told host Gary Firkins. \u201cBut they have programming, which is where 90 percent of parents take their kids. If golf is not found there then we are missing a huge opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a wide-ranging discussion, Karen outlines further changes he would like to see in the industry, including golf businesses becoming more proactive in telling their sustainability story and engaging local government to improve public perception and policy support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The number of golf entertainment venues in urban areas will double in the coming years, says Jay Karen,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-113107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}