Entertainment golf: does the bay feed the course?
A bay is an excellent place to build a swing and a poor place to learn golf. The step that matters is the first…
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Who plays golf now, what they spend, and how the game is changing — rounds played, club membership, women’s golf, and the technology reshaping practice.
Launch monitors at home: which numbers are real
Carry distance and ball speed are reliable almost everywhere. Club path at consumer prices is where marketing outruns measurement.
The under-40 wave and what clubs do about it
The busiest year for rounds since 2005, and the new players arrived through ranges and simulator bars rather than junior sections.
Water, chemicals and what British courses changed
Irrigation is the biggest environmental cost and the one greenkeepers worked hardest on. The links everybody admires are brown by August on purpose.
Rounds played hit a record: what the golf boom means for getting on the course
Up 14 per cent in 2025 and the highest since 2005: what the numbers mean for your Saturday morning tee time.