Leading Role
Telling golf storiesWe take a leading role to engage a broad spectrum of the golf industry in a coordinated and strategic effort to tell golf’s story to a non-golf audience of key influencers, including government officials, media and others. To do this, we create and distribute regular and credible communications about the industry’s economic vitality.
How We Came To Be
Our historyWE ARE GOLF will strive to share a variety of key facts about the U.S. golf industry. Most importantly, the effort will stress that golf is a sport played by more than 24 million Americans and enjoyed as a favored spectator activity by millions more. But it is far more than a game: golf is a leading U.S. industry that makes a wide variety of positive contributions to our society.
THE U.S. GOLF INDUSTRY
Creating lasting benefitsGolf is a leading U.S. industry that makes a wide variety of positive contributions to our society.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
The golf industry impacts 2 million jobs in the U.S. and total wage income of $55.6 billion, and is larger than the motion picture and video business.
Billion in Total Impact
HUMAN BENEFITS
Golf facilities provide a vital community service in offering a place to recreate and socialize, serving as a hub of community social interaction.
Billion in Total Wages
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
A golf course is a healthy natural environment. Nearly 15,000 U.S. golf facilities provide communities with 2 million acres of green space.
Million In Green Space
Knowing the economic impact of golf in your state is important so Congress further understands the tax revenues and jobs it creates.
The golf industry conducts a variety of monthly, quarterly and annual reports to better understand the health and trends of the game.