how much are you willing to spend on golf?
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Golf Care undertakes one of the most comprehensive golf surveys in the UK annually. This year the survey generated over 13,000 responses to provide insight into the preferred brands, lifestyle choices and average spend of the UK’s golfers.TRANSCRIPT
TO SPEND ON GOLF?
Enjoy a round of golf every now and again? Find out how much the average amateur golfer spends on their hobby and where they choose to splurge and scrimp.
TYPICAL SPEND PER GOLF VISIT
MembersMEMBERS
ONLY PASS Non-members
Own Club Visiting
Greenfee
Buggies
Pro-shop(cons)
Pro-shop(Equipment)
Club House
£1.98
£5.14
£7.69
£10.14
£24.95
£25.22
£3.45
£4.38
£2.80
£13.19
£49.04
Own Club
Greenfee
Buggies
Pro-shop(cons)
Pro-shop(Equipment)
Club House
£22.00
£4.56
£5.80
£5.67
£11.92
£49.94
Non-members typically spend more on a single golf trip than members. However, members visiting another club other than their own will also make more of a splurge.
AVERAGE ANNUAL SPEND ON KIT
A golfer spends an average of £241 per year on equipment. This has risen over the last year, with the annual spend being £230 in 2012.
£241per year
UK & Ireland breakdown
England has an averageyearly spend of
£239.62
Scotland has an averageyearly spend of
£246.47
Wales has an averageyearly spend of
£228.17
The Republic of Ireland has an average yearly spend of
£345.69
Northern Ireland has an average yearly spend of
£250.00
PREFERRED GOLF BALL
41.3% 29.9% 9.8% 9.1% 4.4%
PREFERRED IRONS
21% 18% 14% 12% 7%
Preferred shop
People prefer to shop at American Golf rather thanDirect Golf on the high street.
Direct Golf is the preferred choice when shopping online.
PLAY HABITS PER YEAR
Average visits of79 times per year.
Average spend on golf visits:£1971.05
Average visits of12 times per year.
Average spend on golf visits:£588.48
Members on theirown course
Members on othercourses
Totalspend onvisits per year
£2559.53
GOLFING HOLIDAYS
50% of people surveyed had been ona golfing holiday over the past year. £632
is the average costof a golfing holiday.
GOLFING INSURANCE
2011
46%of people asked hadspecialist golf insurance.
2012
52%of people asked hadspecialist golf insurance.
2013
54%of people asked hadspecialist golf insurance.
Members Non-members
84%
of people who were members of a golf club had golf insurance.
34%
of people who were non-members of a golf club had golf insurance.
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