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lady_maria@lemmy.world 7 months agoits most peoples thing they do to fuck off from lifes bullshit.
No… not most.
According to the National Golf Foundation, 41.1 million Americans played golf – BOTH on-course and off-course – in 2022.
This record-setting total includes 25.6 million people who played on a golf course and another 15.5 million who participated exclusively in off-course golf activities at places like driving ranges, indoor golf simulators, or golf entertainment venues like Topgolf and Drive Shack.
So only about 8%… or 12%, if you include those who participate in “off-course golf activities” alone.
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Those numbers seem off. Everybody in my entire life I’m probably 1/2 of the people I’ve met are golfers. Every city IVs lived has been able to support multiple golf courses.
lady_maria@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Your anecdotal evidence says a lot more about the kind of people you surround yourself with than anything else. 60% of people in the US are still living paycheck to paycheck; many don’t have the time or the money for even the cheaper entry fees, especially when you consider having to buy/rent clubs.
Plus… why would an organization like the NGF downplay the number of golfers when their goal is literally to research and promote golfing?
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lol wtf they’re not all playing 100 year old country clubs. Every town has municipal owned courses and a pawn shop
EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
For someone named touching grass you sure are completely disconnected from reality
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Why is everybody here behaving like a bunch of cunty redditors.
All I’ve said is I know a lot of golfers and every city I’ve lived supported multiple courses. And that some battles aren’t worth fighting. One guy called me racist.