Report reveals golf’s $3.3 billion contribution to Australia – PGA of Australia

The 2023 Community Benefits of Golf in Australia report was commissioned by the AGIC, comprising the key national bodies of the golf industry in Australia, including the PGA of Australia, Golf Australia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia,

It was conducted by SGS Economics & Planning and details the wide-ranging and sizeable benefits of golf through quantified data and a robust methodology.

Headlining the report’s findings are the $3.3 billion in total annual benefits of golf; the growing and deepening participation in all forms of golf; and golf’s estimated annual household expenditure of $10.3 billion.

It also shows that 37 percent of adult Australians – a total of 7.23 million people – say they have visited a golf facility as a non-player.

The health benefits of golf are highlighted by the fact Australian golfers walk 280 million kilometres annually, or the equivalent to more…