SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Golf courses are keeping a low-profile despite a surge in the number of golfers coming to enjoy the outdoors in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Golf’s popularity is soaring as an ‘untact’ outdoor sport with relatively low risk of infection that doesn’t require physical contact. Golf courses in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An interesting new study found that the amount of oxygen emitted yearly from grass and trees situated in the nation’s golf courses was sufficient to provide 1.95 million people with air to breathe in. According to the Korea Leisure Industry Institute, the total amount of oxygen given off by [...]
IKSAN, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a reported downturn in fortunes, business is booming for a select few connected to the golf course industry. Through a combined mixture of daring, entrepreneurial spirit and lack of security oversight, small teams of “golf ball divers” are making a good living fishing for the lost balls at the bottom [...]