SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘screen golf centers’, or shops with indoor golf simulators, are benefitting from the pandemic era, while driving ranges are being left behind. KB Finance Group Inc. recently reported that driving ranges, which grew in number by an average of 1.6 percent every year between 2011 and 2019, suddenly [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With golf courses in South Korea booming in the pandemic era, patterns in golf booking are changing. Tee-time booking service platform XGOLF reported that the number of weekday reservations over the last three months exceeded those on weekends, due to a 20 to 30 percent rise in green fees [...]
SINGAPORE, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With a successful delivery of HSBC Women’s World Championship golf in Singapore and the Honda LPGA Thailand production as a new proof of concept, NEP Singapore and Asian Tour Media have registered Asia’s first live-to-air remote production. NEP Singapore is excited about the development and deployment of the best technologies and [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Golf courses in South Korea reported record operating profits last year following the coronavirus outbreak. Audit reports that South Korean golf clubs submitted to the Financial Supervisory Service showed that the 257 golf courses saw their profits soar by 31.6 percent last year, the highest jump since 2009, according [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing share of the MZ generation, a combination of the millennials and Generation Z, are engaging in sports activities previously popular among older Koreans such as golf, hiking, and camping. An increasing number of posts on Instagram and other social networking platforms have shown that the younger generation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in increasing preference towards outdoor activities, public golf courses are gaining popularity among South Koreans who are unable to go overseas to play golf. On the back of the increasing popularity of the public courses, green fees are soaring, causing mounting [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s green fees for public golf courses are more than twice as expensive as those in Japan, according to recent data. Green fee is a common term used at all golf courses. It is the set fee golfers must pay at the pro shop or clubhouse in order [...]
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 [...]
YANGJU, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Post-round hugs and handshakes gave way to fist bumps. There was no clubhouse banter. There were more bottles of hand sanitizer than there were fans. These are elements of golf’s new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. Golf returned in South Korea on Thursday with the opening round of the [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of golf courses in South Korea are allowing visitors to play golf without having to hire a caddy. Traditionally, caddies have been an essential part of South Korean golf, a requirement for golfers, whether they like it or not. They are also very expensive. Golfers have [...]