So, you are essentially asking: "Are there too many golf courses?" I will make a few assumptions and do a few calculations. If we assume that you need 400 golfing homes to keep a golf course "busy" and that typically only 1/3 of the homes in a golfing community actually golf then we can do a few calculations.
400 homes x 3 = 1200 homes per golf course or 67 homes per hole of golf assuming only 1/3 of the homes play golf.
The Villages has approximately 600 holes of golf therefore you would need 41000 homes to keep the golf courses busy. I think we have about 50000 homes so I would suggest that the number of golf courses is on the low side. Thoughts?
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Originally Posted by coolkayaker1
Forgive me if this has already been posted; if so, just let this fall down the boards.
Golf industry: Golf's perpetual problem: Courting the young adult
Noticed this article. I then sat back and thought about my three kids, age 20-30, and their spouses and friends, and the young people that I know (30s and 40s). They don't play golf. At all.
Our local country clubs (three within ten miles of my house) are begging for members (Illinois).
How do you all feel this will affect the future of TV, a supremely golf-centric place? Convert the golf courses for other activities? Morph into something that the 30-50 year old future homebuyers will appreciate more than golf? I don't know the answer, just that golf courses take a load of space and resources, costly.
Thoughts? Thanks. Future Villager, Sven |