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London, England: The number of golf entertainment venues in urban areas will double in the coming years \u2013 and green grass courses need to \u2018bridge the gap\u2019 through closer connections or investing in their own simulators.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the view of Jay Karen<\/strong>, Chief Executive Officer of the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA), speaking exclusively to\u00a0Syngenta Golf<\/a>\u2019s latest\u00a0Changing the Business of Golf<\/em>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n Karen said: \u201cWe\u2019ve got millions of people trying golf by hitting into screens. We\u2019ve got to create connective tissue somehow. We\u2019re at 2,300 facilities right now, and it\u2019s foreseeable that in 10 to 15 years\u2019 time it could be double that.\u201d<\/p>\n Karen also sees growth potential in younger generations, many of whom lack access to public golf courses. He explained that partnering with public sector programmes to introduce golf in community spaces could lead to \u2018explosive growth\u2019.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThere are thousands of communities that don\u2019t have golf courses. But they have programming, which is where 90% of parents take their kids. If golf is not found there then we are missing a huge opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n In a wide-ranging discussion, Karen outlined further changes he would like to see in the industry, including golf businesses becoming more proactive in telling their sustainability story and engaging local government to improve public perception and policy support.<\/p>\n He also highlights the evolving landscape of tee-time marketing and sales, stressing the importance of golf course owners maintaining control over bookings, payments, and customer data amid the rise of third-party digital platforms. Karen calls for industry collaboration to protect these vital customer relationships.<\/p>\n The episode is now available to listen or watch on\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Apple Podcasts<\/a> and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n *Syngenta is an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source agif.asia \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The number of screen golf facilities is predicted to double in the years ahead. London, England: The number of golf entertainment venues in urban areas will double in the coming years \u2013 and green grass courses need to \u2018bridge the gap\u2019 through closer connections or investing in their own simulators. That\u2019s the view of Jay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}