The size of Korea’s golf course market has grown rapidly, becoming similar to Japan’s, and it has been investigated that Korea’s golf population has overtaken Japan.

According to the ‘Comparison of Golf Course Industries in Korea and Japan’ announced by the Korea Leisure Industry Research Institute (Director Seo Cheon-beom) on the 15th, Korea’s golf course market size (including green fees + cart fees + food and beverage expenses + caddy fees) will reach 8,553.3 billion won in 2021. It was found that it had grown to a level approaching 98.5% of Japan’s 8,685.7 billion won.

Korea’s golf population is 5.64 million in 2021, overtaking Japan’s 5.6 million, and the weekday green fee of public golf courses in Korea is 173,700 won as of last May, 3.1 times higher than Japan’s 55,800 won (5,621 yen). investigated

The size of the golf course market in Korea is growing rapidly.

Korea’s golf course market (including caddy fees), which was only 3.967 trillion won in 2011, grew 2.16 times from 2011 to 8.5533 trillion won in 2021.

On the other hand, the size of the golf course market in Japan decreased by 9.5% from 2011 to 834 billion yen in 2021 from 922 billion yen in 2011.

However, the size of the golf course market in Korea, excluding caddy fees, was 6,959.9 billion won in 2021, 19.9% ​​less than Japan.

More than 90% of golf courses in Japan implement a no-caddy system, but caddies are full-time employees and caddy fees are accounted for as golf course sales.

On the other hand, most Korean golf courses introduce a caddy companion system, but caddy fees are excluded from golf course sales. Therefore, it may be appropriate to compare Korea and Japan by market size excluding caddy fees.

Korea’s golf population has overtaken Japan for the first time ever.

Korea’s golf population is 5.64 million in 2021, surpassing Japan’s 5.6 million. Korea’s golf population increased from 2.93 million in 2009 to 4.7 million in 2019, and surged to 5.64 million in 2021 with the outbreak of the Corona 19 incident.

The golf population in Japan decreased from 9.6 million in 2009 to 520 in 2020, and then increased by 400,000 to 5.6 million in 2021.

On the other hand, it was found that public golf courses in Korea pay 3.1 times more green fees during the week than in Japan.

The weekday green fee for public golf courses in Korea is 173,700 won as of May, which is 3.1 times more expensive than the weekday green fee of 55,800 won for golf courses in Japan.

Looking at the weekly green fee increase rate from 2011 to 2022, the green fee of public golf courses in Korea soared by 57.8%, while Japan fell by 14.7%.안전놀이터

In addition, the gap in golf course fees, including cart fees and caddy fees, widens. Self-play is common in most Japanese golf courses, but when accompanied by a caddy, the caddy fee is around 3,000 yen per person, and cart fees are rarely charged.

As of May, the weekly fee per person for a public golf course in Korea is 230,000 won, which is 3.9 times more expensive than the 58,800 won (58,800 won) for a family with a caddy.

Seo Cheon-beom, director of the Leisure Industry Research Institute, said, “Korea’s golf population has overtaken Japan’s, but Korea’s golf course green fees are more than three times more expensive than Japan’s. In order for golf to become a true sport in Korea, green fees must be reduced as well as caddy selection.” said.