THE DATA
Golf for All
The impact of coaching - Part 2
The PGA’s research explores how many golfers in the UK and Republic of Ireland engage with coaching – and how they view and respond to it
Almost a quarter of golfers who take lessons have had one in the last month
The percentage is much higher among:
Regular golfers
41%
On-course golfers
32%
Club members
39%
Consider themselves golfers
35%
But – over half of golfers who take lessons have not had one in the last year
The percentage is much higher among:
Occasional golfers
67%
Infrequent golfers
90%
Non-club members
79%
Those aged 55+
82%
Just over one in four are interested in having lessons
Among all of golf, over one in four are interested in having a lesson in the future
The most engaged golfers are most interested in lessons
Of those who have participated in golf, this many show interest in having a lesson in the future:
Why are people interested in taking golf lessons?
To learn new skills
To practise my skills
To improve my confidence in golf
To get professional advice
To stay motivated
What would encourage more people to take a golf lesson?
If there were deals on the price
If my friends or family participated
If I were made to feel comfortable
Why don’t more people take more golf lessons?
Golf lessons are too expensive
I don’t feel comfortable in lessons
I don’t have the right equipment
Golf lessons are too time consuming
I prefer learning myself
ABOUT THE PGA’S GOLF FOR ALL RESEARCH PROJECT – BY IPSOS
Technical Note: This research has been carried out by Ipsos on behalf of The PGA. A representative (quota) sample of Adults aged 18+ across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland were surveyed using Telephone (CATI) fieldwork across two waves (Wave 1: n = 2,046, Wave 2: n = 2,087) and a representative (quota) sample of those aged 18+ who have interest/played any format of golf were surveyed online across two waves (Wave 1: n = 1,006, Wave 2: n = 1,047).
Online data has been weighted to known population and profile of this audience as determined by the CATI survey.
Two waves of offline fieldwork took place between 27th Jul - 14th Aug '22 and 11th -23rd Apr '23. Four waves of online fieldwork took place between 30th Jan-28th Feb '23 , 11th-30th Apr '23, 14th – 27th August ’23 and 9th -22nd Oct ’23.
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