Women’s Golf Continues to Grow More and more women are learning that golf is the perfect healthy athletic endeavor for themselves and their families. COVID certainly gave golf a boost due to it being the only safe sports activity during the pandemic. Now that the worst of the shutdown is over, golf is still reaping the benefits of more people finding the game to be a fun and healthy activity for the whole family. For 2021 the National Golf Foundation is reporting that 6.2 million women played on a golf course and comprise 25% of all golfers. Over 3 million juniors played golf in 2021. That number was similar to 2020, when golfers under the age of 18 grew by 24%. Of the total number of junior golfers, 36% were girls. That is a tremendous increase from 20 years ago, when only 15% of kids playing golf were girls. Women’s professional golf tournaments are now being broadcast on network television. The Golf Channel has had a long history with the LPGA, but now with several LPGA events being aired on CBS and NBC, the game will reach even more households. Attendance at golf tournaments like the U.S. Women’s Open and the Solheim Cup are reaching new levels of attendance. At the Solheim Cup last year in Toledo, total attendance reached in excess of 100,000 attendees and would have been even higher if travel restrictions had been lifted on Europeans wanting to attend. NCAA Women’s golf teams can be seen competing in collegiate events on televisions Ohio Golf Journal
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