Table 1.
The number of times golf-related activities were engaged in during COVID-19 quarantine restrictions (4–12 May 2020) by country of residence, golfer status, gender, and working status as a result of COVID-19.
| Category | Outdoors | Indoors | Conditioning | VR | Games | TV/Device | Online | Podcasts | Reading | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country (N = 1,269) | Australia (n = 4) |
0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1–9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10–19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Canada (n = 6) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1–9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 10–19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 30+ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| France (n = 1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1–9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10–19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Germany (n = 1) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1–9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 10–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gibraltar (n = 2) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1–9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ireland (n = 15) |
0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | |
| 1–9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10–19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| United Arab Emirates (n = 1) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1–9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| United Kingdom (n = 1,214) |
0 | 536 | 730 | 659 | 1,115 | 978 | 352 | 423 | 947 | 603 | |
| 1–9 | 343 | 242 | 202 | 55 | 111 | 446 | 430 | 196 | 477 | ||
| 10–19 | 121 | 95 | 118 | 16 | 61 | 229 | 167 | 38 | 65 | ||
| 20–29 | 45 | 25 | 75 | 5 | 15 | 70 | 59 | 13 | 29 | ||
| 30+ | 166 | 118 | 158 | 17 | 48 | 114 | 131 | 18 | 37 | ||
| United States of America (n = 26) |
0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | |
| 1–9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 14 | ||
| 10–19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 20–29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Golfer status (N = 1,267) |
Professional (n = 22) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| 1–9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 10–19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 20–29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Golfer with handicap index (n = 1,186) |
0 | 516 | 712 | 631 | 1,089 | 963 | 340 | 415 | 915 | 569 | |
| 1–9 | 334 | 234 | 212 | 55 | 105 | 440 | 420 | 194 | 480 | ||
| 10–19 | 118 | 94 | 118 | 14 | 52 | 216 | 165 | 45 | 66 | ||
| 20–29 | 47 | 28 | 77 | 6 | 18 | 71 | 57 | 12 | 30 | ||
| 30+ | 169 | 116 | 147 | 17 | 48 | 117 | 126 | 19 | 39 | ||
| Social golfer (n = 59) |
0 | 32 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 42 | 21 | 24 | 50 | 44 | |
| 1–9 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 15 | ||
| 10–19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 20–29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30+ | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gender (N = 1,269) |
Female (n = 160) |
0 | 85 | 112 | 94 | 148 | 148 | 81 | 87 | 137 | 84 |
| 1–9 | 44 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 55 | 18 | 67 | ||
| 10–19 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 20–29 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 30+ | 12 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Male (n = 1,109) |
0 | 470 | 649 | 587 | 1,016 | 877 | 287 | 358 | 841 | 538 | |
| 1–9 | 314 | 222 | 196 | 52 | 108 | 413 | 394 | 193 | 436 | ||
| 10–19 | 115 | 92 | 110 | 15 | 58 | 220 | 165 | 43 | 66 | ||
| 20–29 | 43 | 23 | 73 | 5 | 17 | 67 | 59 | 14 | 29 | ||
| 30+ | 166 | 120 | 141 | 17 | 49 | 120 | 130 | 17 | 38 | ||
| Working status as a result of COVID-19 (N = 1,264) |
Working (n = 244) |
0 | 105 | 143 | 137 | 214 | 173 | 57 | 65 | 182 | 122 |
| 1–9 | 68 | 54 | 55 | 17 | 37 | 93 | 77 | 35 | 96 | ||
| 10–19 | 29 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 49 | 49 | 14 | 11 | ||
| 20–29 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 30+ | 34 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Working from home (n = 347) |
0 | 133 | 197 | 184 | 325 | 276 | 77 | 105 | 243 | 171 | |
| 1–9 | 115 | 69 | 56 | 13 | 28 | 137 | 136 | 79 | 138 | ||
| 10–19 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 17 | 81 | 48 | 15 | 21 | ||
| 20–29 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 30+ | 46 | 33 | 48 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 37 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Not working (n = 398) |
0 | 175 | 225 | 199 | 361 | 314 | 116 | 138 | 299 | 189 | |
| 1–9 | 104 | 78 | 65 | 20 | 42 | 142 | 142 | 78 | 157 | ||
| 10–19 | 37 | 38 | 52 | 6 | 17 | 66 | 47 | 13 | 26 | ||
| 20–29 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 30+ | 68 | 46 | 57 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 51 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Retired (n = 275) |
0 | 137 | 193 | 158 | 259 | 256 | 114 | 132 | 248 | 134 | |
| 1–9 | 71 | 50 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 100 | 92 | 18 | 113 | ||
| 10–19 | 26 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 20–29 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 30+ | 29 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
Category: Number of times golf-related activities were engaged in; Outdoors: During the lockdown period, how many times have you performed physical golf skills outdoors (e.g., golf shots and chipping into a net)?; Indoors: During the lockdown period, how many times have you performed physical golf skills indoors (e.g., chipping and putting)?; Conditioning: During the lockdown period, how many times have you performed physical conditioning exercises related to golf sessions (e.g., strength and conditioning programmes, gym programmes related to golf)?; VR (VR, virtual reality): During the lockdown period, how many times have you performed physical virtual reality golf skills (e.g., Wii, VR golf games)?; During the lockdown period, how many times have you performed golf related games (e.g., golf games on a PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPad or mobile)?; TV/Device: During the lockdown period, how many times have you watched golf on TV or any device (e.g., repeats of tournaments, golf shows/movies)?; Online: During the lockdown period, how many times have you watched online golf tutorials (e.g., engaging with coaching videos on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube)?; Podcasts: During the lockdown period, how many times have you listened to golf related podcasts, audiobooks or radio shows?; Reading: During the lockdown period, how many times have you engaged with golf related reading materials (e.g., magazines, books, journals).