The Quebec golf industry anticipates a better summer than last year

Golf golf equipment proceed to implement sure well being pointers. (Photo: 123RF)

GOLF INDUSTRY. Health measures are nonetheless in place at golf golf equipment in Quebec, however the industry is hopeful that the summer can be even better than that of 2020.

“Last year, golf clubs saw traffic to the courses increase from 19% to 30%. We had an exceptional summer, ”mentioned Stéphane Dubé, president of the Association des golf equipment de golf du Québec (ACGQ).

On the opposite hand, this doesn't imply that industry revenues have grown in the identical proportion, provided that the occasions and tournaments, that are very profitable for golf golf equipment, have been all canceled last summer because of the measures. well being associated to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For this summer, with the deconfinement and the return of most regions of Quebec to the yellow and green zone, that means that the clubs will be able to resume offering catering services,” provides Mr. Dubé.

The latter insists on the truth that the industry doesn't anticipate a full return to regular this summer, however that the permitted vary of providers can be extra intensive than last year. “Some clubs have resumed holding tournaments and events in compliance with health measures,” mentioned the president.

“Are the organizers going to want to hold their events in a stricter and tighter context? I would say yes. It will benefit several charities. They had a really tough year last year and they need to raise money. At the clubs, we have ways of ensuring that people are safe while supporting their foundations, ”explains Mr. Dubé.

According to him, golf golf equipment proceed to implement sure directions such because the ban on touching the flags on the greens and the absence of rakes within the sand traps, which might contribute to the transmission of the virus by being affected by many individuals very quickly.

Families on the rendezvous

Stéphane Dubé additionally maintains that Quebec households have rediscovered the will to play golf for 2 years and that the pattern continues this summer.

He specifies that no much less than 1.2 million Quebeckers will play at the very least one spherical of golf in the course of the 2021 season. “We are seeing a sharp increase in the number of players aged 30 to 45, all sexes combined. People learn to play golf for fun, ”he says.

“This summer, we see a consolidation of last year's gains with a little more traffic,” he provides.

According to the Economic Impact of Golf in Canada (2019) research printed in November 2020, the Canadian golf industry accounts for 248,878 direct and oblique jobs and its impression on the nation's gross home product amounted to 18.2 billion. {dollars} in the course of the year.

The industry has additionally enabled charities throughout the nation to lift a complete of $ 330 million.