Golf by country - Topics

How does a country's golf federation fund itself? The United States has more golf courses than the next ten countries combined Tokyo golf memberships once traded as corporate assets Why do so many golfers from the same country dominate at the same time? What does it take for a new national golf association to get recognized? Is a caddie mandatory at the famous Scottish links courses? Japan's golf culture treats a round as a corporate ritual rather than a weekly habit Ireland's golf boom was built on American visitor money and it shows in the green fees Scotland's links tradition still decides which courses the country considers great Why is the Old Course at St Andrews called the home of golf? Why is joining a top private golf club in the US so much harder than in the UK? New Zealand's golf is cheap and public and that is the whole point Africa's golf map runs from Morocco and Egypt in the north to South Africa in the south Australia and New Zealand win golf majors far out of proportion to their populations India's golf growth runs through a handful of metro clubs and their membership lists How does golf etiquette in Japan differ from etiquette in Scotland? What does the USGA actually control in American golf? Which continent is the next real growth market for golf Why have so many American golf courses closed in the last decade? Asia's professional golf runs through Korea and Japan while the rest of the continent trails North America holds most of the world's golf courses and most of the prize money Did golf really begin in Scotland or in the Netherlands? Dubai bought its place on the golf map in about twenty years South American golf runs through Argentina and Colombia and thins out quickly Mexico's golf economy depends on resort courses and North American retirees Korea's women's golf tour pipeline starts in elementary school and runs through the national federation Building a golf timeline for one country means tracking when the game arrived rather than when it peaked Why do so many LPGA players come from the same handful of countries? China closed courses after 2011 and the country's golf map shrank with them Spain and Portugal sell winter golf to northern Europe as a package deal What is the difference between a links course and a heathland course? Sweden produces golf tour players through club junior programs rather than elite academies