The Golf Research Group is the world's leading golf research organization. We are a business information consultancy and an international publisher of authoritative reports on the golfing industry.
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At the heart of Golf Research Group is the world's most comprehensive database of golf courses.
Clients include developers, operators, manufacturers, business consultants, lawyers, the largest companies operating within the golf industry and the most prominent consulting firms in the world.
Organizations examining feasibility of projects tap into this bank of knowledge and experience, both by using our expert standard and customized reports, and also by retaining our consulting and expert witness services.
Founded in 1989 by Colin Hegarty, GRG has offices in San Francisco and London.
Golf Course Database
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Golf Research Group has created and developed the only golf course database
which contains every golf course world wide. We maintain these data via a telephone
survey of every course, every year, and our data tracks over 32,000 courses
each with over 100 fields of information, in 119 countries.
The Golf Course Database and our professional interpretation of its data are at the core of both our world renowned golf reports and our special data analysis reports.
Our research over the past ten years has enabled us to grow and develop comprehensive data on trends in golf prices and course development. For example we have seen, in the developed markets such as the U.S.A., that course expansion (e.g. 9 hole courses expanding to 18 holes, or 18 holes expanding to 27) represents over a third of all development activity. In recent years we have seen in excess of 1,000 new courses being developed each year but current activity has now fallen to half this number.
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Golf Research - Mailing Lists
Our Global Database contains key contact information from 32000 golf courses in 119 countries around the world. We enable businesses to access this highly valuable marketing information and produce target-specific mailing lists.
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Newsletter
Our latest free newsletter is waiting for you - not only is it free, it is full of sensible information - no advertising. Please register here to receive it now. We do not give your information to anyone else. GRG will automatically send you regular quarterly newsletters with all the latest information.
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Contact
If you have any queries or concerns or would simply prefer to contact Golf Research in a more traditional way, our experts will be pleased to talk to you about our golf research services.
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