Manufacturing industries related to the golf industry mainly include: golf clubs and golf equipment industry, golf apparel industry, golf course facilities and equipment industry. According to the statistics of the International Golf Association, China has now surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest producer of golf equipment after the United States, and is expected to surpass the United States in three years, occupying a 70% share of this market. Golf equipment and accessories are an important part of the golf industry. Although the development of golf in China is still only in its infancy, globally recognized golf brands have set up processing facilities in China in order to capture a larger share of the market as early as possible.
In terms of clothing, all kinds of men's and women's clothing, ball boy clothing, sneakers, casual shoes, socks, hats, headgear, gloves, umbrellas, towels, sunglasses, sunscreen, skin care products and so on, all have a broad market prospect.
Perfect ballpark facilities and equipment, very important in ballpark management, is a must for every ballpark. The course is equipped with various types of grass cutter, sand mulching machine, fairway and green punching machine, green punching post collection machinery, spraying machine, excavation machinery, shoveling machinery, bunker sand replenishment machinery, scratching machinery, transportation machinery and so on have everything in order to meet the needs of the work.
Additionally, there are golf driving range equipment, ballpark and clubhouse supplies, golf repair tools, golf accessories, golf equipment, etc.. Driving range equipment mainly includes golf practice balls and tees, practice mats, driving range machinery and equipment, driving range accessories, etc.; course and clubhouse supplies mainly include clubhouse supplies, course supplies, etc. This will be a great development opportunity. This is an industry with great prospects for development.
② Golf services
Golf industry-related services mainly include golf tourism, golf exhibitions, golf course maintenance industry, related services.
The construction of golf courses can lead to the development of regional tourism, Hainan Province, for example, with the growing popularity of golf this " green sport ", it is gradually becoming a new hot spot for tourism and leisure in Hainan. Hainan Province to golf as the province's tourism industry as one of the six main products, the golf industry has formed a certain scale. Various types of domestic, international, professional, amateur tournaments held, a variety of Hainan characteristics of the development of golf tourism products, Hainan Province has attracted many golf enthusiasts and travel tourists. According to statistics, in the past two years, Hainan's golf course each year to receive the number of people playing as many as 100,000 times, golf has become a close combination of tourism and an industry. " Winter to Hainan to play golf ", on China's northern regions and Japan, South Korea, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe and other countries of the golf enthusiasts have great attraction.
The tourism industry in other areas with golf courses has also been pulled to varying degrees to a greater or lesser extent. Therefore, golf courses can find more business guests with high spending power through resource cooperation with tourism organizations, thus effectively solving the problem of clientele, improving the utilization rate of the course, increasing business income, and effectively pulling the development of local tourism, catering and other peripheral economies. Golf tourism has become a new economic growth in the tourism industry. China is now recognized as the world's most secure and attractive tourist destination countries. In the words of the Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization: "China's tourism industry continues to develop at a high rate beyond all expectations, and China is one of the best countries in the world in terms of tourism development." Therefore, golf tourism has a broad development prospect.
2004 March 4 to 6 held in China ( Guangzhou ) International Golf Products Exhibition, the first in China for the course clubs, tourism organizations set up a " Golf Tourism Theme Zone " and " China's 20 years of industrial achievements in golf Theme Zone ", for the course clubs, tourism organizations to display corporate image, expand the business of golf tourism to set up a platform for the creation of the conditions of the negotiation and trade. The exhibition is a platform for golf clubs and tourism organizations to display their corporate image and expand their golf tourism business. Exhibition this platform, not only to the economic community from home and abroad to disseminate the culture of golf, but also to stimulate the business community's interest in golf, the rapid development of members, and more effective promotion of the sport of golf.
The golf comprehensive service industry, which is mainly composed of golf tournaments and management companies; club management software and golf teaching and gaming industries; golf-related newspapers, magazines, TV programs and websites; professional golf posters and artwork, has also developed significantly in recent years. Especially the golf media, the development speed is amazing, they play a huge role in promoting the popularization and promotion of golf. And the prosperity of the golf-related cultural art market has enriched the cultural connotation of golf and upgraded the taste of golf.
③Golf real estate industry
From the United States and other developed golf countries, golf course construction is bundled with real estate supporting the development of the two are complementary, mutually reinforcing relationship. At present, many domestic commercial golf courses have been built within the course villas, relying on the brand advantage of the golf course development of real estate projects have been few. Real estate around the golf course is generally priced much higher than the price of the same building, and by virtue of its green space, blue sky and broad vision, while the more important factor is the convenience of playing golf, so many homeowners are attracted to. In recent years, there have been many examples of successful real estate development in China due to the introduction of the golf concept. Many real estate developers are willing to fund the construction of miniature ballparks or sports parks with golf characteristics near the property development in order to enhance the taste and humane color of the property development, and the government does not have to invest a penny to get a good piece of public **** green space. In this way, both the implementation of greening work, but also community residents to obtain a high-quality rest and activity places. Therefore, the real estate industry with the marriage of golf contains huge business opportunities.
The development of the golf industry can not only bring great economic benefits, in terms of social benefits, it can improve the environment and increase employment. As long as we standardize the management, make full use of the abandoned wasteland, strict control of lawn maintenance drugs, then the golf course on the surrounding environment will be an immediate improvement. In terms of employment, according to a standard course with 18 holes, for example, it can solve the employment number of 300 to 400 people (including club operation, course maintenance personnel, caddies, etc.), easing the employment pressure for the country, and it can obviously drive the regional economy. Such as the Beijing Country Golf Club is an example of local farmers living in high-rise buildings, the surrounding real estate boom, farmers into caddie career, the formation of a new rural scene.
From the above situation, although golf in China but twenty-one years of history, but the results are gratifying, the prospect is broad. China's golf can be said to be the only completely driven by market forces and the development of sports, the government did not have a penny to invest, all investment from foreign investors, private capital and part of the state-owned enterprises, its management model, tournament operations early and international practices, international standards, professionalism is also the most thorough, the most in place than the Chinese soccer has been crying for many years to be much more in place. In the face of the golf market's vibrant and great prospects, government departments should look squarely at the achievements and contributions of China's golf and give full recognition to its development potential and play a positive role in the national economy to give a serious study, as soon as possible to formulate the development of China's golf situation with the development of industrial policies and industry norms, so that it will be on the early norms, healthy development of the track.