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Korean golf industry

Courses, capacity and access across the country.

Base date 2024-12-31

Courses

Venues510541 course records
Holes10,469Gyeonggi 30.5%
Land area553.52 km²median 0.97 km²
Public share64.5%of all holes
18-hole courses25046.2% of records
51.4% of holes sit in the top 3 regions
Cumulative share as regions are added, largest first
0%25%50%75%100%1357911131517Regions ranked by size

Largest regions

  1. 1Gyeonggi3,19130.5%
  2. 2Gangwon1,23111.8%
  3. 3Gyeongbuk9609.2%
  4. 4Jeonnam8528.1%
  5. 5Gyeongnam8468.1%
  6. 6Chungbuk8468.1%
  7. 7Jeju7266.9%

Holes, share of national total

Who can play

64.5%public
  • Public375 courses · 6,755 holes
  • Members-only154 courses · 3,506 holes
  • Non-member12 courses · 208 holes

Course size

Course records by number of holes

  • 9 holes116
  • 18 holes250
  • 27 holes126
  • 36 holes27
  • Other22

Largest venues

All 510 venues
#VenueRegionHolesArea
1Gunsan CCJeonbuk814.24 km²2Club 72 (Bada)Incheon632.69 km²3Lakeside CCGyeonggi544.25 km²4Gaya Country ClubGyeongnam542.99 km²5Muan CCJeonnam541.97 km²6Hillmaru Golf & Resort PocheonGyeonggi452.70 km²7Seorabeol GCGyeongbuk452.42 km²8Golfzon County YeongamJeonnam451.80 km²9BA Vista Golf CourseGyeonggi411.48 km²10Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs 88 Golf CourseGyeonggi362.81 km²

Players & demand

Rounds played, 2025

46.41M

visits to 524 surveyed courses, down 2.1% from 47.41M in 2024

  • Members-only14.57M
  • Non-member31.84M

152 members-only courses, 372 non-member courses

Courses nationwide, 1 Jan 2026

546total
527operating
11under construction
8not yet started

Visits per hole: 4,430 in 2025, from 4,557 in 2024. Source: Korea Golf Course Owners Association annual survey, released March 2026, as reported by Herald Economy.

Market

Korean golf market, 2023

KRW 22.4T

up 8% from KRW 20.8T in 2022

Golfers

7M+

people play golf in Korea. Source: Korean Golf Industry White Paper 2024 (Yoowon Golf Foundation and Seoul National University Sports Industry Research Center), as reported by Herald Economy.

Brands

Equipment, apparel, retail and screen-golf companies, with their financials, are coming. This section will list each company with revenue and operating profit.

Source: National golf course register (2024-12-31), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Korea), via data.go.kr. A one-off release, so this is a dated snapshot and does not update automatically. A row in the source is a course record: a venue with both a members-only and a public course appears twice, hence 541 records and 510 venues. Land area is the site area, not the playing area. Course names are shown in Korean as registered; operator names are not published.