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Our tenth annual Trends breakfast at the PGA Merchandise Show on Wednesday, January 23rd highlights new Golfer Research conducted with Golf Magazine/Golf.com and the ASGCA.  This year we hone in on nine important developments that the golf industry should be focusing on as we move into the 2019 season. Results were culled from surveys and depth interviews with over 2,000 active golfers as well as numerous additional golfer research conducted by SLRG over the past twelve months. Click the link for the presentation. More in depth results are also available on a custom basis. Please contact us for details.

SLRG President Jon Last’s 2019 PGA Merchandise Show Education seminar provided a comprehensive look at the ways in which enhanced consumer insights are helping golf facilities evolve to meet the changing needs of their customers.  The presentation offers tangible strategies and imperatives for conducting effective customer satisfaction research and avoiding the pitfalls that can render mis-information.

The latest insights and trends from a national sample of avid sports fans regarding their sports participation and viewership habits.

SLRG research on the evolution of the golf experience set the stage for an interactive discussion with USGA Senior Managing Director, Public Services, Rand Jerris, Top Golf Chairman Erik Anderson and Steven Ekovich, National Managing Director, Marcus & Millichap.

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The closing session included SLRG research findings regarding golf and millennials that dispelled some popular generational myths and explored the needs, similarities and differences in the mindsets of various generational cohorts.

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This download features SLRG’s mid-season perspective on sports travel for 2018 – learn about the sports traveler’s outlook on the economy, vacation preferences and attitudes on travel related technology.

Designing a survey is as much of science as it art. At SLRG we pride ourselves on being able to bridge that gap for clients. Recently, we’ve supported our colleagues and friends of the industry with their own survey writing, with a basic white paper primer that surfaces the nuances that go into survey development, including time and length, guidelines, appropriate question structures, and sampling do’s and don’ts. These guidelines are tantamount to writing an efficient and effective survey that will produce actionable insights.

Download SLRG’s annual consumer outlook for the golf market reveals trends in golfer attitudes about the state of the game, the future of golf, as well as the outlook for participation and the equipment market in 2018.  Results were drawn from surveys with over 1,000 active golfers. More in depth results are also available on a custom basis.