대한골프협회와 경희대 골프산업연구소가 내놓은 2017 한국골프지표에 따르면, 지난해 골프 활동인구는 636만명으로, 20세 이상 10명 중 1.5명 꼴인 것으로 추산됐다.
According to the 2017 Korea Golf Index reported by the Korea Golf Association and Golf Industry Researching Center of Kyung Hee University, the active golf population last year was 6.36 million people, the estimation being about 1.5 out of 10, who are over 20.