Kansas City Enjoys Country Club Renaissance Amid COVID Golf Resurgence

The plauge pushed more people outdoors . . . Sure, mostly that applies to homeless campers and junkies of all sorts . . .

However for the monied class who can afford to pretend that "teleworking" is actual work . . .

MORE AMERICANS ARE GOLFING AND THAT HAS SPARKED A RESURGENCE OF MANY KANSAS CITY COUNTRY CLUBS!!!

At least according to this local mag that has even discounted a recent JoCo golf course shut down . . .

"Trend watchers began to wonder: Were country clubs going the way of the buffalo?

"Then came the coronavirus. Golf became one of the few “safe” social activities. According to the National Golf Foundation, national golf course closings declined by half from a peak two years ago, and golfers played twenty-five million more rounds of golf. Although the average age of a golfer is fifty-four, Forbes reported that more women and young people had become interested in the sport, fueling a resurgence that could make Deer Creek an outlier."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

How Coronavirus may have saved KC's country clubs

The pandemic may have reversed the long decline of golf and given a new life to country clubs. Golf became one of the few "safe" social activities. According to the National Golf Foundation, national golf course closings declined by half from a peak two years ago, and golfers played twenty-five million more rounds of golf.