Guangzhou And Its Surrounding Area Golf Clubs In The Investigation

The 'sport for all' movement countrywide can be said to have developed because the people' s living standard has been greatly improved. Golf is a new sport event, which was introduced from western countries since 1980' s, and it has successfully attracted massive people to participate in it in the past few years. At the same time, golf has brought about the argument whether it should be promoted in our country or no. The purpose of this research was to analyze if the development of golf is suitable to China, 8 typical golf clubs in Guangzhou and several areas around it were selected as the subjects. The content of interviewed included the investment scale, items, price, and the number of staff etc. Also, we design a self-report questionnaire for participators to fill, to investigate their attitude and motivation toward the golf, and suggestion about club' s environment, quality of service and price etc. From the investigation above, we could know about the current status of golf clubs, analyze its economic potential and the countermeasure to develop further in Guangdong province.According to the statistics and analysis on the data investigated, we can draw a conclusion as follow: the development of golf does not hinder the social progress, in contrast, it not only benefit to society and economy greatly, but also to accelerate the development of the civilization as well as people' s health. However, there are still some problems to be solved, including more expensive of price, backwards of its manufacture industry and lack of enough authority' s support. It is suggested that government should give greater support, instead of giving too much restricting, so as to promote the faster development of golf.