Golf's play surges have been a positive for golf retailers as well as course operators. For GVC and its flagship GlobalGolf.com platform that allows consumers to buy, sell, trade and try pre-owned equipment as well as new golf gear, the momentum created by the coronavirus pandemic drastically – and unexpectedly — accelerated the trajectory of golf’s largest e-commerce site. GVCGlobalGolf.com was positioned particularly well, selling both new and pre-owned equipment online, not to mention items like golf bags, shoes and apparel, pull carts, mats, nets and launch monitors. People have been forced to get more comfortable with it.”Other prominent brick-and-mortar golf retailers, like PGA Tour Superstore and Worldwide Golf Shops, have expanded and continued to grow their online capabilities over the past year. This quality pre-owned equipment has especially been of interest to those golfers who returned to the game after several years away.

Source: Forbes March 31, 2021 09:56 UTC