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The economic impact of golf In South Carolina
Jackson, Dudley South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association
Jackson, Dudley
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association
Abstract
In 1786, America’s first golf course was built in Charleston, South Carolina. Today, there are over 300 hundred golf courses around the state in settings that vary from ocean views and marshes on the coast to mountain vistas in the upstate. Golf generates more income than any other single entertainment or recreation activity in South Carolina. Golf generates more income than any other single entertainment or recreation activity in South Carolina. In 2021, golf courses and the off-course expenditures of visiting golfers had a total economic impact (direct, indirect and induced) in South Carolina of: $3.3 billion in output or sales,
37,959 jobs, $1.5 billion in wages and income, $370 million in federal, state and local taxes. Green fees and club membership dues generated $18.3million in admissions tax revenue alone, accounting for 44% of state admissions tax collections.
Issue Date
2022-04-27
Keywords
Golf--Economic aspects--South Carolina
Type
Text
Rights
Copyright status determined to be in the public domain on April 27, 2020 by United States Supreme Court ruling (Georgia et al., Petitioners v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. : 590 U.S.__(2020))
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