Korea Popular Golf Club Association Ends 2026 Regular General Meeting in Success

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- (G) Decisions on business plans and budget (draft) for 2026 at the regular general meeting of the Korea Popular Golf Club Association

- Bellaston Country Club Wins Best Award for Management Innovation of Public Golf Course by Gyeongsangbuk-do Culture and Tourism Organization (Bomun, Andong Lake)

The Korea Popular Golf Club Association (Chairman Woo Jung-seok) held the "2026 Regular Board of Directors and Regular General Meeting" at the Seoul Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 24th.

At the general meeting, agendas such as "2025 Business Performance and Settlement (Plan) and 2026 Business Plan and Budget (Plan) were deliberated and resolved. In 2026 Golf Course Management Innovation Excellence Awards, Bellaston CC CEO Hong Jae-won and Gyeongsangbuk-do Culture and Tourism Organization (Bomun GC and Andong Lake GC) President Kim Nam-il won the grand prize, Diamond CC Manager Hwang Yong-hae, Solago CC Manager Son Hyun-kyung, Seven Valley CC Manager Lee Ji-min and West Ocean CC CEO Kang Min-soo won the grand prize, respectively.

The association reported the association's response activities to improve laws and systems related to the golf course industry, including the improvement of unreasonable regulations such as reservation fees and penalties under the current standard terms and conditions of golf courses, the exclusion of the national pension and health insurance application of caddie, a private business, and the introduction of a system reflecting the reality of the industry related to the "Basic Act on Working People" and the "Worker Estimation System."

In addition, the association said it provides various statistical analysis data, including the average number of visitors by month and region, green fees on golf courses, and caddy operations, and publishes "Public Golf Course Management Brief," a golf course-specialized information magazine, to support member companies' management and management.

According to the association's survey, the average number of visitors to public golf courses in 2025 was 85,642 based on 18 holes, down 4.2% from 89,376 in 2024, and the number of visitors has been decreasing every year since 2022. In the metropolitan area, green fees for public golf courses were 146,000 won during the week in 2025, down 8.2% from 159,000 won in 2024, and green fees for weekends were 188,000 won, down 8.7% from 2024. In the case of the non-metropolitan area, the average usage fee decreased by about 1-2%.

Meanwhile, the association announced that as a major focus project this year, it will operate information exchange programs such as regular human exchanges and statistical data on golf courses based on business agreements signed with the Japan Golf Course Management Association last year.

In addition, he emphasized that the government will strengthen support for course management according to abnormal climate, establish an on-site diagnosis of course management, soil and water quality analysis, and emergency support service system in case of abnormalities, and activate the issuance of public certificates under the name of the association for golfers who achieve special records such as hole-in-one.

This year, the Korea Popular Golf Association's total budget was 1.69 billion won.

Woo Jung-seok, chairman of the Korea Popular Golf Association, said, "The business environment surrounding the golf industry is changing faster than ever amid changes in domestic and foreign economic conditions, consumption trends, and new institutions and regulations."

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