A new report has revealed that golf clubs in the UK and Ireland received, on average, 17 percent more in green fee income last year than they did in 2024.
This means that 2025 was by far the record year for green fee income, driven by exceptional levels of demand.
The average club took £189,240 in green fees, which amounts to a £28,000 uplift on 2024, reports The Revenue Club.
The company states that demand was driven by sunny and dry weather for much of the spring and summer, and was boosted by the extra media interest around the success of Rory McIlroy at The Masters in April. The long playing season was also extended by the European team’s Ryder Cup victory in New York September.
Online green fee sales experienced a 25 percent increase in revenue, making up 67 percent of all casual sales. Offline sales saw an increase of four percent.
The average golf club had 17,697 users visit their online tee sheets in 2025, another record high.
The average green fee also rose by five percent in 2025 to the highest level that it has been across the market historically.
The huge demand to play golf comes at a time of financial instability within the golf sector, however. Plus, The Revenue Club warns that the almost perfect trading conditions for golf courses in 2025 mean that similar levels of growth in 2026 may be difficult to achieve.
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