Rather going to play few rounds at one of the golf courses in the country, South Korean golfers are going to the sport’s virtual version.
According to Business Week, there are 300,000 South Koreans who regularly play at special golf cafes dedicated to the pastime.
Kim Wonil, chief officer of Golfzon, told that he expects there to be about 12,000 golf simulators populating some 3,000 ’screen golf cafes’.
Business Week’s Moon Ihlwan tried to explain the trend: “It’s easy to understand why the demand is so great: Korea is a very very expensive place where to play golf the old-fashioned way.
“It costs you about $300 (£190) per person and per round, tee times are very hard to secure, and joining a country golf club could burn you a $500,000 (£321,000) hole in wallet.”
Typical food and refreshments that is served in a screen golf cafe are fried chicken and beer.
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