The Impact of Climate Change on Golf Participation in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
A Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10139114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Scott (0000-0003-0999-0963, Department of Geography University of Waterloo, corresponding author), Brenda Jones (Department of Geography University of Waterloo) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 363-380 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Leisure Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2216 • E-ISSN: 2159-6417 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00222216.2006.11950083 |
| OpenAlex | W330604497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 8 |
Golf is identified as a large recreation industry that is particularly sensitive to weather and climate, yet research assessing the direct relationship between them is extremely limited. Consequently, the potential implications of climate change for the industry remain largely unexamined. This case study presents findings of an analysis of the influence of weather conditions on the number of rounds played at a golf course in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) of Southern Ontario (Canada). An empirical relationship between daily rounds played and weather variables, derived through multiple regression analysis, was then used to examine the potential impacts of two climate change scenarios on the length of the golf season and the number of rounds played in the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s. The model projected that as early as the 2020s the average golf season could be one to seven weeks longer and with much improved shoulder seasons annual rounds played could increase 5.5% to 37.1%. The model results for the warmer long-term climate change scenario (2080s) were very similar (average golf season within 3% and average rounds played within 2%) to a spatial climate analogue (Columbus, Ohio).KEYWORDS: Golfclimate changeCanadarecreationenvironment
Climate change · Geography · Recreation · Regression analysis · Statistics · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Ecology · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
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| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |