The $70 - Billion Niche

Step Into This $70 Billion Dollar Niche That Has Over 60 Million People Swinging For The Holes

Are you ready to swing?

You may not be but you sure would be if you knew how big this niche was.

The golf niche is a 70 billion dollar market that has players spending 4 billion dollars annually.

There are literally millions of golfers who play on a regular basis and they are always looking to improve their game.

Why not get involved and help them out a little bit?

We'll be dissecting this multi-billion dollar niche apart and show you where and how the money can be made, what solutions are readily available and where you can find your audience.

You'll discover what the most popular content is, who the most influential people are, the most popular social media hubs, blogs and forums.

All of the reports that we create are thoroughly researched and designed to give you a head start in making a profit from the niche.

We try and choose niches that have a wide range of different business models available but the vast majority would make perfect blog / authority sites monetized by affiliate marketing.

And remember, there are many ways to tackle this niche so you don't need to worry about it being "too crowded".

Remember you need to dig into a unique angle and/or sub-niche.

Luckily for you, in this report we're going to jump into the Golf niche and show you where and how the money can be made.

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Market Size & Worth

• It is a nearly $70 billion industry, supporting two million jobs and $55.6 billion in annual wage income.

• UK golfers spend £4 billion a year.

• Golf, as a whole, generates more than $3.9 billion in charitable giving annually.

• Youth playing the game has increased by 20% from 2.5 million in 2010 to 3 million in 2015.

• Golf is enjoyed by 24 million Americans who play 465 million rounds annually at the nation’s 15,200 facilities.

Demographics:

• 77% of Golf players are male and remaining are females.

• Aged 40-59 tend to play Golf more than other ages.

• 6% of the US population who play Golf.

• Over 60 million people globally play golf

• Over 25% of golfers are females and vary in age

• More then 10 million golf players are aged between 19 and 25

Source: StatisticBrain

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Niche Demand 

Keyword	Avg Monthly Searches
Golf Clubs	33,000
Golf Courses Near Me	32,000
PGA Golf	19,000
Golf Courses	12,000
Golf Swing	9,800
Tee Times	9,700
Discount Golf	9,300
Golf Tee Times	7,900
Golf GPS	4,900
Online Golf	2,100

The table above shows the monthly searches on Google for this niche.

Combined they add up to a over 100M searches a month and that's not including the thousands of long tail keywords that we haven't covered.

This is a huge niche with a lot of demand.

Common Searches

Google.com

Google.com
Golf
Golfsmith
Golf Channel
Golf Now
Golf Clubs

Amazon.com

Amazon.com
Golf Balls
Golf accessories
Golf Tees
Golf Shoes
Golf Glove

Yahoo.com

Yahoo.com
Golfnow.com
Golf Channel
Golf Galaxy
Golf Smith
Golf Courses

Bing

Bing
Golf Membership
Golf Outing
Golf Digest
Golf Galaxy
Golf Now

Youtube

Youtube
Golf with friends
Golf
Golf Swing
Golf r
Golf Trick Shots

Wikipedia

Wikipedia.com
Golf
Golf course
Golf Channel
Golf Club
Golf Ball

As you can see people are searching for everything from “Golf Channel” to “Golf Balls”in the niche.

This shows just how passionate this audience are about the niche.

Niche Growth & Monthly Searches

Look at the trend in interest in the Golf, it is as popular as ever.

It is seasonal and is predicted to remain periodic for years to come so get involved as there's plenty of growth to be made.

This niche is rising in popularity and is potentially big business and timeless.

This trend will continue for years to come so step in as all the market research has been done for you.

Sub-Niches To Explore

• Golf Clubs

• Golf Course

• Golf Equipment

• Golf Membership

• Golf Cart

• Golf Rules

May Also Be Interested:

• Sports

• Horse Riding Clubs

• Sports Channels

• Sport Tournaments

• Outdoor Sports

• Sports Equipment

• Betting

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Most Popular Content

Use the ideas here to create similar content for your site.

Most Popular Content	Shares
Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course	180.6k
Eric Trump's Charity Spent 880k on Golf Events	165.7K
Golf’s most beloved figure, Arnold Palmer, dies at 87	101.5K
Golf’s most beloved figure, Arnold Palmer, dies at 87 - Golfweek	99.8K
Trump Just Announced He Won't Live In White House Full Time, Wants To Golf & Relax	90.3K

As you can see people excited and motivated to share content such as “Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course” and “Trump Just Announced He Won't Live In White House Full Time, Wants To Golf & Relax” in this niche.

Domain Name Ideas

Domain Name
golf.org
rakgolf.com
onegolf.com
golfgif.com
docgolf.com
desgolf.com
ozigolf.com
play-course.com
tdrgolf.com

Influential People In The Niche

Name	Twitter Handle	Followers
Steve DiMeglio	@steve_dimeglio	22.2K
patricia hannigan	@golfgirl	17.2K
GolfWRX	@golfwrx	62.9K
brandel chamblee	@chambleebrandel	110.7K
Tim Rosaforte	@timrosaforte	125.2K

These are the 5 most influential people in the market niche on Golf.

Network with them. Highlight or feature them in your content. Interview them. Use them to do research.

These people are NOT your enemy, but instead potential partners who can send you traffic and work with you.

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Affiliate Products:

In this niche people are buying “Practice Golf Balls - Plastic, Hollow, White” and “Golf Chute by Chute Trainer”

Products on Amazon:

Amazon has over 357,471 products listed, ranging from just 0.01 to 30,000 dollars.

Best Selling Products On Amazon:

Product	Avg/Price	Reviews	Rating
Why You Suck at Golf	$7.99	318	4.2
3 in 1 Golf Practice Set	$88.40	226	3.7
Pride Golf Tee - 2-3/4 inch Deluxe Tee	$1.92	445	4.5
BARSKA Blueline 8x22 Waterproof Golf Scope	$15.00	113	3.3
Golf Brush and Club Groove Cleaner By Ace Golf in 8 Different Colors	$12.97	270	4.6
Golf, Gifts and Gallery 23 in. Collapsible Chipping Net	$26.58	157	157
Hot Sox Men's Golf Crew Sock	$9.60	35	4.9
TruGroove Golf Club Groove Sharpener	$13.88	480	4.7
Suncast GO3216 Golf Organizer	$71.99	670	4.4
Nike Mix AAAA Golf Balls, 50 Balls	$21.99	241	4.5
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf	$6.99	1,609	4.8
Whetstone 75-4732 All-in-One Stainless Steel Golfer's Tool	$17.46	117	4.1
Golf Motivational Poster Art Print 11x14 Clubs Shoes Balls Driver Bag Wall Decor Pictures	$9.95	4	5.0
Nike 2015 Dura Feel VIII All Weather Mens Golf Gloves Left Hand (Right Handed Golfer)	$9.49	172	4.4
NFL Embroidered Golf Towel	$8.02	309	4.7
Thumbs Up! Golfball Finder Glasses	$9.99	92	3.4
Wilson Titanium Ball	$9.97	1,020	4.4
TecTecTec VPRO500 Golf Rangefinder	$149.99	1,247	4.5
IZOD Men's Classic Fit Golf Short	$12.89	440	4.4
Nice Shot Golf Glove "The Bird"	$20.00	47	4.4

There will always be newer and better products which means buying the latest and greatest gadgets, books, apps, and systems that will generate sales as well as repeat sales for you.

Clickbank:

There are over 106 products related to the topic on CB. Incorporate these items from Clickbank to maximize profits.

Product	Price	Commission	Gravity
6 Weeks To Golf Fitness	$7.61	60.0%	0.56
Golf's Troubleshooter		65.0%	0.00
Junior Golf Training - An Untapped Market!	$31.86	75.0%	0.13
The 6 Minute Golf Swing Fix	$11.99	50.0%	0.25

Most Clickbank products offer 50-75% commission meaning generous payouts.

Other Affiliate Programs & Offers

These are independently run affiliate programs.

Retailer	Commission	Cookie
Pure Point Golf	50.00%	Unknown
Pro Tee Indoor Golf Simulators	10.00%	Unknown
Sweet Spot Shoot videos	50.00%	Unknown

CPA & Other Offers

Offer	Commission or Payout	Cookie	Type	Network
Assets for World Golf Tour AUS	$1		Lead	YesAdvertising

Blogs, Forums And Social Media:

Use these forums, blogs and social media groups to get content ideas, network, drive traffic and inspiration.

Google blog search shows almost 6,930,000 pages and posts indexed about Golf, so there's no shortage of content ideas and bloggers to network with.

Top Golf Blogs:

Blog	Social Media	Email List
golfblogger	Yes	No
weiunderpar	Yes	No
thesandtrap	Yes	Yes
hookedongolfblog	Yes	Yes
howtobreak80	Yes	Yes

Use these blogs for content ideas, networking opportunities, guest posting, traffic and more.

Golf Forums:

Forum	Members	Posts
golf-monthly	21,006	1,659,151
thesandtrap	5003	6732
bunkered	Uknown	Uknown
thesocialgolfer	Uknown	Uknown

These are some of the top forums catering to Golf.

The membership numbers clearly show how simple it can be for you to discover and help solve issues for your audience and traffic to your site can start pouring in.

Social Media

Facebook has tens of 1000’s of people interested in GOLF. It's a great place to network, advertise, get traffic, meet others in the niche and more.

Facebook Popular Page

Page	# of Likes
Golf	6,101,123
Golf	25,999
Royal Palm Golf and Country Club	172,999
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews	9,542

Facebook Most Popular Groups

Group	Members
Golf Course Maintenance	7,409
Tulsa Disc Golf	2,925
Atlanta Disc Golf	1,687

Most Popular YouTube Channels

Channel	Video #	Subscribers
Mark Crossfield	2,822	207,001
Rick Shiels Golf	1,274	176,479
PGA TOUR	14,220	251,179
Golfing World	2,620	36,369

Popular Reddit Groups

Group	Members
Golf	86,345
Disc Golf	41,789
Golf memes	230

Scoop It Groups

Group	Views
Golf Apparel	1.9K
The Golf Community	319

Pinterest Pinners

Pinner	Followers
Golf Magazine	3,622
Golf Discount	1,875
Golf	1,810

Magazines

Magazine Name	Price
Golf Magazine	$18 (for 24 issues)
Golf Digest	$19.99 (for 12 issues)
Golfweek Magazine	$44.95 (for 28 issues)

Websites Sold On Flippa.com

Seeing websites that have already sold in the niche show a profitable and in demand niche.

It's also a great idea to get a look at what successful site owners have done and emulate them.

Site	Sold For
Golfoutput.com	$30
GolfingRule	$99
Bestgolfswingx.com	$125

Why Are People In This Niche

• Doctors recommend for optimum physical and mental health and wellbeing.

• It’s better than a fast and furious gym session, specially for aged people

• It brings people closer together

• It helps combat stress

• It’s good for your heart

• It can help live longer

• Golf is exercise and social

• Golf is therapeutic and a stress reliever

• Golf is a sport that allows to be competitive long after other sports are not possible

• People of all ages can play it.

• It's a great way to connect with people in business who may be at different companies or career levels

• It's incredibly satisfying when you hit the ball just perfectly

Most Common Topics And Questions

These questions / topics are problems that need solving. Solve them in your content and through your product recommendations and you'll have a happy audience ready to spend money.

Amazon, Clickbank and other networks have products which cater to these problems.

1. Can I use a Putting Ball?
2. What time do the golf courses open?
3. Where did the word 'golf' come from? Does it mean 'gentlemen only, ladies forbidden'?
4. Do range balls fly as far as regular golf balls?
5. How is handicap index calculated?
6. Can a competition be qualifying if we are using preferred lies?
7. What is a Handicap?
8. Can I adjust my own handicap?
9. Can my handicap lapse?
10. Should my Club be running qualifying competitions through the winter?
11. Can we play qualifying competitions using winter tees and greens?

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Who's Advertising In The Niche

Advertising is a strong sign of a profitable niche. People don't spend money on ads if they can't profit from it.

Below is the major advertisers on Google.com:

Company	Selling
Golf Tee Divider	Tee Divider

Blog Topic Ideas

These are some proven blog topic ideas that would work well in this niche:

1. This One Weird Trick Will Extend The Range Of Your VW e-Golf
2. This App Magically Tracks and Improves Your Golf Game
3. Longhorns Will Their Way To NCAA Golf Final
4. Charity golf event under investigation for reportedly featuring naked women and live sex acts
5. Cat And His Brother Learn To Drive The Family’s Golf Cart
6. Because it's Monday, here's Ken Bone hamming it up at a golf tournament
7. The Ultimate Golf Holiday Gift Guide 2016
8. Golf on the hunt for new members after tough times
9. Golf buggies and dodgems could require motor insurance under new EU law
10. Cowgirls Record Performance Earns Women's Golf Crown
11. Women’s Golf Squads Set for NCAA Regionals

For more ideas check out the following resources:

• http://ideas.contentforest.com/

• http://www.hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator

Reasons To Get Involved In The Niche

• Golf is a stable market and is highly profitable.

• It's worth $70 and stable so now is the perfect time to get involved.

• Over 100M people are searching for just the most obvious keywords every month – showing huge online demand.

• The target audience,77.5% male and 22.5% female aged Aged 40-59 tend to have disposable income to spend – you can benefit from that spending.

• Between the social media hubs and forums there's around 1M members meaning a huge pool of engaged traffic to tap into.

• There's an endless array of content ideas in the niche including popular ones like “Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course” and “Eric Trump's Charity Spent 880k on Golf Events”– create similar content but better and it's almost guaranteed to go viral.

• People are passionate about this topic and ready to spend money, you can see they already buy “Practice Golf Balls - Plastic, Hollow, White” and “Golf Chute by Chute Trainer”– it may as well be spent with you.

• There's endless problems from “How is handicap index calculated?” to “Can my handicap lapse?” and every problem as a product available which solves it – sell these as an affiliate

• There's plenty of good domain names available including golf.org and rakgolf.com – pick one and get started.

• Golf Tee Divider is advertising in this niche showing it must be profitable, people don't spend money on ads if they can't profit from them – get involved.

How To 'Hack' Your Way Into The Niche

You can have an up-to-date and relevant authority site on Golf.

This niche has got it all – an obsessive audience with money to spend lots of products on sale, tons of social media sites, loads of blogs and forums with an easy to reach target audience.

You drive traffic from blog commenting, guest posting, forum marketing, interacting on social media with influencers.

You get your content ideas from seeing what's popular on other Golf blogs and related blogs and simply write something bigger and better, bolder and stronger.  Make the other ones pale in comparison.

Your profits can grow in no time thanks to the passionate audience in this exciting niche market.

By networking with others in the niche, sharing their content and linking to them, your website will grow.  Just watch as they return the favor.

And don't forget to build your email list so you can continue to build your relationship with your audience, drive traffic back to your newest content, and promote to your audience

What You'll Need To Get Started:

• A reliable web-host from the likes of WP-Engine

• A brandable domain from NameCheap

• A premium theme from Studiopress

• Image & graphics from Photodune from $1 (don't take images from Google you'll end up in legal trouble)

• An auto-responder to build your email list and contact your customers – Aweber is just $1

• The number #1 email capture tool on the market – OptinMonster, so you can grow your list fast.