{"id":3138,"date":"2026-01-15T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.34.14.113\/en\/2026\/01\/15\/golfzon-japan-releases-findings-on-winter-indoor-golf-usage\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:47:00","slug":"golfzon-japan-releases-findings-on-winter-indoor-golf-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/golfzon-japan-releases-findings-on-winter-indoor-golf-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"GOLFZON Japan Releases Findings on Winter Indoor Golf Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/1721451982fda25e9a1bcb3c0b18edd9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/1721451982fda25e9a1bcb3c0b18edd9-1.jpg 716w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/1721451982fda25e9a1bcb3c0b18edd9-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golfers enjoy screen golf at the GOLFZON Japan Tokyo studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOLFZON Japan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter GOLFZON Japan) compiles and manages usage data for facilities in Japan equipped with GOLFZON systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, GOLFZON Japan conducted a survey to identify during which period of the year simulation round usage is most active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A comparison of annual usage data found that simulation round usage was at its highest level during the winter months, from December to March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main factors behind the increase in winter usage are analyzed to be the lower burden of preparing for the cold and the fact that play is not affected by outdoor conditions such as the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, because some golf courses close during the winter in certain regions, there is a tendency for indoor golf usage to rise. This survey likewise confirmed strong nationwide demand for winter simulation rounds, not limited to any specific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The table below shows the average value of \u2018rounds per bay per day (based on 18 holes)\u2019 at GOLFZON-equipped facilities across Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prcdn.freetls.fastly.net\/release_image\/37099\/14\/37099-14-52cdd907953eb7624eab399ffb3b9c3a-755x135.jpg?width=1950&amp;height=1350&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp&amp;fit=bounds&amp;bg-color=fff\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3010Reference Data\u3011<br>Average value of rounds per bay per day (based on 18 holes)<br>\u203b Average value calculated based on the number of bays and rounds below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025: 1,257 facilities, 2,954 bays<br>2024: 1,118 facilities, 2,236 bays<br>2023: 962 facilities, 1,924 bays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u203b Unit: number of rounds<br>\u203b One 18-hole round counted as 1<br>\u203b Reference value based on the company\u2019s own data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the table, red indicates the highest figure of the year and green the second highest; high figures can be seen concentrated from December to March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, due to the recent prolonged heat waves, a gradual increase in indoor golf usage has also been observed in August during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOLFZON Japan will continue to strive to deliver an even more valuable indoor golf experience to golfers through data-driven market analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOLFZON Japan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter GOLFZON Japan) compiles and manages usage data for facilities in Japan equipped with GOLFZON systems. This time, GOLFZON Japan conducted a survey to identify during which period of the year simulation round usage is most active. A comparison of annual usage data found that simulation round usage was at its highest level during the winter months, from December to March. The main factors behind the increase in winter usage are analyzed to be the lower burden of preparing for the cold and the fact that play is not affected by outdoor conditions such as the weather. In addition, because some golf courses close during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"family":[59],"class_list":["post-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","family-golfzon-japan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3138"},{"taxonomy":"family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/family?post=3138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}