- Has an average net worth of $1,000,000 plus
- Has an average HHI of over $200,000
- Is affluent and luxury-minded
- Travels business and first class
- Uses luxury & first class hotels and limousines
- Owns computers, laptops and handheld devices

Beyond golf, golfers enjoy outdoor activities, such as hiking/camping, fishing and baseball/softball.
Home life (gardening/yard work, cooking, and home improvement) are the most popular leisure time activities. Average net worth of $1,000,000 plus
95.1 percent of Americans say the PGA TOUR provides good role models. This percentage leads all major sports.*.
An average PGA TOUR event has the second highest household reach behind an average NFL game**
*According to Market Tools 2003
**2003 Nielsen Media Research
Program Type |
2004 ad revenue (000s) |
2003 ad revenue (000s) |
% change |
2004 Networks |
| Professional Football |
$2,058,841 |
$1,981,159 |
3.9% |
ABC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Fox, NBC |
| Olympics |
$1,300,186 |
NA |
NA |
Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC, USA |
| College basketball* |
$618,039 |
$520,470 |
18.7% |
ABC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic |
| Golf |
$609,849 |
$568,869 |
7.2% |
ABC, CBS, CNBC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Golf Channel, NBC, Nickelodeon, Outdoor Life Network, TNT, USA |
| Professional basketball* |
$584,873 |
$576,107 |
1.5% |
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Oxygen, TBS, TNT |
| Auto racing |
$584,152 |
$468,211 |
24.8% |
BC, CBS, Discovery Channel, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Fox, FX, NBC, Outdoor Life Network, Speed Channel, Spike TV, TNT, Travel Channel |
| Professional baseball* |
$494,737 |
$437,120 |
13.2% |
ABC, BET, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Fox, NBC, TBS |
| College football* |
$480,260 |
$435,225 |
10.3% |
CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Speed Channel |
| General sportscast |
$450,891 |
$444,055 |
1.5% |
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Fox, FX, TBS |
| Tennis |
$150,989 |
$155,327 |
-2.8% |
ABC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, NBC, Oxygen, USA |
| Hockey |
$119,048 |
$126,749 |
-6.1% |
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic |
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