DEMOGRAPHICS

A PGA Tour Fan:

  • 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

Avid Golfers, when they are not playing or practicing golf, enjoy investing and traveling.

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