Economic impact of the 1996 Oldsmobile Classic golf tournament in the Greater Lansing area

This study estimated the economic impact of the 2013 McGladrey Classic Golf Tournament (since renamed the RSM Classic) on Glynn County, Georgia. It was held at the Sea Island Golf Club, Seaside Course on Sea Island, Georgia in early November (7th through the 10th). This tournament is one of the stops for the PGA TOUR. The direct impacts were generated from spending from out-of-town visitors. These visitors included spectators, volunteers, title sponsor guests and the staff of the broadcast partner. In order to estimate the total amount of spending related to this event, the research team administered a survey to both volunteers online, prior to the event, and to spectators in person at the event. Additional expenditure data for the Golf Channel staff and McGladrey guests was provided by the Davis Love Foundation, host of this tournament.

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Measuring Economic Impact at a Professional Golf Tournament

Case Studies in Sport Management ◽

10.1123/cssm.2017-0010 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 58-60

Author(s):

Jeffrey A. Graham ◽

Robin L. Hardin ◽

James Bemiller

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Impact Study ◽

Golf Tournament ◽

Primary Means ◽

Professional Golfers ◽

Insight Into ◽

Analyze Data

The News-Sentinel Open presented by Pilot is an event on the Web.com Tour. The Web.com Tour began in 1990 with the name of the Ben Hogan Tour and has transitioned through several title sponsors, taking its current name in June 2012. The tour is the developmental tour for the PGA Tour and the primary means for professional golfers to earn playing privileges on the PGA Tour. Tournaments are 72-hole stroke play events featuring between 144 and 156 golfers. This specific tournament is staged in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is one of only three original tour stops from the inaugural season in 1990. In an effort to measure economic impact in the greater Knoxville area resulting from the tournament weekend, the News-Sentinel Open has commissioned an economic impact study. This case study challenges students to analyze data collected from the economic impact study commissioned by the tour organizers. By engaging with this case study, and its accompanying data and results, students will gain insight into best practices of planning, conducting, and analyzing an ethical economic impact study.

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Economic Impact of THE PLAYERS Championship Golf Tournament at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, March 2005

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fe698-2007 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2007 (19) ◽

Author(s):

Tom Stevens ◽

Alan Hodges ◽

David Mulkey

Keyword(s):

Economic Impact ◽

Economic Impacts ◽

Resource Economics ◽

Golf Tournament

FE698, a 3-page paper by Tom Stevens, Alan Hodges, and David Mulkey reports estimates of economic impacts in order to assess the importance of TPC golf tournament to the northeast Florida economy and to the industries and institutions within it. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, October 2007. FE698/FE698: Economic Impact of THE PLAYERS Championship Golf Tournament at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, March 2005 (ufl.edu)

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