A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Golf in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Golf has an estimated audience of 7,434,142 people in India.
The average Golf fan in India is 35.0 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.
The audience is concentrated in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka.
Top brand affinities include Volleyball, Swimming, Tennis, with strongest over-indexing on Volleyball (1.72× the country average).
Demographically, the Golf audience skews more male with an average age of 35.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sports Activity, Need for Security.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 29 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Golf fan in India is more male, around 35.0 years old, with strong Sports Activity tendencies and a notable affinity for Volleyball.
The key figures that characterise the Golf profile in India.
18.9% are female, 81.1% are male, average age 35.0.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 18.9% |
| Male | 81.1% |
| Average age | 35.0 |
| Estimated audience size | 7,434,142 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 24% | |
| 20-29 | 28% | |
| 30-39 | 21% | |
| 40-49 | 15% | |
| 50+ | 12% |
of the worldwide Golf audience comes from India.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 22.1% |
| Japan | 7.4% |
| China | 5.3% |
Where the Golf audience in India is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Karnataka | ~300K | 1.39× | |
| 02 | Haryana | ~100K | 1.39× | |
| 03 | Kerala | ~200K | 1.37× | |
| 04 | Meghalaya | ~10K | 1.35× | |
| 05 | Tamil Nadu | ~200K | 1.33× | |
| 06 | Goa | ~9K | 1.21× | |
| 07 | Telangana | ~100K | 1.19× | |
| 08 | Manipur | ~10K | 1.19× | |
| 09 | Maharashtra | ~400K | 1.16× | |
| 10 | Punjab (region) | ~100K | 1.10× | |
| 11 | Gujarat | ~200K | 1.06× | |
| 12 | Sikkim | ~3K | 1.02× | |
| 13 | Assam | ~70K | 0.99× | |
| 14 | Uttarakhand | ~40K | 0.99× | |
| 15 | Tripura | ~10K | 0.96× | |
| 16 | Jharkhand | ~60K | 0.93× | |
| 17 | Nagaland | ~5K | 0.92× | |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh | ~300K | 0.91× | |
| 19 | Arunachal Pradesh | ~4K | 0.89× | |
| 20 | West Bengal | ~200K | 0.87× | |
| 21 | Mizoram | ~4K | 0.87× | |
| 22 | Madhya Pradesh | ~100K | 0.86× | |
| 23 | Jammu and Kashmir | ~30K | 0.86× | |
| 24 | Chhattisgarh | ~40K | 0.83× | |
| 25 | Himachal Pradesh | ~20K | 0.83× | |
| 26 | Rajasthan | ~100K | 0.79× | |
| 27 | Andhra Pradesh | ~70K | 0.78× | |
| 28 | Bihar | ~100K | 0.75× | |
| 29 | Odisha | ~60K | 0.74× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Golf audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Vijay Singh | Sports | 6.60× | ||
| 02 | Golf equipment | Sports | 2.60× | ||
| 03 | Gridiron football | Sports | 2.47× | ||
| 04 | PGA Tour | Sports | 2.33× | ||
| 05 | Golf club | Sports | 2.13× | ||
| 06 | Snowboarding | Sports | 2.12× | ||
| 07 | Golf course | Sports | 2.02× | ||
| 08 | Snow | Travel & Leisure | 1.93× | ||
| 09 | South Indian Bank | Business & Career | 1.76× | ||
| 10 | Swimming | Sports | 1.75× | ||
| 11 | Volleyball | Sports | 1.72× | ||
| 12 | Triathlons | Sports | 1.71× | ||
| 13 | Kim Ji-won (actress) | Movies & TV | 1.66× | ||
| 14 | Marathons | Sports | 1.62× | ||
| 15 | Omega | Fashion & Accessoires | 1.60× | ||
| 16 | Racing | Cars & Mobility | 1.56× | ||
| 17 | Skiing | Sports | 1.55× | ||
| 18 | Horseback riding | Sports | 1.55× | ||
| 19 | Tennis | Sports | 1.52× | ||
| 20 | Community centre | Politics & Society | 1.50× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Activity | POWER | 1.18× | |
| Need for Security | CONSERVATISM | 1.06× | |
| Community Orientation | OPEN | 1.04× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extroversion | THRILL | 0.76× | |
| Early Adopter Mentality | POWER | 0.76× | |
| Design Affinity | PREMIUM | 0.77× |
Golf has an estimated audience of 7,434,142 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
18.9% of Golf fans are female, 81.1% are male, with an average age of 35.0 years.
Golf fans show strongest brand affinity for Volleyball (1.72×), Swimming (1.75×), and Tennis (1.52×) over the country average.
Golf fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~400K), Uttar Pradesh (reach ~300K), and Karnataka (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Golf itself, the audience over-indexes on Swimming (1.75×), Tennis (1.52×), PGA Tour (2.33×), and Snow (1.93×) compared to the India average.
Related profiles, rankings and the same audience in other markets.
Audience size is the estimated number of people in India who actively search for Golf. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.
This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across India. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.
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