Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Golf Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Golf in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Golf has an estimated audience of 2,169,569 people in South Africa.

#2among Sport in South Africa
#181among Topic in South Africa
#22in Sports

Golf has an estimated audience of 2,169,569 people in South Africa. 45.7% are female, 54.3% are male, average age 39.5. Top brand affinities: DP World Tour, Dress shirt, Golf club, PGA Tour, PGA European Tour.

Top brand affinities include DP World Tour, Dress shirt, Golf club, with strongest over-indexing on DP World Tour (1.81× the country average).

Demographically, the Golf audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Social Media Usage.

The typical Golf fan in South Africa is balanced, around 39.5 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for DP World Tour.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Golf profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.2M
in South Africa
Gender
45.7%
54.3% male
Age
39.5
average years
Country rank
#278
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Golf fans

45.7% are female, 54.3% are male, average age 39.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

45.7%
Female
54.3%
Male
Demographic split for Golf audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female45.7%
Male54.3%
Average age39.5
Estimated audience size2,169,569
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.5
average years
Age distribution of the Golf audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2923%
30-3921%
40-4915%
50+23%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Golf audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Golf
CountryShare
United States22.1%
Japan7.4%
China5.3%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Golf audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Golf audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01WGT GolfGames2.75×
02Gary PlayerSports1.89×
03Garrick HiggoSports1.87×
04CapFashion & Accessoires1.82×
05DP World TourSports1.81×
06Aldrich PotgieterSports1.76×
07Ludvig ÅbergSports1.76×
08Miniature golfSports1.72×
09Dress shirtFashion & Accessoires1.68×
10Christiaan BezuidenhoutSports1.67×
11Bryson DeChambeauSports1.64×
12Foundation (engineering)Business & Career1.64×
13Ernie ElsSports1.63×
14Tommy FleetwoodSports1.62×
15Nelly KordaSports1.57×
16PGA TourSports1.56×
17PGA European TourSports1.55×
18Deutsche Tourenwagen MeisterschaftSports1.54×
19Golf clubSports1.51×
20Bucket hatFashion & Accessoires1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Golf audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Golf audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.87×
Social Media UsageJOY0.84×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.76×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Golf audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL0.69×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.70×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.76×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Africa 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.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa. 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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