Data Shows More Kenyans Are Golfing Than Ever Before

Golfing is a popular fast growing sport on the in Kenya. The early golfers keen on the game left behind a legacy of beautiful and distinctive courses. In some cases golf even preceded the club houses and were considered vital to the small communities they served. In the years following independence, the people of Kenya cast away the notion that golf was for the rich outsider and embraced the game with great enthusiasm. Kenya’s golfing history began in the 1900’s

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Garmin users recorded nearly 30% more rounds in 2021 than in the previous year.

It’s no secret that people hit the golf courses en masse in 2020. With COVID-19 shutting down so much of the world, many turned to golf as a safe, socially distant way to get out of the house or office — if only for a few hours. Newbies bought their first sets of clubs, and seasoned vets were obsessively working on getting even the smallest kink out of their swings. At that point, though, it was hard to tell who would stick with it, and who would move on to other hobbies when the world opened back up.

Garmin users stuck with it. According to data from the Garmin Connect™ app, you all reported golfing more than ever before in 2021. By studying the golf activities you’ve tracked over the last few years, we can see that you’re really hitting your stride. Keep reading to see the results of the latest deep dive into data from the Garmin Golf™ app, an interactive tool used by golf lovers worldwide to track, analyze and share their activities on the links.

2021 saw more Garmin golfers than ever before.

More users golfed in 2021 than they did in 2020 — and 52% more than in 2019. That may not just be related to COVID-19, though. In the past two years, Garmin has released several products that are revolutionizing golf as we know it, including:

• Approach® R10: A portable launch monitor that tracks more than a dozen metrics, including club head speed, ball speed, spin and more — all while letting you virtually play more than 42,000 courses with Home Tee Hero.
• Approach® S40: A GPS golf smartwatch that puts information from more than 42,000 CourseView maps worldwide on your wrist — and looks great on and off the course.
• Approach® S12: A dedicated golf watch that keeps it simple, providing distance to the front, middle and back of the green, layups and hazards. Oh, and it boasts a battery life of up to 30 hours in GPS mode.
• Approach® S62: A golf smartwatch with enhanced heart rate technology that gauges the intensity of all your fitness activities to better track how your body is performing.
• Approach® S10: A dedicated golf watch that keeps it simple, providing distance to the front, middle and back of the green, layups and hazards. Oh, and it boasts a battery life of up to 30 hours in GPS mode.
• fēnix® 7: A rugged multisport GPS watch that combines the best of the Garmin fitness and outdoor features — including the ability to log golf activities — to help you get better at whatever, seven days a week.
• epix™: The first Garmin AMOLED smartwatch preloaded with more than 42,000 golf courses.