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We all know that the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will host the 2016 Olympics which is a great
upcoming event for football players that like this sport. Ronaldo and Pele are idols to many
Brazilians but who knows, Tiger Woods might become one of their heroes too. Although not many
people know this, golf is in fact one of the fastest growing sports in a country where people talk
mainly about football/soccer. The tendency in golf is that people of all ages now start practicing
this, in comparison to a few decades ago when golf was considered to be played only by the elite
of the country.
The president of the Brazilian Golf Confederation, Alvaro Almeida, recently stated that this sport in
Brazil is developing at a very fast rate and the situation is just amazing. He also said that this
situation is a direct consequence to the many efforts the confederation made in order to bring golf
not only to those who have a lot of money but to all people belonging to various social classes that
are looking for an affordable way to relax (except football/soccer of course).
This growth of popularity golf has been benefiting from started 5 years ago, but in comparison to
Europe or United States of America, there is still a lot of catching up to do. Back in 2000, only
6,000 people played golf on a regular basis and in 2010, this number has grown tremendously to
25,000. Brazil has now 30% more golf courses, 40% more driving ranges and three times the
number of golf stores in comparison to the situation found five years ago. Even more, about 40
projects for new golf courses are under development across the entire country, one of them is
financed by Donald Trump himself, and designed by the famous Jack Nickalus.
The media eyes have turned their attention to this brand new hobby that Brazilians have, and the
Golf Digest is now published in Brazil's language which is of course, Portuguese. Even more than
that, some of the newspapers in the country have added golf columns. Also, for the very first time
in Brazil, a local cable channel is broadcasting the world-wide known PGA Tour. Some of the
officials estimate that the golf business is worth about $150 million dollars.
Homero Setti, a golf store owner in a Sao Paolo shopping mall stated that Brazilians are beginning
to show their interest in this sport, more want to know about it and how it is played. Even famous
people like Kaka, Ronaldo, Rubens Barrichello (Formula One driver) and the three times French
Open winner, Gustavo Kuerten. Almeida stated that this ever increasing popularity of golf is also
influenced by the fact that many important people, like the ones listed above, started practicing
this hobby and when people see that their idols are practicing golf; they easily start to get
interested in golf.
All things considered, Brazil has a lot to offer to golf enthusiasts with lots of golf courses, shops
and the entire base needed for this relaxing sport that keeps getting popular and popular in this
country where soccer is still considered number one.
Article written Adrian Padeau. Visit www.playgolfinbrazil.com in order to obtain information
regarding how to play golf in Brazil as well as other golf packages for tourists.
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