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Sociocultural Influences in Golf

Golf participation is shaped by more than individual interest or ability. Consider how money, access, culture, gender, media and club practices can affect who takes part and who feels they belong. Use evidence from the scenario and your own reasoning.

Part A: Read the setting

Ari lives in a New Zealand town where the nearest golf course is 35 kilometres away. His whānau are interested in trying golf, but they do not own clubs and are unsure whether beginners are welcome. A local supermarket sponsors a monthly taster session. The club lends equipment, offers a low-cost group lesson, and invites whānau to share kai afterwards. The club also reviews its traditional dress expectations and asks local Māori and Pasifika community members for advice.

1.Which factor in Ari’s situation is a geographic-access barrier to participation?

The course is 35 kilometres from town.
Ari has not yet learnt to putt.
The session takes place once a month.
The club lends equipment.

2.Match each sociocultural influence in the left list with the best example from the independently ordered right list.

Geographic access
Economic access
Club culture
Commercial support

The club lends clubs and offers a low-cost lesson.
A supermarket sponsors the taster session.
The club reviews its dress expectations and asks local community members for advice.
The nearest course is 35 kilometres away.

3.Identify two details in the written setting that could help a beginner feel able to participate. Explain how each detail might reduce a barrier.

4.The club is reviewing traditional dress expectations. Explain one way a strict or unclear dress code could affect participation, and suggest one practical change that maintains respect for the course while welcoming beginners.

5.A sponsor can help a golf club reduce participation barriers, but sponsorship may also influence which activities or groups receive attention. True or false? Give one reason.

TrueFalse

Part B: Analyse influence and change

Use specific examples. Distinguish between barriers that affect access to golf and influences that shape the experience once someone is at the club.

6.Choose either manaakitanga or kaitiakitanga. Describe one specific way the golf club could put that value into practice during the taster session, and explain how it could affect participation or the course environment.

7.Explain one way limited media coverage of women’s golf could influence young people’s participation or ideas about who belongs in golf.

8.Suggest two linked changes the club could make so that people facing both travel and cost barriers can take part. For each change, explain which barrier it addresses.

9.A club raises green fees to fund course improvements. Explain one possible benefit and one possible disadvantage of this decision for participation, then state who might be most affected by the disadvantage.

10.Recommend one priority action for the club to improve equitable participation. Use at least two sociocultural influences from this worksheet to justify your choice, and explain how the club could check whether the action worked.