Effects of simulation golf participation on leisure attitude, leisure facilitation and recreation specialisation

The aim of this study was to analyse the recreational specialisation changes that occur among simulation golf participants when they participate in simulation golf. In addition, the effect of leisure facilitation on recreation specialisation and the mediating effect between leisure attitude and recreation specialisation on simulation golf participation, at the time due to participation in various leisure activities were determined and compared to past values. In total, 475 subjects who had participated in simulation golf (Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi-do, Chungcheong-do and Kyungsang-do in Korea) were selected for this study. For data processing, SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0 programs were used for frequency and reliability determination, confirmatory analysis, correlation analysis and structural equation modelling. The results indicate that the leisure attitude of simulation golf participants had no influence on leisure facilitation. The leisure attitude of simulation golf participants had a significant influence on recreation specialisation. The leisure facilitator of simulation golf participants had a positive influence on recreation specialisation. These results suggest that the infrastructure of simulation golf has become essential to building recreational specialisation in leisure activity.