A Legal and Institutional Improvement Plan for Expanding the Supply of Park Golf Courses

Purpose: This study sought to review current status of legal system for park golf and to provide insights for expanding the supply of park golf courses. Research design, data, and methodology: For this, the study employs an integrative review. Articles and documents were included in this integrative review and were thoroughly reviewed by both authors. Results: With the recent aging era, the demand for sports activities of the elderly is increasing. Among them, the craze for park golf is high. Therefore, each local government is putting a lot of effort into installing park golf courses to respond to the increasing demand for park golf. In the future, our society, which is in the era of super-aging, should further promote physical activities of the elderly to solve various social problems such as increased medical expenses. The enactment of the Framework Act on Sports and the Sports Club Act has provided basic rights for sports for all citizens to enjoy sports, and the biggest goal of the country's sports policy is to establish a participation-oriented sports environment to make sports activities easier in the region through the support of sports clubs. To achieve this, expanding infrastructure for increasing sports demand is the most urgent problem, and among them, expanding infrastructure for park golf, which is increasing in demand, is the most urgent reality. Currently, local governments are accepting park golf, but private businesses should be able to operate park golf courses to promote quantitative increase in related park golf courses and lay the foundation for revitalizing related industries. To this end, through the revision of the Sports Facility Act, facility standards and safety and hygiene standards for park golf can be established. Conclusions: Given the revision of the Sports Facility Act, elderly people, who are the main users, can use sports facilities safely, and systematic safety management is needed in the sports facility industry by establishing a park golf course business. Further implications were discussed.