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(courant.com)
On a gloomy, rainy Wednesday, House Chair of the Commerce Committee Jeff Berger (D-Waterbury), Travelers Championship tournament chairman Nathan Grube and others spoke about golf's positive impact on Connecticut's economy at the Legislative Office Building.
Grube cited a Connecticut Economic Resource Center report that said the annual PGA Tour event in Connecticut generated a total economic impact of $28 million in 2011. "This year we will go over $30 million in our charitable donations to the community in the [60-year] history of the tournament," Grube said.
A 2010 report done by SRI International for the Connecticut Alliance for Golf said the state's golf industry in '08 generated a total impact of $1.1 billion, which supported 11,570 jobs, generating $336.6 million in wages.
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