Stewart Golf grows internationally as it shrugs off pandemic

Gloucester golf trolley designer and manufacturer Stewart Golf is celebrating strong international growth, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Based in Quedgeley, the company tripled its exports to the US during the pandemic due to the increase in demand for golf accessories and equipment as courses remained open in the States.

Mark Stewart, CEO of Stewart Golf said:

“Golf as a sport has been one of the beneficiaries through COVID as it’s naturally socially distanced and takes place outdoors, so equipment sales have really gone through the roof. We sold all our stock in about six weeks from March 2020.”

Last year Stewart Golf revealed that business had almost doubled.

The company saw sales increase by 93 per cent. Against a backdrop of the pandemic, golfers took to the fairways for exercise. For a number of golf courses, walking the course was the only option and this helped lead to an unprecedented surge in demand for trolleys.

Stewart Golf built 65 per cent more of its iconic X Series electric trolleys than in 2019 (including the industry leading X9 Follow), and production of the R1-S Push increased by 51 per cent. The company also successfully launched the new Q Follow after four years of design and development.