According to Golf Datatech, golf rounds played during October was down 5.0 percent. Public access play was down 5.4 percent and private course activity was down 3.7 percent.
By region, the biggest declines occurred in West North Central, down 20.5 percent; followed by East North Central, down 15.3 percent; New England, 4.9 percent; Mountain, 2.7 percent; South Central, 2.4 percent; and Pacific, 1.7 percent. The two positive areas were Mid Atlantic, up 5.9 percent; and South Atlantic, 0.8 percent.