Golf Datatech reported that golf rounds played in February were down 5.9 percent compared to February 2012. Regions seeing drastic declines included New England, down 92.8 percent; Mid Atlantic, 80.2 percent; East North Central, 67.6 percent; and West North Central, 40.3 percent.


Other declining regions included Pacific, down 2.2 percent; Mountain, 2.8 percent; and South Atlantic, 9.6 percent. The one positive region was South Central, up 6.7 percent. 

Public access play was down 3.9 percent and private course activity was down 11.5 percent.

There were 2970 contributing golf courses used in the February 2013 National Rounds Played Report.