According to Golf DataTech, golf rounds played across the country rose 4.9 percent in January versus the year-ago month.
The biggest gaining regions were West North Central, up 89.9 percent; East North Central, up 57.9 percent; and South Atlantic, up 20.6 percent. Pacific was flattish, up 0.1 percent. The declining regions included New England, down 56.7 percent; Mid Atlantic, 38.8 percent; Mountain, down 13.5 percent; and South Central, 6.4 percent.
There were 2610 contributing golf courses used in this report.