January 2013 golf rounds were down 12.3 percent and days open were down 12.5 percent compared to January 2012, based on paired data provided by PGA PerformanceTrack.
For each reporting group there were decreases in rounds played in the month. Private facilities were down 10.4 percent, Daily Fee / Semi-Private facilities were down 12.0 percent, Municipal facilities were down 16.7 percent and Resort facilities were down 5.8 percent. The decrease in days open explains a portion of the rounds played decreases.
The January 2013 decline was against a January 2012 increase of 28.3 percent. Additionally, January 2013 had one less weekend day (8) than January 2012 (9). A little over 3 percent of the annual rounds played have been played through January. January results are based on useable responses from 3,414 facilities.
The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) showed an increase in merchandise and food and beverage revenues while golf fee revenue and total facility revenue was down. For the month, golf fee revenue was down 11.0 percent, merchandise revenue was up 1.2 percent, food and beverage revenue was up 4.4 percent and total facility revenue was down 4.1 percent.
