Golf Datatech’s National Rounds Played Report for March shows that U.S. rounds were down 14.3 percent in the month and down 7.5 percent year-to-date year-over-year.
All regions saw declines in March.
By region in March, the steepest decline was in East North Central, down 45.5 percent; followed by New England, 41.3 percent; West North Central, 30.0 percent; Mid-Atlantic, 22.0 percent; Pacific, 11.8 percent; South Central, 7.5 perfect; South Atlantic, 6.5 percent; and Mountain, 2.7 percent.
U.S. rounds played rose 13 percent in February after declining 12.2 percent in January. Before February, play at the nation’s golf courses had declined since last June as the industry faced tough comparisons against pandemic-related surges in the year-ago period.
