Golf Rounds Played Jump 19.4% in October

According to Golf Datatech, rounds played in the U.S. were up 19.4% October
2010. Public access play was up 19.9% for the month
and private course activity was up 17.8%.  A total
of 3920 courses are represented in this report.

By region, sales climbed 86.3% in West North Central, 36.8%
in East North Central, 27.9% in South Central, 17.2% in Mountain, 10.3% in New
England, 9.4% in Mid Atlantic, and 6.3% in South Atlantic. The only declining
region was the Pacific, down 2.0%.

In the YTD period, rounds played were down 1.8%.