According to the National Golf Foundation, rounds played at the nation's golf courses in the month of May showed strong enough gains to more than halve the year-to-date decrease from down 9.0% through April to down 3.9% through the end of May. In May, rounds played increased 5.4%; and, because May typically has the largest volume of rounds of the first five months of the year (about 12% of annual volume), the year-to-date deficit was more than cut in half.
NGF: Rounds Played Rebound in May
According to the National Golf Foundation, rounds played at the nation's golf courses in the month of May showed strong enough gains to more than halve the year-to-date decrease from down 9.0% through April to down 3.9% through the end of May. In May, rounds played increased 5.4%; and, because May typically has the largest volume of rounds of the first five months of the year (about 12% of annual volume), the year-to-date deficit was more than cut in half. The unusually high increase in the Northeast (19.1%) in May was partly because the region rebounded from a very poor showing the year before. Although same-store rounds are down in the nation as a whole year-to-date, two regions are up: Southwest (3.6%) and Northwest (3.4%).
