According to the National Golf Foundation, same-store rounds of golf played in the U.S. in February 2008 increased 10.4% compared to the same month last year. The strong February result was more than enough to offset a decline in January, pushing year-to-date rounds played to growth of 3.4% over the year-ago period. Where the largest volume of rounds is played in the month of February, rounds were mostly up: Central/South Florida (7.2%); Gulf Coast (8.8%); Southwest (-0.8%).
The February increase was the result of an additional day (February 29, 2008 – leap year) and a slight increase in play days due to better weather.
Large percentage increases in February in the Northeast and Upper Midwest are not meaningful. The majority of facilities in those regions had no rounds in both February 2007 and February 2008. A few facilities had a small number of rounds, and they saw an increase.
