October Golf Weather Impact: A Modest Downward Draft

October’s weather impact flipped to negative, after a modest September gain, as Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were down 3%. That also flips the Year-to-Date (YtD) figure back into fractional negative territory at -0.1%.

Played Rounds for September published by Golf Datatech hit the daily double with rounds demand up 5% which also handily beat the GPH results and produced the “unicorn” of Rounds up, Utilization up! For the YtD period, rounds are now slightly up beating basically flat weather through 9 months. To read the more detailed commentary on the results, click here.

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