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NGF research shows that 50% of golfers express some interest in playing golf at night. Could a lighted course be an option for some operators?
There was a 31% decline in 18HEQ course closures in 2020, the largest drop on record. Could golf be approaching the end of its 15-year market correction?
After the coronavirus struck in 2020, spring shutdowns gave way to an unprecedented summer and fall in terms of play, golfer introductions and reintroductions, and robust, late-season spending.
October rounds were up 32.2% nationally year-over-year, another record-setting increase for 2020 play.
September rounds played continued the summer momentum nationwide.
In 2009 and 2016, roughly a quarter of U.S. public golf courses admitted to being in bad shape, financially. Here's where things stand now, public and private.
Closing out the summer of 2020, August rounds played set a new standard for the biggest increase in a peak season month.
Rounds of golf were up almost 20% nationwide in July, helping the industry continue its comeback after losing 20 million spring rounds due to the coronavirus.
As the coronavirus raged on, three out of four golf travelers (76%) say they're willing to drive more than four hours each way for a golf getaway,
With more than half of U.S. golf courses shut down for most of April, national rounds played were down 42% during the month compared to a year ago.
The coronavirus had its first significant golf facility impact in March 2020, with national rounds played down 8.5% for the month compared to the previous year.
