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The flood of new faces on U.S. golf courses in 2020 was noteworthy, even if some gains were offset. Who were these new people? And who wanted “in” last year?
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.
The September numbers are in and, percentage-wise, it was the largest year-over-year jump so far in 2020.
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.
