October rounds played came in 32% higher than last year, according to Golf Datatech, raising the national year-to-date figure to +10.8%. Several multi-course operators we checked with recently told us that the surge in play continued in November, putting us on track for an annual increase of somewhere around 50 million rounds over 2019. Pretty amazing.

September rounds played continued the summer momentum nationwide.

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.

National rounds played jumped significantly in February compared to a year ago, with play up in seven of eight regions for the month.