Same-store rounds in the U.S. were up 10.4 percent in February 2008 vs. February 2007, according to the National Golf Foundation. This brings the year-to-date number to +3.4 percent. Where the largest volume of rounds is played in the month of February, rounds were mostly up: Central/South Florida (7.2 percent); Gulf Coast (8.8 percent); Southwest (-0.8 percent).
The February increase was the result of an additional day (Feb. 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.
Rounds Played, 2008 vs. 2007
Source: NGF/Allied Golf Associations
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