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NEWS RELEASES

2008

• NGF Signs Partnership with Raven Golf Club at Verrado (10/2/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Wildhawk Golf Club (10/1/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Viewpoint Golf Resort (9/29/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Windmill Lakes Golf Club (9/8/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with Fox Run Golf Links (9/3/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with County of San Luis Obispo (9/2/08)
  
• NGF partners with DRIVE Marketing (tm) to give courses a one-to-one marketing tool to increase rounds and membership leads (7/31/08)
  
• Golf Datatech and National Golf Foundation Combine National Rounds Played Reports (7/9/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with Indian Creek Golf Club (7/7/08)
  
• NGF Announces Board Appointments (6/3/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with Marriott Golf (5/15/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with Cypresswood Golf Club (5/13/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with Incline Village Golf Courses (5/12/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with The Coeur d'Alene Golf & Spa Resort (5/9/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Bloomingdale Golf Club (IL) (5/5/08)
  
• NGF to Present Private Club Study Results at the Golf Business Symposium in Dallas (4/29/08)
  
• NGF Signs New 3-Year Data Licensing Agreement with The Weather Channel (4/23/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Wheaton Park District (IL) (4/21/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Village of Glen Ellyn Recreation Department (IL) (4/17/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Dupage Airport Authority (IL) (4/15/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Eagle Ranch (CO) (4/11/08)
  
• NGF Signs Partnership with Hoffman Estates (IL) Park District (4/10/08)
  
• NGF Signs Golfer Survey Program Partnership with OB Sports Golf Management (4/8/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with City of Tumwater (WA) Parks & Recreation (4/7/08)
  
• NGF Renews Partnership with Seminole Golf Course at Florida State University (4/4/08)
  
• NGF Renews Customer Loyalty Partnership With St. Paul Division of Parks & Recreation (4/3/08)
  
• NGF welcomes CourseCo as a renewing client of GSP (4/2/08)
  
• NGF welcomes KemperSports as a renewing client of GSP (4/1/08)
  
• NGF recognizes outstanding multi-course operators with Customer Loyalty Awards (3/19/08)
  
• NGF recognizes outstanding facilities with the 6th annual Customer Loyalty Awards (2/13/08)
  
• Rounds Down Slightly in 2007 (1/31/08)
  
• Closures Outpace Openings in 2007 (1/16/08)
  
• Rounds Down in November (1/3/08)
  

2007

• Rounds Up in October (11/29/07)
  
• Rounds Up in September (10/31/07)
  
• Rounds Falter in August (9/27/07)
  
• Rounds Played Recovery Continues in July (8/30/07)
  
• Rounds Up Two Consecutive Months (7/31/07)
  
• Round Rebound in May (6/28/07)
  
• NGF Welcomes Former GOLF MAGAZINE Director of Client Marketing to Executive Team (6/7/07)
  
• NGF Elects Officers (6/1/07)
  
• Weather Continues to Depress Rounds (5/31/07)
  
• Golf Participation Results (5/9/07)
  
• Round Rebound in March (4/30/07)
  
• NGF Joins With Partners in USA Sports Participation Study (4/18/07)
  
• 2007 Rounds Off to a Sluggish Start (3/27/07)
  
• January Rounds Return to Normal Levels (3/1/07)
  
• Rounds Finish Year Up Nearly One Percent (1/30/07)
  
• NGF recognizes outstanding facilities with the 5th annual Customer Loyalty Awards (1/23/07)
  
• Rounds Up in November (1/2/07)
  

2006

• Rounds Down in October (12/1/06)
  
• Rounds Remain Up Year-to-Date (10/31/06)
  
• Hurdzan to be Keynote Speaker at NIGM (10/18/06)
  
• Rounds Dip in August (9/29/06)
  
• Rounds Down 2% in July (9/5/06)
  
• Rounds Down Slightly in June (8/2/06)
  
• May Rounds Down 3.2% (6/29/06)
  
• April Rounds Up 8% (5/31/06)
  
• Rounds Up First Quarter (5/2/06)
  
• Rounds Up First Two Months of 2006 (4/3/06)
  
• January Rounds Up 30% (3/2/06)
  
• Rounds Finish Year Flat (2/1/06)
  
• NGF recognizes outstanding facilities with the 4th annual Customer Loyalty Awards at the PGA Show (1/19/06)
  
• Rounds Up 13% in November (1/4/06)
  

2005

• NGF Appoints George Fellows to Board (12/7/05)
  
• Rounds Up Four of Last Six Months (12/1/05)
  
• Rounds Increase in September (10/31/05)
  
• Rounds Down Slightly in August (9/30/05)
  
• Rounds Down Slightly in July (8/31/05)
  
• Rounds Up Slightly in June (7/29/05)
  
• NGF Announces Partnership with Solveras Payment Systems (7/20/05)
  
• Rounds Increase in May (6/30/05)
  
• Core Golfer Number Dips in 2004 (6/6/05)
  
• Rounds Off Slightly in April (6/3/05)
  
• Rounds Decline in March (5/5/05)
  
• Rounds Increase in February (4/6/05)
  
• Rounds Drop in January (3/2/05)
  
• NGF Appoints Board Members (3/1/05)
  
• clubsystems group Joins NGF in Data Collection Efforts (2/24/05)
  
• Development Slowdown Continues in 2004 (2/10/05)
  
• Rounds Up in 2004 (2/10/05)
  
• National Golf Foundation becomes partner in 2005 Golf Industry Show (1/27/05)
  
• NGF recognizes outstanding facilites with the 3rd annual Customer Loyalty Awards at the PGA Show (1/25/05)
  

2004

• New Report Details Facility Revenues, Expenses (12/1/04)
  
• NGF Names MG Orender 2004 Graffis Award Recipient (11/15/04)
  
• Rounds Dip in Third Quarter (10/26/04)
  
• Year-to-Date Rounds Up 2.5% (7/27/04)
  
• NGF Steps Up Data Collection Efforts with IBS (6/30/04)
  
• NGF now partnering with Golf Around the World to offer training and teaching aids (6/21/04)
  
• Core Golfers Gain Ground in 2003 (5/21/04)
  
• Rounds Increase in First Quarter (4/20/04)
  
• NGF, GOLF 20/20 Announce 2003 Rounds Played Results (3/29/04)
  
• Golf Consumer Confidence Begins Year on High Note (3/11/04)
  
• Real Estate Continues to Drive Course Development (3/1/04)
  
• Greg Hopkins Joins NGF Board of Directors (2/5/04)
  
• NGF recognizes outstanding facilities with the 2nd annual Customer Loyalty Awards at the PGA Show (1/22/04)
  
• Robert F. MacNally II (1/02/04)
  

2003

• Weather Primary Factor in Rounds Played Decline in 2003 (11/06/03)
  
• NGF releases new publication on golf ranges (10/29/03)
  
• NGF Names Executive Women’s Golf Association 2003 Graffis Award Recipient (10/09/03)
  
• Revitalizing Golf Management: 20th annual National Institute of Golf Management, January 11 - 15, 2004 (9/16/03)
  
• NGF releases private club and resort versions of CLASP (9/16/03)
  
• NGF releases new publication on women’s golf (8/19/03)
  
• When Lightning Approaches, Let It Play Through! (8/14/03)
  
• Brown joins the NGF as Director of Research (8/13/03)
  
• NGF Introduces New Golfacts Decision Support System (4/22/03)
  
• NGF Announces Golf Facility Revenues Flat, Two Thirds of U.S. Facilities Report Decrease in Rounds Played in 2002 (3/20/03)
  
• Marriott Golf to launch Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction Program (3/17/03)
  
• Golf Course Openings Slow for Second Consecutive Year (2/7/03)
  
• NGF Announces the Release of NGFGolFacts.com at PGA Show (1/23/03)
  
• NGF Recognizes Outstanding Facilities with Customer Loyalty Awards at PGA Show (1/22/03)
  
• Industry Associations Band Together on Rounds Played Coalition (1/21/03)
  

2002

• Average Core Golfer Wallet Share is 24 Percent (11/13/02)
  
• Byron Nelson Named NGF's 2002 Graffis Award Recipient (10/28/02)
  
• 19th Annual National Institute of Golf Management Ready to Revitalize Golf Management (10/7/02)
  
• Evergreen Alliance Golf Limited, IRI Golf Group and CourseCo launch NGF's Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction Program (10/7/02)
  
• The Executive's Guide to Top-Line Golf Statistics (9/14/02)
  
• Golf Consumer Spending Remains Steady (9/14/02)
  
• Only One in Five Golfers is Loyal to the Public Course Played Most Often (7/15/02)
  
• Del Webb Embraces Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction Program (4/11/02)
  
• NGF's (National Golf Foundation) Revamped Golf Project Report Goes Live (4/10/02)