November rounds saw a 3% year-over-year gain on a national level, virtually assuring that 2024 will finish with another record-setting play total.
With just one off-season month of rounds left to track in 2024, year-to-date play remains 2.6% ahead of 2023’s pace, when a record number of rounds were played at U.S. facilities nationwide.
Warmer November temperatures yielded noteworthy YOY play gains in the New England (+34%) and Mid Atlantic (+21%) regions, where rounds during this time of year are limited significantly by seasonality. Rounds were also up notably in the South Central (+9%) and South Atlantic (+7%) regions, the former of which includes Texas (+12%) and the latter including golf-rich states such as Georgia (+12%) and the Carolinas (+8%).
Winter weather unfriendly to golf had the opposite impact throughout states in the Mountain region, with Colorado (-42%) seeing the biggest decline in November play compared to a year ago.
NGF provides confidential, facility-level rounds data to Golf Datatech in helping compile the free, monthly play reports on behalf of the golf industry.
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