How many rounds of golf are played in the USA during winter? (FL, TX, CA, etc)

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Clarification of Question by ilovegolf-ga on 19 Aug 2006 21:37 PDT

Rounds of golf played between October and March in the USA. (FL, CA,
etc, assume golf will be played in only temperate climates)

<Rounds of golf played during winter.

These reports give the median rounds played for facilities with 18
holes. They also breakdown the number of rounds by facility type.

Median rounds played for facilities with 18 holes.
October 2005 ? 2,092
October 2004 ? 2,044
Source: PGA Performance Trak.
http://pdf.pgalinks.com/pgalinks/professionals/PerformanceTrakES_1005.pdf

Median rounds played for facilities with 18 holes.
November 2005 ? 1,381
November 2004 ? 1,124

November 2005  by region  
Colorado ? 1,496 , 68 per day
Nebraska ? 736, 32 per day
Metropolitan ? 647, 26 per day
Utah ? 1,347, 53 per day
Southern Texas ? 2295, 82 per day
Midwest ? 1,230, 52 per day
Source: PGA Performance Trak.
http://pdf.pgalinks.com/pgalinks/professionals/PerformanceTrakES_1105.pdf

Median rounds played for facilities with 18 holes.
December 2005 ? 751
December 2004 ? 819
Source: PGA Performance Trak.
http://pdf.pgalinks.com/pgalinks/professionals/PerformanceTrakES_1205.pdf

Median rounds played for facilities with 18 holes.
January 2006 ? 900
January 2005 ? 574
Source: PGA Performance Trak.
http://pdf.pgalinks.com/pgalinks/professionals/PerformanceTrakES_0106.pdf

Median rounds played for facilities with 18 holes.
February 2006 ? 753
February 2005 ? 800
Source: PGA Performance Trak.
http://pdf.pgalinks.com/pgalinks/professionals/PerformanceTrakES_0306.pdf

Median rounds played for facilities with 18 holes.
February 2006 ? 1,436
February 2005 ? 1,361
Source: PGA Performance Trak.
http://pdf.pgalinks.com/pgalinks/professionals/PerformanceTrakES_0206.pdf

Data for other months can be found here.
Source: PGA Performance Trak.
http://www.pgalinks.com/index.cfm?ctc=1778
Seasonal distribution of golf play in Florida 2000.

Season          Mean per course  Share of total%      Total (million rounds)
January ? April  19,863 +/-962        49              28.7
May ? September   9,468 +/-574        23              13.7
October ? December11,150 +/-591       28              16.2

Source: Economic Impacts of the Florida Golf Course Industry. Joun .
Haydu, Alan W. Hodges.
http://hortbusiness.ifas.ufl.edu/eir02-4r.pdf#search=%22winter%20golf%20rounds%20respondents%22

In 2004, golfers played 11,643,987 eighteen hole-equivalent rounds of
golf in Arizona.
Peak season ? 49%
Off-peak seasons ? 26%
Shoulder seasons ? 25%

Golf seasons by region.
          Peak begin  end    Off-peak begin end    No golf begin   end.
Central   15 Mar     23 Jul  21 Mar        15 May  25 Sep          9 Oct
Maricopa  16 Dec     20 Apr  2 Jun         26 Sep  22 Sep          8 Oct
North     11 Dec     30 Jun  16 Jun         7 Jul  1 Nov          31 Mar
Pima      18 Nov     28 Apr  14 May         8 Oct  20 Sep         20 Oct
South     11 Jan     31 May  1 Jul         10 Nov  1 Jun          30 Jun

Source: Economic impacts and environmental aspects of the Arizona Golf
course industry. Dr. Troy G. Schimtz. May 19, 2006.
http://www.poly.asu.edu/news/2006/05/19/golfaz2006.pdf#search=%22season%20%22golf%20rounds%22%20respondents%22>

The NGF produces a number of golf industry reports
http://www.ngf.org/cgi/golfindustryreport.asp>


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