September’s national weather came in statistically dead even in Golf Playable Hours (GPH) at +.5% compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Pellucid, a golf industry information and consulting firm based in Buffalo Grove, Ill. This flat month nonetheless closes a favorable 3rd quarter of weather, which recorded a 5% increase in GPH vs. Q3 ’07.
The flat weather month extends Mother Nature’s similarity streak to 2007 and provided neither a headwind nor tailwind to the country as a whole to generate more golf rounds. The regional breadth ratio remained in negative territory as10 regions are showing GPH gains for the year of 2% or more opposed by 19 regions with GPH decreases of 2% or more (the remaining 16 regions are in the neutral zone or +/-2%).
Pellucid President Jim Koppenhaver comments on the current results saying, “We opened the month with multiple hurricane events occurring in the Gulf Coast which were obviously detrimental to the Gulf Coast and South Texas regions. We also saw significant rainfall and flooding in areas up through the Midwest which put us behind early in the month. That said however, human nature is to remember the few significant events and forget the balance of the month which was unusually temperate and dry for much of the country which is reflected in the relatively flat performance overall for the month.”
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