The Santa Monica, Calif.-based management company, currently owned by an investor group headed by Goldman Sachs and Starwood Capital, will be acquired by the New York investment firm, according to a report in The Pellucid Perspective.
Golf Holding Its Own Against Continuing Unfavorable Weather, Reports Pellucid
Among the YtD market utilization “winners” are Seattle, Cleveland, Dallas and Boston while the “biggest losers” consist of Denver, Cincinnati and Atlanta.
Golf Winter Begins Early, Reports Pellucid
November’s Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were down 18% as compared to November 2009, says a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm. That fact slightly lowered the Year-to-Date (Ytd) weather impact. For the YtD period, the Utilization Rate held steady at 52% and it remains down 1 point compared to the…
October Weather Great, But Too Late, Reports Pellucid
October broke the industry’s 4 month trend of unfavorable weather as Golf Playable Hours (GPH) soared 15% as compared to October 2009, says a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm. That left the Year-to-Date (YtD) GPH essentially flat. Looking back at the previously-reported September weather results vs. the Golf Datatech/NGF…
No Favors Mother Nature in September, Reports Pellucid
September marked the fourth consecutive month of unfavorable weather at the national level as Golf Playable Hours (GPH) dipped -4% as compared to September 2009, says a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm. That further eroded the Year-to-Date GPH. Looking back at the previously-reported August weather results vs. the Golf Datatech/NGF…
June Weather in the “Neutral Zone” Reports Pellucid
June landed safely in the neutral zone with Golf Playable Hours (GPH) basically flat as compared to June 2009, says a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm. That slightly eroded the Year-to-Date (YtD) GPH figure which also dipped into the neutral zone through June after being in positive territory since April…
April Weather Up, Utilization Down Reports Pellucid
According to a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, following very encouraging March weather, golf facilities were rewarded with yet another positive month as the April Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were up 20% compared to April 2009. That completely erased the weather deficit caused by unfavorable January and February…
March Weather Up, Reports Pellucid
According to a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, following two dismal weather months opening 2010, golf facilities got some welcome relief as the March Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were up 11% compared to March 2009. That produced a rebound in the Year-to-Date (YtD) GPH figure to -6% through March…
Pellucid’s 2009 State Of The Industry Report Published
Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, announces the public release of their definitive account of golf industry health, the 2009 State of the Industry report. The 8th annual report, produced in collaboration with Edgehill Golf Advisors, outlines the case that the golf industry weathered a challenging year relatively well with flat rounds,…
February Weather Down, Reports Pellucid
According to a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, following a poor January opening to the year, the 12-month season golf geographies took another hit as the February Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were down 27% for the Total US vs. January 2009. That produced a further decline in the…
December Weather Not Friendly To Golf
Although only a fraction of the country was playing golf in December, a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, found that the results for its warm climate constituency were unfriendly as December’s Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were down 10% as compared to December 2008. Looking at the year to date weather…
November Playable Hours Giveth What October Taketh Away
According to a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, November weather offset October’s dramatic decline and then some as Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were up 36% compared to 2008.That created a meaningful upward swing in the GPH Year-to-Date (YtD) results moving it up by almost 2 full points to +1% at…
September Rounds Up, October Weather Abysmal
According to a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, October weather took a dramatic turn for the worse as it relates to golf, registering a 10% decline in Golf Playable Hours (GPH) as compared with October 2008. That made a meaningful dent in the GPH Year-to-Date (YtD) results dropping that figure…
Pellucid Discusses the Evolving Health of Local Golf Markets
Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, announces an upcoming WebEx discussion of the slowly stabilizing health of many golf markets using their 2008 Golf Local Market Analyzer software. In the discussion and demonstration, Pellucid President Jim Koppenhaver will explain the current indicators his organization is focusing on for signals of stabilization. He will…
August Weather Off Slightly; July Utilization Inches Up
According to a report by Pellucid Corp., a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based consulting firm, Golf Playable Hours (GPH) were down 1.7% in August compared to the same month a year earlier. After July’s marginally positive year-to-date weather impact, that brought GPH for the year back to dead even through August vs. the same period in 2008.…