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COVID-19 Impacts The Start Of Golf Season Again!
Across most of the country, Mother Nature helped with an early start to the 2021 golf season and public demand continued to be high, resulting in year-over-year increases in rounds played. Un- fortunately, a COVID-19 mandated closure in Ontario for 5 weeks through to May 22, 2021 certainly had a major impact and brought things to a screeching halt in the province.
Nationally, rounds played increased by 34% with Quebec leading the way with rounds almost tripling its 2020 level. YTD figures are even better with an 86% increase nationally due to early openings in many regions, no golf course closure mandates across the country (except as noted in Ontario), and favourable spring weather. Comparing to 5-year averages, rounds remain up by 13% for May, and by 25%, except for Ontario, due to the 5-week closure.
Nationally, revenues in May increased by 7%, with transactions up by 36%. Quebec and British Columbia lead the way in May with revenue increases over 60%, mainly at- tributable to earlier course openings and membership sales in Quebec, and better weather in British Columbia. Alberta, Ontario and the Atlantic region decreased from 2020 likely due to tighter restrictions on groups in Alberta, mandated closures in Ontario, and later openings in Atlantic Canada. The YTD revenue increase of 55% mainly reflects much stronger results in March and April, compared to 2020.
Members are participating and utilizing these reports more than ever. Thank you to all participating members for their efforts! Your Rounds Played and Weather Report infor- mation and data requests will be delivered to your inbox the first week of each month during the golf season, or you can view them online at www.ngcoa.ca.
For more information or to participate in the Revenue Tracker, Rounds Played and Weather Reports, contact Al Helmer at ahelmer@ngcoa.ca or 866-626-4262, ext 17.
REVENUE TRACKER REPORT May 2021
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