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WEATHER SCORE • AUGUST 2022
 Average weather score given by golf course operators on how weather impacted their business in this month.  5=Average for this time of year. 10=Perfect Weather. 0=Course unplayable due to weather.
 YTD: Year to Date | 5yr: Average Score for 2016-20
MONTH YTD 5yr. MONTH 5yr. YTD
8.4 8.3 7.1 7.6 6.6 8.1 5.7 5.8 4.4 6.2 7.3 6.3 7.9 7.3 7.0 7.5 7.4 8.7 6.1 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.6
British Columbia Alberta Prairies Ontario Québec
Atlantic
AUGUST 2022
$Revenues
August YTD #Transactions August YTD
$Revenues
August YTD
#Transactions
August YTD
%C from 2021
+0.6%
+3.9%
%C from 2021
-3.0% -2.8%
JUNE: Revenues & transactions for the month [August 2022 vs. August 2021] YTD: Cumulativerevenues&transactionsforthecalendaryeartoAugust31
[2022 vs. 2021]
Data is total Visa, MC, Amex & Debit volume from over 900 NGCOA Canada member facilities. Does not include cash or cheque revenues or transactions.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
British Columbia Alberta
+3.9% +5.0% +0.9% -4.0%
British Columbia Alberta
-3.8% +3.3% -8.3% -9.5%
Prairie
+8.0% +3.3%
Prairie
+9.4% +2.8%
Ontario
-5.4%
+10.3%
Ontario
-8.2%
+3.2%
Quebec
-5.8% -13.0%
Quebec
-6.4% -17.2%
Atlantic
+6.8% +19.6%
Atlantic
+1.5% +13.8%
National revenue volumes were up slightly in August while transaction numbers dipped by 3%. Although revenue decreases were seen in Ontario (-5.4%) and Quebec (-5.8%), all other regions showed reasonable revenue growth over August 2021.
YTD Revenues are 3.9% better than 2021 levels despite YTD Rounds declines of 6% and operator weather scores only slightly better than 2021.
ROUNDS PLAYED • AUGUST 2022
National
August YTD
5yr Aug 5yr YTD
Regional
August
YTD 5yr August 5yr YTD
Rounds (18E)
5061 19674 Rounds (18E) 4680 17691
British Columbia
-4.4% -15.2% +2.1% +2.3%
%C from 2021
-2.6%
-6.3%
%C for 2022
+8.1% +11.2%
Alberta
+4.1%
-10.5%
+16.4% +7.5%
YTD: 5yr: %C:
Prairies
+11.1%
-13.4%
+15.7% +0.8%
Year to Date
Average rounds for 2017-2021 Percent change
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
Ontario
-5.8%
+6.5% +6.8% +20.2%
Québec
-8.4% -12.1% +6.2% +14.6%
Atlantic
-6.0% -12.3% +3.7% +10.7%
While both Alberta (+4.1%) and the Prairies (+11.1%) saw modest gains for the month of August; the remainder of the country were lower than 2021 levels resulting in a slight drop in National Average Rounds in August (-2.6%).
When comparing rounds to weather, operator scores from across the country were generally favourable (7.1 or higher) indicating a modest retreat from the very high COVID demand/utilization levels.
Although the small August decline brings the National YTD result to a decrease of 6.3%, that level is still 11% higher than the 5-year average and represents a gain of almost 2,000 rounds per course.
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