The Pellucid Perspective - July 2017 - 11

INDUSTRY
SCORECARD

June golf weather impact: 1st half closes with a
weather "draw" vs. '16

une weather results disappointed, coming in below the 10year Norm as well as last June as Available Rounds for the
month were -4% at the national level vs. Year Ago (YA).
That now reduces the Year-to-Date (YtD) figure to basically
flat through the first half of the season. Regional breadth deteriorated slightly but remained in neutral territory at 1:1 with
13 regions with favorable weather "comps" and 18 unfavorable
(the remaining 14 regions are in the neutral zone of +/- 2%).
Looking at YtD weather impact performance by day-of-week,
weather favorability is slightly biased to weekdays vs. weekends.
(Interestingly, Thursdays have been unusually poor). So we've
basically played to a weather "draw" through June; the key ques-

June YtD 2017
Month Capacity Rds, % Change vs. YA ...................... -4%
YtD Capacity Rds, % Chng vs. YA ................................ 0%
YtD Up/Down Breadth Ratio .......................................1:1
# of Regions Up...................................................... 13
# of Regions Down.................................................. 18
YtD % Utilization Rate (May '17) .............................. 49%
YtD % Utilization Rate Pt. Chng vs. YA (May '17) ... -3 pts

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tion for operators should be whether the 2nd half will deliver
better/same/worse weather results and where we'll land at year
end. Pellucid subscribers have access each month to our forecast
for '17 year-end GPH for Total US, the comparison to the 10year average, the regional breadth details and the day-of-week
breakdowns via the Geographic Weather Impact Tracking report or Pellucid Publications suite through the Client Login
section at the Pellucid website. Cognilogic facility weather impact subscribers also know these figures for their individual facility. (Go to www.pellucidcorp.com to subscribe or register for
more information and in exchange we'll send you a sample of the
'16 1st half actual results to review).
Played Rounds data for May published by Golf Datatech
basically followed Pellucid's previously-published Golf Playable
Hours (GPH) results, with demand registering -5% vs. YA. For
the YtD period, Utilization continues to lag the benchmark as
the -4% rounds demand figure trails basically flat GPH. Utilization figures for the month at the National and 61 key Markets (including Pellucid's designated Top 25 markets) level are
also available to Pellucid Publications members and Geographic
Weather Impact report subscribers.
Jim Koppenhaver comments, "June's negative weather results were driven by the Great Lakes, Texas and weakness in
the SE region. The -4% figure is slightly concerning for June
in that we generally see more moderation in the "comps" once
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