#Pellucid answers update

Looking back at May rounds played as reported by Golf Datatech/NGF to calculate the facility % Utilization Rate (UR), the flat rounds demand results (+1%) outperformed the slight decrease in GPH (-1%) resulting in the first month of Utilization gain this year (not a significant “beat” but we’ll take it). The supporting figures for the 2015 full-year comparative GPH for Total US, the comparison to the 10-yr average and the day-of-week breakdowns are available to Geographic Weather Impact Analysis tracking purchasers or Pellucid Publications Members via the Client Login section at the Pellucid website (go to for information or to subscribe for information-seekers we’ll send you a sample of the ’14 1st half actual results to review).

#Pellucid answers update

Looking to the year-end forecast for GPH, we saw a slight improvement with the June update but, overall, we still won’t be far off the ’14 weather and are projected to trail the 10-yr average. weekends which will likely have some impact on rounds and revenue. Looking at YtD weather impact performance by day-of-week, favorability swung considerably stronger in weekdays vs. The YtD regional positive/negative breadth ratio remains positive at 5:1 with 22 regions having favorable weather against 4 regions with unfavorable weather (19 regions fell in the neutral zone of +/- 2%).

That result continued to marginally chip away at the positive Year-to-Date (YtD) results which now register +4% vs. At the national level, June came in statistically flat as Golf Playable Hours (GPH) registered down 1% vs.