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# [Extended Season Boosts Golf Rounds in Minnesota in 2024](https://mngolf.org/news/extended_season_boosts_golf_rounds_in_minnesota_in_2024)

 Written by [Warren Ryan](https://mngolf.org/news/author/warren-ryan) | December 23, 2024

EDINA, Minn. (December 23, 2024) - On behalf of its allied golf associations and its member golf clubs across the state, the Minnesota Golf Association has completed an annual facility rounds study to more accurately track golf participation in the state.

For the fifth time in the last six years of collecting data, golf facilities in Minnesota reported an increase in golf rounds over the previous year, by an average of 5.6 percent.

Jeff May, director of enterprise operations for the Three Rivers Park District and general manager of Baker National Golf Course in Medina, attributed a longer golf season and “the almost-perfect weather after Labor Day” for the 5.5 percent bump in rounds played year-over-year across all TRPD facilities (Cleary Lake, Eagle Lake, Glen Lake and Hyland Greens, in addition to BNGC).

“Even as the days get shorter in autumn, we saw more full days and overall stronger fall business." - Jeff May

"The most exciting trend relative to the growth in golf we are seeing is the demographics that represent that growth,” said Jon Mays, executive director and COO of the MGA. “Female, youth, and people of color continue to account for a significant portion of our growth, which is important to see from populations that have historically been underrepresented in golf.”

Likewise, the MGA, whose membership surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in its 123-year history, saw an increase in rounds posted of nearly 5 percent. †

The MGA surveyed 358 golf facilities around the state, with 108 facilities reporting rounds over the last six years in the following categories: municipal, (51.2 percent reporting); private, (55.8 percent); public daily fee, (27.8 percent); and resort, (36.4 percent).

 Daily Fee

 Daily Fee

 2019

 2020

 2021

 2022

 2023

 2024

 Avg. Rds/   
 Facility

 Avg. Rounds/Facility

 18,886

 24,819

 25,589

 24,366

 25,268

 27,248

 % Chg   
 YOY

 % Change YOY

 31.4%

 3.1%

 -4.8%

 3.7%

 7.8%

 Munis

 Municipal

 2019

 2020

 2021

 2022

 2023

 2024

 Avg. Rds/   
 Facility

 Avg. Rounds/Facility

 23,660

 30,151

 32,169

 30,871

 30,978

 32,557

 % Chg   
 YOY

 % Change YOY

 27.4%

 6.7%

 -4.0%

 0.3%

 5.1%

 Private

 Private

 2019

 2020

 2021

 2022

 2023

 2024

 Avg. Rds/   
 Facility

 Avg. Rounds/Facility

 17,111

 23,337

 25,025

 23,105

 22,423

 23,292

 % Chg   
 YOY

 % Change YOY

 36.4%

 7.2%

 -7.7%

 -3.0%

 3.9%

 Resort

 Resort

 2019

 2020

 2021

 2022

 2023

 2024

 Avg. Rds/   
 Facility

 Avg. Rounds/Facility

 13,207

 13,869

 14,142

 13,879

 13,997

 14,644

 % Chg   
 YOY

 % Change YOY

 5.0%

 2.0%

 -1.9%

 0.8%

 4.6%

 All   
 Facilities

 All Facilities

 2019

 2020

 2021

 2022

 2023

 2024

 Avg. Rds/   
 Facility

 Avg. Rounds/Facility

 20,317

 26,088

 27,179

 25,760

 26,127

 27,598

 % Chg   
 YOY

 % Change YOY

 28.4%

 4.2%

 -5.2%

 1.4%

 5.6%

 Short   
 Courses

 Short Courses

 2019

 2020

 2021

 2022

 2023

 2024

 Avg. Rds/   
 Facility

 Avg. Rounds/Facility

 16,249

 23,141

 22,526

 21,225

 21,558

 23,463

 % Chg   
 YOY

 % Change YOY

 42.4%

 7.1%

 -5.8%

 1.6%

 8.8%

† The MGA has 102,000 adult and youth individual members for the period ending Oct. 31, 2024; MGA members posted 1,708,935 rounds for April through October of 2024, a 4.9 percent increase YOY (the MGA score-posting season for handicap purposes begins April 1 and runs through October).

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