Pellucid Corp’s March Weather report is finally in and I found it as interesting as always.  It’s an neat perspective in terms of Mother Nature being unpredictable and golf relying on her cooperation to succeed.  In January, Jim Koppenhaver predicted we would see many “up months” in 2019 after a dismal 2018.  Then February happened and the data wasn’t good…  Thankfully, March rebounded and the data looked much better.

March’s results offer redemption for my prognosis that we’d see many months in ’19 with favorable “comps” as Golf Playable Hours (GPH) improved 9% compared to the same month last year. That result put us back in positive territory for the Year-to-Date (YtD) period which is now +2% (in our neutral zone).

“Fortunately I only had to eat crow for a month on my January prediction of many months of “up” weather this year (as February came crashing in) and March gets us back on the pattern I had expected. That said, we can also look at the ’19 March results against the 10-yr average and know that beating ’18’s March is nothing to write home about as it significantly lags “normal.”

I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but in Chicago, March started to hint at some REAL golf weather for us.  Of course, I still had to wait until April to get a “normal-feeling” round in – aka real golf.  (PS. I played pretty horrible.)  That said, the 70º weather we had for a few days makes me hopeful that we’re finally heading in the right direction and golf season can officially start now.

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