National Benchmarking Report 2025: Week 35 (Apr 6)
ForeSee Golf Weekly Data Report – Inaugural Insights
Welcome to the first edition of our weekly data report, where we share actionable insights gathered from over 2,500 golf courses across the nation. In this debut week’s dataset, we’re letting the numbers speak for themselves. While many metrics align with industry expectations, we’re also noticing a few compelling outliers that may offer course operators unique opportunities. Read on to explore our findings for Occupancy, Average Daily Rate (ADR), Revenue per Available Round (RevPAR), and the Revenue Generation Index (RGI).
Occupancy Rate (OR): 48.75%
A particularly interesting insight is that Friday mid-day and twilight occupancy rates are the highest of all days of the week. While the overall market average hovers around 48%, these specific periods on Friday significantly outperform other days by almost 10 percentage points. This suggests a pronounced demand spike at these times—indicating a clear pricing opportunity. Course operators could explore premium rate adjustments or targeted promotions during Friday’s high-demand mid-day and twilight periods to better capture revenue and optimize overall RevPAR.
Average Daily Rate (ADR): $66.78
The data reveals an average daily rate near $61. While many courses cluster around this figure, there are notable exceptions where premium pricing is evident. Sunday came in with the highest average ADR ($64) with Sunday morning as the highest section of day ADR ($77). Friday’s mid day and twilight average rates we’re lower than the weekend showing more evidence of pricing opportunity Friday afternoons to increase RevPAR given the significantly higher demand.
Revenue per Available Round (RevPAR): $31.69
RevPAR, which combines occupancy with ADR to reflect overall revenue performance, shows a market average around $33. However, the spread in RevPAR values highlights that not every course is capitalizing on its potential revenue. For some operators, the data suggests there are opportunities to push RevPAR higher by aligning pricing strategies with days and times of peak demand. The observed variances provide a starting point for further operational review and revenue management improvements.
Bonus Insights
State Metrics
Top AVG Occupancy Rate: Utah (67%)
Top AVG RevPAR: Hawaii ($74.80)
Management Company Metrics
Top Revenue Generation Index: Troon (2.31)
Top RevPAR: Touchstone ($21.50)
Noteefy Perfomance Tracking
Our analysis compares occupancy rates (OR) between courses that use Noteefy's waitlist technology and those that don’t. The premise behind a waitlist is straightforward: by quickly filling cancellations, a waitlist should help a course maintain or boost its occupancy rate—making the service a valuable investment at $5,000 per year.
OR for course WITHOUT Noteefy: 44.76%
OR for course WITH Noteefy: 42.32%
Conclusion: Courses WITHOUT Noteefy outperform courses with Noteefy by 5%
This finding raises important questions. If a waitlist is truly effective, we would expect that courses employing Noteefy would see higher occupancy rates compared to those that do not. Instead, the data suggests that these courses are not benefiting as expected from the technology—calling into question its overall effectiveness.
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