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THE NUMBERS THAT SHAPE YOUR BUSINESS TIDBIT OF THE MONTH Golf Rounds Played The percentages below represent the difference in number of rounds Development Picks Up played in March 2007 compared to the number of rounds played in in the Keystone State March 2006. On the heels of the 2006 I MARCH I • Y.T.D. • debuts of two heralded courses - Lederach in New England ME,VT,NH,MA,RI,CT -33.0% -3I.70/0 Harleysville and LedgeRock in Mohton - Pennsylvania Middle Atlantic NY,PA, NJ -18.1% -2I.70/0 has other golf projects in the works. Jack Frost East North Central MI, OH, IN, IL, WI 21.4% 11.60/0 National Golf Club, a semiprivate course in Blakeslee West North Central ND, MN, SD, NE, KS, IA, MO 33.50/0 10.6% designed by Terry LaGree, opened in mid-May. Slated for unveilings in 2009 are the Golf Club at Heritage South Atlantic wv, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA 0.7% -2.20/0 Creek Estates in Warwick Township, a Kelly Blake Moran design; and Applecross Country Club in East Florida O.20/0 -1.30/0 Brandywine, a private layout crafted by Michael Nicklaus. For details on these and other golf projects around the South Central KY, TN, AL, MS, OK, AR, LA 8.7% -9.70/0 , visit www.golfconstructionnews.com. Texas I.70/0 -14.30/0

COURTESY OF: Mountain MT,ID,WY, NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM 21.40/0 -1.30/0 Pacific WA, OR, AK, HI 19.10/0 5.10/0

California 23.0% 6.40/0

Spring Flings Wacky TOTAL UNITED STATES 8.80/0 •2.0%

Weather GOLF DATATECH It seems the weather was challenging most everywhere during the early spring - snow, cold, drought, etc. Did inclement weather affect your maintenance operation in March and April?

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