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"After a lull in participation, it appears the golf industry is heading in the right direction.\nAccording to the National Golf Foundation, which analyzes data and reports across the sport, rounds played in the United States are up for the first time since 2012.\nThe spike is attributed to a warm winter in the Midwest and Northeast, as rounds played in October to December were up 12 percent. On the year, rounds played were 1.8 percent better than 2014.\nIt wasn&amp;#39;t all good news. Despite an East Coast boom, the 2016 numbers are off to a slow start due to unfavorable weather in California, Florida and the Carolinas.\n\nWATCH: GOLF DIGEST VIDEOS\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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