NJ.com: Public golf courses in N.J. survive changing times

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In New Jersey, there were 6.8 percent more golfers in July of this year than in July 2013, but the state still has seen a 0.2 percent drop overall this year so far - essentially flat, said Golf Datatech's co-founder, Tom Stine.

Stine said golf participation peaked before the Great Recession, around 2007. Since then, consumers have been cautious with leisure spending, and play has not returned to those levels, he said.

"Coming off the recession, people are more concerned about how they spend their discretionary funds," Stine said.

Still, the biggest determining factor for how the industry does in any given year is based mostly on the weather, Stine said.

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