However, those golfers were likely not able to enter the grill or restaurant or shop within the golf shop for their acquisition of the latest and greatest in golf equipment. Yet, Golf Datatech, LLC, the golf industry’s leading independent market research firm for retail sales, consumer and trade trends, has announced that U.S. retail golf equipment sales for August 2020 were up nearly 32% over the same period in 2019, exceeding the previous all-time high August (2006), by 15%. Additionally, five equipment categories, set all-time records for August: balls, irons, wedges, bags and gloves.