Many in the golf industry favor making daylight saving time permanent to boost evening golfing opportunities and drive sales at courses. Advocates argue that reverting to standard time would significantly reduce tee time availability and financial gains. The historical significance of golf in daylight saving time's evolution is noted, with its advocacy credited for extending the practice in the mid-1980s. Though many Americans are fatigued by the biannual time change and advocate for its end, recent state-level initiatives suggest a preference for retaining longer daylight hours throughout the year.
"We would lose 100 tee times a day if daylight saving time goes away," said Connor Farrell, general manager of Stone Creek Golf Course in Omaha, Nebraska. "Switching to permanent standard time would cost us $500,000 a year."
Golf has deep roots in the history of daylight saving time, which begins for most states at 2 a.m. Sunday when clocks "spring forward" by one hour.
Lawmakers try to make standard time permanent, but the constant clock adjusting has drawn the ire of Americans weary of losing an hour of sleep in the spring.
The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that in the last six years, 20 states have passed measures calling for a switch to year-round daylight saving time.
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