“The golf course design business right now is a little more of a struggle.”
As with things are going right now in the real estate economy, only two new courses will open in Massachusetts this year. This article contains a number of updates on New England based architects Mark Mungeam (who made the statement in the headline) and Brian Silva.
Mungeam said although most course design work has shifted to [...]
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Twisting words to fit your agenda
Bomb and Gouge are going after Jack Nicklaus again in their blog (and Geoff Shackelford too - entertainment at its finest!), but in addition to the usual strawmen they enjoy beating on, this time they twist Jack’s words to help fit their agenda. B&G are taking issue with Nicklaus’ contention that we may see 5-iron [...]
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Bomb and Gouge being Bomb and Gouge
Bomb and Gouge, the blog of the equipment editors at Golf Digest’s website, are an entertaining duo. They, along with the equipment manufactures, are almost the only ones on the planet who don’t see the increasing problems that technology is creating in the game. Recently, they go after Jack Nicklaus in a cleverly titled “Jack [...]
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“That would be one thing I would do. I would fix the friggin’ equipment.”
Jack Nicklaus is not one to hold back an opinion, between that and his golf accomplishments, he is somebody who deserves a tremendous amount of respect and admiration. Gene Wojciechowski’s profile of what Nicklaus is up to at ESPN is an interesting read. It highlights Nicklaus’ busy design schedule around the world. He talks about [...]
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Tiger-effect never materialized
This article highlights the problems that courses in Connecticut are facing in the over-built golf market.
Like courses all around the country, the Manchester Country Club fell victim to the Tiger Woods effect: Developers began building an overabundance of golf courses in the late 1990s to accommodate a projected boom in golfers. But there weren’t as [...]
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Private clubs facing major problems
Not that this is new or shocking, but two articles have appeared over the past day about the problems facing private country clubs. The first highlights the problems facing clubs in the Cleveland area and the second, a very long and detailed article by Gary D’Amato, one of the best golf writers in the country, [...]
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Follow up: Golf’s future
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s golf writer, Gary D’Amato, writes on what the Wisconsin PGA section is doing to promote golf to youth.
The WPGA board of directors recently approved an ambitious plan to introduce golf to kids at schools throughout the state.
The goal is to reach 90,000 children over the next three years through a program [...]
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Are “executive” courses the key to golf’s future?
This question arose after reading an article in our local newspaper yesterday about an executive course under construction in Duluth, Georgia. The course is set to open towards the end of summer and will be a 9-hole course - with 18 tees. It also will include a driving range.
[Chip] Randall is … is spending $2.5 [...]
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