The aesthetics, the economics, and the rounds people still remember ten years later. Created by bogey golfer rehabbing his foot @santoshsankar.
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Americans played a record 551M rounds of golf last year, on about 2,000 fewer courses than there were in 2006
You'd think that makes it a great business. Most courses do pay their monthly bills fine. What closes them is a bill that shows up once every few decades
Using a rangefinder was against the Rules of Golf until 2006
Even then your course had to opt in. They only became legal by default in 2019
Full story, including the pro who got DQ'd when his rangefinder clicked into slope mode by accident
@USGA
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Food and beverage is about 30% of club revenue but contributes roughly zero gross profit
In fact, 70% of private clubs lose money on F&B
Goat Hill Park, Oceanside. The seventh is the Freeway Hole, and the course's own guide tells you to "take dead aim and be glad you're not in the
grid-lock on the 5 Freeway"
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The goat stands on a tall O, with 19 and 52 on either side, the year the course opened. Geoff Cunningham drew it and called it "my favorite logo I've ever made"
The first rent check, for 2021-22, came to $109,647.58
Goat Hill Park is No. 05 in the archive. @goathillpark
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In 2014 Oceanside, CA expected to spend about $190,000 just keeping its golf course open
"It was dirt, really," said John Ashworth, the golf apparel guy who took it over
He paid no rent for seven years. Now even the goat on the logo pays rent
The first rent check, for 2021-22, came to $109,647.58
Goat Hill Park is No. 05 in the archive. @goathillpark
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Neon yellow balls are harsh to look at
On a well-manicured green they ruin the crispness of a white ball
But plenty of people swear by them... when or what made you switch?
A golf club in Chattanooga is named for a fire. The founders were told the Cherokee held council around one there. For 34 years its logo was a feather.
The new logo is still a feather. Look at the top of it
Kinsey put $6M into the place over his last couple of years. At a member-owned club, the members write that check now.
The irrigation that went in with the course is 34 years old... it will come due soon.
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