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Originally Posted by WingedFoot78
What will the conditions of the courses be like in 3 to 5 years? TV are not keeping up with home and golf course construction. There were 12 championship and 40 Executive courses before the building boom south of 44 started. How many new families have moved in since then. How many new courses have been built in that time. Don't count the pitch 'n putts & putt putt. They are not real courses and should not be counted in the total holes that TV like to brag about.
I have had to give up golf due to medical reasons. In the past 20 months, the course conditions have deteriorated, course closures have increased, and tee times are becoming harder to get according what I read on TOTV.
Maybe the powers that be should slow down the new home construction and let the GC construction catch up to the needs of golfing community, both in new courses and in the the conditions of the existing courses. Word will get out that TV's golf is having issues.
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I think it's even worse than you suggest. It seems there are always courses being "renovated", which seems to mean, torn up and the grass replaced and bunkers re-worked.
I take it from your name, you were probably a member of Winged Foot? If I'm not mistaken, Winged Foot went over 90 years, without a major renovation (other than some greens/bunker work). Day after day, week after week, winter or summer, those golf courses have been maintained. "Deferred maintenance" or lack of daily attention, is the road to ruination in the golf course business.