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Is it Me, or Do Many Who Run Golf Courses Not Understand Economics?

We are constantly bombarded with golf’s bad press and the whining that the game is dying, shrinking, and losing players by the thousands. So what’s the answer? Raise green fee prices! Wingpointe Golf Course A local…

Category: Golf, Golf Courses, Golf For Women

Welcome to the New Bonneville Golf Course

Pop quiz: What’s the first thing golf courses who just switched to a new automated sprinkling system do? Answer: Over-water. For decades Bonneville Golf Course here in Salt Lake City, Utah has been the most popular public course in the state…

Category: Golf, PGA Tour, Pro Golf

It’s Presidents Cup Week But Do You Care?

Yay! It’s Presidents Cup week. This event is a competition between a USA team of golfers pitted against an international squad of players who are not Ryder Cuppers. So it’s basically the USA versus anyone but europe. I’ve been waiting all…

I’d Rather Play Golf Than Watch It

Jordan Spieth Anything interesting happen in professional golf over the last few weeks? Actually, I wouldn’t know much other than Jordan Spieth set the record for most prize money ever, at somewhere around $22 million. He…

Category: Golf, Hackers

Dear Golf: You Can’t Fool Me This Time

Yesterday I played a round of golf at one of my all-time favorite courses here in northern Utah, Valley View Golf Course. Valley View is a tree-lined course, always plush and healthy, with a lot of very interesting elevation changes.…