re: University Club (LSU) golf membership cost

Yep, that's golf in a nutshell. We have a 5some of dependably players....it helps to combat slow play. You get used to a ratty golf course too after a while.

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It's not just golf. Look at sporting events across the county. Most season tickets (for all sports) are no longer geared toward the middle class. Such things are becoming luxury items. I sure wish this was not the case.

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I agree with this. Golf is the canary in the coal mine, but all sports are going through this.

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The best way I can explain this is by using that triangle analogy. One point is affordable prices, the next point is great golf course, and the final point is not overcrowded.

I realize this doesn't factor in driving distance and some other factors. But this is a simplified version of why golf courses don't succeed unless it is used to drive up real estate prices.

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I am very familiar with the triangle analogy. The problem I have is that the rush to have every golf course be a "championship course" with a "signature hole", is driving the learner out of the game. The reduction of courses is clearly driving overcrowding as well. When established courses like Sherwood and Fairwood go under without any option to opening up to the public, the duffer gets left behind. And without duffers, the game is stuck in a shrinking model. There has to be a model that can save the courses, even if the original owners go under.

Perhaps it's a function of the sport itself, it being so tied to personal bragging about status.

GEAUX TIGERS