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Covington Country Club decides to get out of the golf business
Posted on 10/21/21 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 10/21/21 at 5:57 pm
What used to be a beautiful, challenging course with a great restaurant and pool on the river, slowly devolved into a Public goat farm that at least was inexpensive at $152/month.
Every day the greens get worse, the tee boxes are dirt and today they sent out an email notifying members that the rate will now be $190/month. The good news? Sometime next year they will lease new carts and equipment.......no word on improving the course.
I’ll take my $$$$ elsewhere. Sad that I live down the street from the course and will not spend another nickel there.
Every day the greens get worse, the tee boxes are dirt and today they sent out an email notifying members that the rate will now be $190/month. The good news? Sometime next year they will lease new carts and equipment.......no word on improving the course.
I’ll take my $$$$ elsewhere. Sad that I live down the street from the course and will not spend another nickel there.
This post was edited on 10/21/21 at 6:18 pm
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Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:10 pm to MizunoDude
I went a few months ago, will never go back. You couldn’t tell fairway from rough on 5 I think it is.
It was terrible
It was terrible
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:32 pm to MizunoDude
Seems like it’s very easy to have a course go to shite nowadays
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:20 pm to PenguinPubes
It's not the course....it's the culture.
The country club generation is dying out. Golf is reverting back to a rich man's game....and rich people don't like golf that much anymore.
Poor folks want a Golf Now deal and courses can't function on that junk.
Money is tight and nice courses are gonna get fewer down here.
The country club generation is dying out. Golf is reverting back to a rich man's game....and rich people don't like golf that much anymore.
Poor folks want a Golf Now deal and courses can't function on that junk.
Money is tight and nice courses are gonna get fewer down here.
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:15 pm to MizunoDude
Covington sucks. No one there gives a shite. It could be a fun course
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:19 pm to MizunoDude
Amazing they cannot make it with that being the only public option on the North Shore. Unless I'm missing somewhere?
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:21 pm to PenguinPubes
Very expensive to maintain
Posted on 10/21/21 at 9:40 pm to ChrisBurky
Yeah you would think there would be a lot of demand in this area for public golf. But It’s too expensive for what it is. The way they maintain that course it should be 20 bucks to play. 55 or whatever it is just robbery
Posted on 10/22/21 at 4:13 am to MizunoDude
We haven’t played together in a while, but where are you going to start playing? I’m at pinewood right now and if you think CCC is in bad shape, you don’t want to play over here.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 4:49 am to tigerwith3
Not sure. Strongly considering Beau Chene but that is a stretch at $490/month.
Perhaps Oak Harbor
Gonna have to look around. Really pissed at how they handled the increase. Would have stayed had they made course improvements first and then asked for an increase. Blossman is a greedy idiot.
Perhaps Oak Harbor
Gonna have to look around. Really pissed at how they handled the increase. Would have stayed had they made course improvements first and then asked for an increase. Blossman is a greedy idiot.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 5:59 am to MizunoDude
Very disappointed to hear about the decline at Covington. I haven’t played there in 4+ years. I always thought that the front 9 was fun & challenging.
What’s the owners goal here? Is he hoping to shut the course down and divide the land into expensive home sites? If so I hate to see it.
What’s the owners goal here? Is he hoping to shut the course down and divide the land into expensive home sites? If so I hate to see it.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 8:19 am to MizunoDude
Played it a couple weeks ago and definitely won’t be back, zero pride being taken in the course. It’s unbelievable that there’s no public course worth a shite on the NS. No driving range either. If someone opened one in a decent spot they would make a bajillion dollars. Doesn’t need to be a Topgolf, just something like St Rose.
All that said, it’s probably the reason Money Hill, BC, and TCC are all surviving, have to join somewhere if you have any interest in playing a decent track.
All that said, it’s probably the reason Money Hill, BC, and TCC are all surviving, have to join somewhere if you have any interest in playing a decent track.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 9:43 am to BonesMalone
quote:I think that’s partly it. Golf courses can’t survive on cutting $25 deals so the playable public courses will become more like goat ranches or just close down altogether.
It's not the course....it's the culture.
The country club generation is dying out. Golf is reverting back to a rich man's game....and rich people don't like golf that much anymore.
Poor folks want a Golf Now deal and courses can't function on that junk.
Money is tight and nice courses are gonna get fewer down here.
However, I believe golf is just as popular as ever and those with means will continue to pay for it. But we’re seeing more of a divergence in courses with affordable, public courses either closing or turning to shite, which will leave just expensive country club or resort golf courses, and goat ranches for the public.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 10:18 am to BonesMalone
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The country club generation is dying out. Golf is reverting back to a rich man's game....and rich people don't like golf that much anymore.
Weren’t there multiple people on here talking about how the last year or so golf really became popular again and courses across the country have been packed?
This post was edited on 10/22/21 at 10:23 am
Posted on 10/22/21 at 12:19 pm to NaturalBeam
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But we’re seeing more of a divergence in courses with affordable, public courses either closing or turning to shite, which will leave just expensive country club or resort golf courses, and goat ranches for the public.
That's kind of how it's always been. The late 90's and early 00's is the lone exception as a result of Tiger mania. I've been playing for 30+ years, and in most areas your choices are goat track muni, expensive public/resort course, or join a country club. And in some areas, the country clubs are goat tracks as well. Courses are expensive to maintain, so no course charging $30-$50 for a weekend round is going to survive while maintaining suitable conditions. Every nice public/resort course I've played in the last 5-10 years has been at least $75 for a round, most closer to $100-$120. Most people aren't going to pay that more than once or twice a month, if even that often, and those same people don't play enough to justify a country club membership.
I think maybe I just agreed with everything you said but just said it differently.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 1:14 pm to StringMusic
Agreement terms when Blossman bought it prohibits Housing. I think Cemetery or Hospital or some such nonsense
Posted on 10/22/21 at 1:22 pm to The Spleen
Thing is, They raise the membership dues, offer no special conditions for members(Preferred Tee Times as an example) and didn't raise the public fee. They will tell members tees slots are full until late, then you show up and public daily fee players just come in, no tee time, pay and are told, "It's slow out there but go ahead out".
They will fill the course with public golfers, not marshal pace of play, and let single after single out.
If anything, Fri/Sat/Sun should be preferred times for members and any daily player needs to wait until at a foursome can be sent out.
That's the thing, growing season is over, greens and course will really start to deteriorate, cold rainy weather will move in and the daily fee players will disappear yet the membership dues will continue to roll in.
Very poor business model.
They will fill the course with public golfers, not marshal pace of play, and let single after single out.
If anything, Fri/Sat/Sun should be preferred times for members and any daily player needs to wait until at a foursome can be sent out.
That's the thing, growing season is over, greens and course will really start to deteriorate, cold rainy weather will move in and the daily fee players will disappear yet the membership dues will continue to roll in.
Very poor business model.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 2:21 pm to MizunoDude
Oh wow, that is a really shitty way to do business. My brother has a membership at a similar semi-private club, and members do get earlier access to weekend tee times. IIRC, all weekend tee times are available to members only up until the weekend before. They also have some rule where if a member cancels/no shows for a reserved tee time a certain number of times, their booking privileges are suspended. Seems like a good way to give balance to the member/public tee time availability.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 3:07 pm to MizunoDude
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didn't raise the public fee
One of the great myths in golf business is you can just raise public rates. But, there is so much data, they know exactly what they can charge or the course will be empty. There is a market and that is all they can charge.
Posted on 10/22/21 at 3:21 pm to MizunoDude
What’s going on with the old Abita course? Anyone know?
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