re: How is Webb Park looking these days?

Change.org petition that never works out. City park is profitable and they’re making improvements. Everything they’re suggesting is going to be included in the lake Reno or is already at the park.

Don’t support varsity sports if you like golf.

I like the way you think. I agree with charging more, its ridiculous to take 5 hours to play Santa Maria.

I'm joining copper and money Hill. I can drive to either of those finish a round and get back to br in less time than it takes to play SM.

Mississippi has great courses..... There are no where near $50

It’s the opposite of how BREC handles things. Yes, taxes go the parks. But golf isn’t for everyone. There’s WAY too many rounds at their courses and that’s where everything starts to go downhill.
Don’t look at the shape of the course and charge accordingly. You’ve got to thin out the herd. When you do that, conditions will improve. There’s good people at the courses, but there’s no time. You don’t need that much money, you need TIME.
You can pass by Webb at 6:30 am and there’s golfers on the 3rd hole. What do you expect to get done with that kind of traffic?
Run the courses like a real golf course and you’ll see real results.

Why do the greens stay so wet at City Park? Also they redid #7 and added irrigation. It has moguls on it now. Very tough to putt on. Also not sure why they didn’t take the sand trap out on #7? #2, #9, and the putting green are being redone as well. Please comment and speak out on the need to keep CP an affordable golf course and a buffer from the Gardens District and the hood.

No I’m good.
You need me to get you some coupons and food stamps so yo broke arse can afford golf?

Actually yea. I'm all out of coupons. I used all of my "2 for 1" coupons at your moms last night.

Seriously, there's something rich about a guy complaining about all the brokies at the municipal golf course. Has it ever occurred to you that if you don't want to play with the poors you sign up for a club and play the private clubs?

I’m not complaining about “brokies”
I called you broke cause you felt the need to throw insults.
I referred to golfers as “cheap”, as in expecting a great deal when the fact is there is nothing about this game that’s a “deal”.
Everything in the world has an increasing price tag, including the maintenance of golf….and you want a green fee for $20. Go to the grocery store and see what $20 gets you.
If “poor” is what you consider yourself, the go chip in your backyard.

Actually, I went and played it this weekend. It was in better shape than it has been previously. It's still not up to the quality of a private course, but it's playable. I was surprised at how much better it has gotten in the past two months.

He means based on location and demand. Those are prime real estate areas. They should be way nicer and be charging more.

There’s only 2 ways it can go;
Either the course runs the golfer or the golfer runs the course.
For courses trying to keep their head above water (mostly semi-private clubs) the golfer has way too much pull, because they are desperately trying pull a profit.

Courses stay packed and slow and maintenance is given no real consideration aside from bare bones basic practices. Those practices will become the death of the course eventually.

If you’re closed one day a week and average a 100 golfers a day (which is a ton), you’re over 30,000 rounds. That’s too much golf for a course and there’s courses in this area close to 40,000.

You’ve got to run the golfer. Weekdays 8am start (weekends 7:30am)
12-15 minute gaps (20 would be better)
Regulate certain times for singles, two-somes, three-somes and four-somes (five-somes is the worst idea in golf!)
Do whatever needs to keep your rounds around 20,000 that will dictate price.

BREC already has taxpayer money to play with before the first shot is took. They are in a prime position to run the golfer, but just won’t.
I understand trying to keep everyone happy with parks and zoos and community activities.

But that’s not golf. It wasn’t meant to be that kind of sport. And stats prove it. It’s an expensive activity on a 100 acres or more. All those courses that developed during the boom of the 70’s-90’s are all but closed. We’re inching back to private, casino, resort or muni. And really they all have resources.

It’s just who runs who….