Cousins buys a golf course

shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

@"RS Express" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

On the contrary.  With what athlete and/or fame-worshipping yoyos will be willing to pay to say they played on his course, he'll be raking it in  B)  

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

And public courses struggle to survive. 

@"Chuckf" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

And public courses struggle to survive. 

Not in my area.  Public Golf courses are RAKING it in.   Country Clubs are full and turning applicants away.  Trying to get a tee time on a Saturday or Sunday morning is virtually impossible.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Chuckf" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

And public courses struggle to survive. 

Not in my area.  Public Golf courses are RAKING it in.   Country Clubs are full and turning applicants away.  Trying to get a tee time on a Saturday or Sunday morning is virtually impossible.

its likely a regional thing, there are parts of the country where you cant throw a baseball without hitting a fairway, and in tougher economic times I can see some of those lower end courses having a harder time keeping up financially.  in rural areas the vast majority of courses are public, often the only track in the area so... I will say that the CCs up here arent as popular as they seem to be in the south where they can stay open year round,   up here a CC is basically a March to October thing,  most close up then since there just isnt much to do at the CC when its -20 and snow is measured in feet,  although I do know of a few that keep their clubhouse bar and grill open for members,  but usually limited hours.

@"Chuckf" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Chuckf" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

And public courses struggle to survive. 

Not in my area.  Public Golf courses are RAKING it in.   Country Clubs are full and turning applicants away.  Trying to get a tee time on a Saturday or Sunday morning is virtually impossible.

its likely a regional thing, there are parts of the country where you cant throw a baseball without hitting a fairway, and in tougher economic times I can see some of those lower end courses having a harder time keeping up financially.  in rural areas the vast majority of courses are public, often the only track in the area so... I will say that the CCs up here arent as popular as they seem to be in the south where they can stay open year round,   up here a CC is basically a March to October thing,  most close up then since there just isnt much to do at the CC when its -20 and snow is measured in feet,  although I do know of a few that keep their clubhouse bar and grill open for members,  but usually limited hours.

I can agree with that.  I am here in Iowa and while golf courses are very lucrative the land here is so expensive because most of it is the top crop yielding acres in the world.   The bushels of corn and beans we get here per acre is off the charts so we do not have what you would say is a LOT of golf courses compared to other places I have been to like Phoenix, Florida, SOCAL, Atlanta etc.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Chuckf" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Chuckf" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: shit.... golf courses are incredibly expensive to maintain.... there goes any chance for a discount on his next contract......

And public courses struggle to survive. 

Not in my area.  Public Golf courses are RAKING it in.   Country Clubs are full and turning applicants away.  Trying to get a tee time on a Saturday or Sunday morning is virtually impossible.

its likely a regional thing, there are parts of the country where you cant throw a baseball without hitting a fairway, and in tougher economic times I can see some of those lower end courses having a harder time keeping up financially.  in rural areas the vast majority of courses are public, often the only track in the area so... I will say that the CCs up here arent as popular as they seem to be in the south where they can stay open year round,   up here a CC is basically a March to October thing,  most close up then since there just isnt much to do at the CC when its -20 and snow is measured in feet,  although I do know of a few that keep their clubhouse bar and grill open for members,  but usually limited hours.

I can agree with that.  I am here in Iowa and while golf courses are very lucrative the land here is so expensive because most of it is the top crop yielding acres in the world.   The bushels of corn and beans we get here per acre is off the charts so we do not have what you would say is a LOT of golf courses compared to other places I have been to like Phoenix, Florida, SOCAL, Atlanta etc.

its likely  not the price of the land as much as its the lack of climate that people would want to flock to and play golf.  every where in the US can have golf 6 months out of the year,  its those other 6 months that the southern places have that we dont that makes them destinations for golf.  Honestly what they spend down there to keep a course in playing shape... they could buy about any farm in Iowa ( or anywhere else) and probably come out money ahead,  but  alas,  nobody wants to golf in the northern climates in the dead of winter.

The location of the course he bought has been developed as a summer tourist destination. Saugatuck/Douglas are fairly upscale neighboring towns that would remind you of a Maine artist colony with large boat access to Lake Michigan, so there are a couple of nice marinas. The town about doubles in size in the summer when Chicago people with second homes come up.

The great thing about golfing in Michigan, being on the far western edge of the eastern time zone is you can golf until 10pm in July.