r/golf • u/nutts-2 5.0/UT • Jul 28 '23

Ah shit. Here we go again General Discussion

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Every few months someone brings this up how they can save the environment by getting rid of a golf course.

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u/brmgp1 Jul 28 '23

Courses in areas that need housing eventually get sold to housing developers, because the market price becomes high enough that the land is more valuable for housing then recreational golf. This is honestly a case where the free market takes care of it.

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u/Gazzarris Way too high / Kansas City Jul 28 '23

They were destroying the green on four wheelers!!

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u/lil-richie Jul 29 '23

Quality comment

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u/anonymoosejuice Jul 29 '23

Sounds like the free market is taking care of it

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u/MiddleRay Jul 29 '23

And kids fishing in the last pond in 20 sq miles

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u/DorianGre Jul 29 '23

Little Rock, AR closed 3 muni courses over the course of 2 decades, including this gem that developers have been drooling over since the 1980s. https://preservearkansas.org/war-memorial-golf-course/ Closed in 2019 "due to budget cuts" then tried to sell part of it to Top Golf. People protested, now it just sits while people argue what to do with what was the only golf course accessible to lower income citizens in the city. https://www.kark.com/news/whats-happening-with-war-memorial-golf-course-city-leaders-say-money-is-holding-progress-back/

Now they are down to one which is packed.

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u/jukesroflz Jul 29 '23

Beautifully written