[Carley]

A lot of everyday people lose their jobs when these clubs are closed.

And yet, the powers that be want to further ‘punish’ the wealthy by raising their taxes.

And who will be the ones ‘punished’? The people who make these facilities run.

[Paladin2]

Can’t one play golf on a Wii and save in the long run?

[ken5050]

Response to Obama’s perpetual play, perhaps..

[Rebelbase]

So long as Zero plays golf, there will be a few golf courses left open by executive decree.

[FlingWingFlyer]

More proof that Rimshot Joe BiteMe’s “Summer of Recovery” has fizzled out. Just like everything else the commie ‘RATS are doing.

[Paleo Conservative]

That's means more time available for Obama on Amerika's golf courses.

[wideawake]

The popularity of golf (which I find baffling) was buoyed by the Internet bubble and the housing bubble, as an easy and fun way to demonstrate newfound affluence (or at least fake it).

Now with the economy in shambles and Tiger Woods in disgrace, it's lost a lot of it's marginal appeal and will lose many of it's fair-weather friends.

[mc5cents]

Ah, and the Obama recovery marches on. Invisible just like all the oil in the Gulf.

[kromike]

Not to worry...next to Islam, golf is the 2nd thing that Osambo loves most. Watch for another bailout. ‘Too big to fail’ and all that...

[purplelobster]

Everyone has cut their spending for leisure activities to close to zero. It’s a good thing that Barry and his coterie of cronies have unlimited money to subsidize these golf courses until the depression is over.

[Polybius]

Since every drop of fresh water at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba comes out of an expensive desalinization plantn (Castro cut off the fresh water supply in the early 1960's), the golf course there is never watered and maintenance costs are almost zero.

At some point, you have to decide if you want to play golf for an affordable cost or walk on an obscenely priced lawn.

[ZOOKER]

Don't overlook the huge investment of time involved, too. I know I don't have the time to traipse all over the countryside.

Margins are thin, customers demand more service, and all the non-essential help has already been laid off. People are working longer (and harder) for less money now. They can't find the time, or justify the expense, of playing golf any more.

[UCANSEE2]

Well, at least Obama won’t have to kick a bunch of people off the course when he wants to play.

[Kakaze]

Hell I'm not even bowling anymore........30 bucks a week with beer

We are opening a business, because we need money.

[RazzPutin]

“even in the golf meccas of Florida, Arizona and California...”

Don’t say “Meccas.”
That’s racist.

[bwc2221]

The reduction in rounds played goes back about 15 years. I had a client in the golf turf maintenance business in the last 1990s. They were lamenting the fact that the number of rounds played had dropped and that golf courses were spending less on fertilizers and herbicides. Job losses made it all the worse.

As the article states, five hours to play a round of golf doesn't fit with today's lifestyles.

[bwc2221]

The reduction in rounds played goes back about 15 years. I had a client in the golf turf maintenance business in the last 1990s. They were lamenting the fact that the number of rounds played had dropped and that golf courses were spending less on fertilizers and herbicides. Job losses made it all the worse.

As the article states, five hours to play a round of golf doesn't fit with today's lifestyles.

[zipper]

Seems like all those dormant golf courses, with all that open space and all those holes, could profitably be turned into prairie dog shooting ranges.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Recreation? There’s no time for recreation. Work hard, generate money for taxes so that we may feed Obama’s unions, bureaucrats, and welfare queens.

Better get working.

[Arrowhead1952]

US golf clubs in the rough as members drop away

That's because there are no train stations near the courses.