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**en-druzhba** · 08-09-2009, 08:36 PM

What do they do to a course that closes down? I'm assuming they fence it off? cause I would be golfing there day and night if no one was there!

I have only watched one course close. A subdivision development in NW Arkansas and a golf course developer got together and built a course which was then being surrounded by houses. The subdivision developer was paying a fee of around $5000 to the golf course for every new house sold. The subdivision developer got in trouble and went belly up. A new developer picked up the property and started building new houses only he refused to pay golf course for new sales. His reasoning was he bought defunct property, not original developer's obligations. Golf course developer threatened to close course and followed through. Course closed.

To answer your question, after a few weeks of not mowing fairways and rough (only took care of greens) no one would want to play it. It doesn't take long for a course to really start to suffer if it is not diligently maintained.

08-09-2009, 08:36 PM	#7
en-druzhba Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	What do they do to a course that closes down? I'm assuming they fence it off? cause I would be golfing there day and night if no one was there! I have only watched one course close. A subdivision development in NW Arkansas and a golf course developer got together and built a course which was then being surrounded by houses. The subdivision developer was paying a fee of around $5000 to the golf course for every new house sold. The subdivision developer got in trouble and went belly up. A new developer picked up the property and started building new houses only he refused to pay golf course for new sales. His reasoning was he bought defunct property, not original developer's obligations. Golf course developer threatened to close course and followed through. Course closed. To answer your question, after a few weeks of not mowing fairways and rough (only took care of greens) no one would want to play it. It doesn't take long for a course to really start to suffer if it is not diligently maintained.
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