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In reply to the discussion: Death of the Country Club [View all]Submariner
(12,503 posts)6. Bryant Gumbel on Real Sports interviewed a golf country club expert
who said a lot of golfers are leaving the sport because it is difficult to get the ball into that little cup on the green, so the GPA is considering installing larger cups to bring back golfers. I've never played golf, but this big cup thing seems almost funny.
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They're dying because members don't want to pay for what they want. Republicans most of them.
marble falls
Jun 2019
#3
Yeah, this isn't something like video stores I'm going to get all nostalgic about.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2019
#5
And if Texas had allowed, he would have put in a toking bar at the fifth hole turn. nt
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#64
I remember here in 1990 when we were having a huge drought and 100+ degree high temps.......
Bengus81
Jun 2019
#22
Being owned by a crooked president (emoluments) can be quite beneficial to the club.
keithbvadu2
Jun 2019
#15
I have mixed feelings about this. In our small town, the country club was not elitist at all.
LisaM
Jun 2019
#16
Well, they're not likely to abandon the land and let it turn into pristine forest...
brooklynite
Jun 2019
#19
50 years ago, my family was "shunted" to the less prestigious of two winter clubs in the area...
B Stieg
Jun 2019
#17
Interesting. also, i never did get into roth or updike. one novel apiece was enough.
Kurt V.
Jun 2019
#31
I feel about country clubs much the same as fraternities and sororities. Screw em.
Hoyt
Jun 2019
#46
My father (born in 1923) grew up believing you really arrived when you joined a country club.
no_hypocrisy
Jun 2019
#53