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trev

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35. My soil science professor back in 1976
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 12:31 PM
Jun 2019

worked as a part-time golf course consultant. He told us of one new project in which they had to remove the entire first six feet of soil and replace it with quasi-artificial substances. I immediately changed my major.

Death of the Country Club [View all] brooklynite Jun 2019 OP
Good riddance Happyhippychick Jun 2019 #1
I agree. They set society back by at least 100 years. nt Blue_true Jun 2019 #63
Long overdue. Ugh! Coventina Jun 2019 #2
They're dying because members don't want to pay for what they want. Republicans most of them. marble falls Jun 2019 #3
This right here. susanna Jun 2019 #66
I caddied at a CC when I was very young. It was an eye opener. lpbk2713 Jun 2019 #4
Yeah, this isn't something like video stores I'm going to get all nostalgic about. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2019 #5
Bryant Gumbel on Real Sports interviewed a golf country club expert Submariner Jun 2019 #6
I think it's been the same size since I was a kid, back in the 60s. TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #13
Willie Nelson already did that SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #26
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 imagine the toking bar SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #65
Why don't they just take up mini-golf? trev Jun 2019 #29
Good. I wonder though, where all the ooky Jun 2019 #7
Rodney Dangerfield wrecking Judge Smails and Bushwood Country Club kairos12 Jun 2019 #8
I think this place is restricted Wang, don't tell em your Jewish underpants Jun 2019 #27
Yes, he was. trev Jun 2019 #33
I think it is more fundamental than that genxlib Jun 2019 #9
excellent point! rurallib Jun 2019 #10
What about the argument that golf courses... B Stieg Jun 2019 #18
Open them for free public consumption trev Jun 2019 #34
You've never heard of Municipal Golf Courses? B Stieg Jun 2019 #47
Actually, no, because I don't follow golf. trev Jun 2019 #48
They could be turned into parks. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #43
The town I live in is turning a smaller par 3 course into a park. Scurrilous Jun 2019 #50
I remember here in 1990 when we were having a huge drought and 100+ degree high temps....... Bengus81 Jun 2019 #22
Near me they are opening up their restaurants... Historic NY Jun 2019 #11
thoughts and prayers. KG Jun 2019 #12
sniff, sniff. n/t Brainstormy Jun 2019 #14
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
Country clubs were used to insure only a certain kind of person would be there. llmart Jun 2019 #20
You are so very spot on...I inadvertently put myself in an awkward position Submariner Jun 2019 #42
They would already be withered away to almost nothing IF Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #21
Carlin on Golf moonseller66 Jun 2019 #23
And Robin Williams. trev Jun 2019 #36
Lake Okeechobee Florida seems to be one of the victims Always Randy Jun 2019 #24
Golf is an expensive hobby. Initech Jun 2019 #25
Not if you're good at it underpants Jun 2019 #28
It doesn't have to be expensive PJMcK Jun 2019 #54
Speaking as a former caddy at a snooty country club, GOOD RIDDANCE! Still In Wisconsin Jun 2019 #30
Interesting. also, i never did get into roth or updike. one novel apiece was enough. Kurt V. Jun 2019 #31
I'm sorry to hear that. trev Jun 2019 #37
i only read american pastoral and rabbit, run. any suggestions? Kurt V. Jun 2019 #56
For Roth, trev Jun 2019 #57
Thanks Kurt V. Jun 2019 #58
Most clubs were definitely for the well off, but that did change here for awhile. lark Jun 2019 #32
My soil science professor back in 1976 trev Jun 2019 #35
Here in Arizona, golf courses in places like Phoenix panader0 Jun 2019 #38
Yay. Way passe. Former caddy here...a parade of real assholes NRaleighLiberal Jun 2019 #39
Seeing something interesting here in the OC rufus dog Jun 2019 #40
Only one Country Club much matters to me, that's the one in Orinda, CA ... mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #41
I hate golf courses. MicaelS Jun 2019 #44
Your opinion is noted PJMcK Jun 2019 #55
Ah, Doug Kenny. Ligyron Jun 2019 #60
I've been to a couple of those things DFW Jun 2019 #45
I feel about country clubs much the same as fraternities and sororities. Screw em. Hoyt Jun 2019 #46
I can tell you for sure customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #49
A distrubing trend TlalocW Jun 2019 #51
Now if the sorority and fraternity system can just go with it. redstatebluegirl Jun 2019 #52
My father (born in 1923) grew up believing you really arrived when you joined a country club. no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #53
Trump's golf handicap PJMcK Jun 2019 #59
good riddance JI7 Jun 2019 #61
A lot of them are pimping out their places to weddings. nt UniteFightBack Jun 2019 #62
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