Golfing During the Recession
I just started trying to golf a few years ago when it seemed like everyone was wanting to get into the game. Now with the recession taking disposable money out of middle class pockets, I have noticed trips to the courses have reduced for me as well as a number of the regulars at the local courses.
I visited a friend in Raleigh, NC this past week and we went to a course built for black golfers back during segration. The course, Meadowbrook, in Garner, NC has seen a rise in the number of rounds played! The course lost a lot of its appeal and use when segration was ended. Many of the original members died or left for fancier 18 hole courses.
Meadowbrook was featured back in the 1990's on NBC with a list of other black owned golf courses. The course at that time tried to recruit new members and revitalize the course. Well, the effort failed and the course was left for dead until St. Augustines College bought the property. T/he current crew hired to take care of the greens have done a magnificant job and the number of rounds played show that others are appreciating the effort put into bringing the course back up to par (no pun intended).
North Carolina, traditionally one of the hottest golf destinations in the US, has seen an overall decline in the number of rounds played during the recession. Meadowbrook, however, has bucked the trend and has almost tripled their number of rounds in about a year. If you are in the Raleigh-Durham area and have time to play 9 holes, be sure to give Meadowbrook a visit!
I visited a friend in Raleigh, NC this past week and we went to a course built for black golfers back during segration. The course, Meadowbrook, in Garner, NC has seen a rise in the number of rounds played! The course lost a lot of its appeal and use when segration was ended. Many of the original members died or left for fancier 18 hole courses.
Meadowbrook was featured back in the 1990's on NBC with a list of other black owned golf courses. The course at that time tried to recruit new members and revitalize the course. Well, the effort failed and the course was left for dead until St. Augustines College bought the property. T/he current crew hired to take care of the greens have done a magnificant job and the number of rounds played show that others are appreciating the effort put into bringing the course back up to par (no pun intended).
North Carolina, traditionally one of the hottest golf destinations in the US, has seen an overall decline in the number of rounds played during the recession. Meadowbrook, however, has bucked the trend and has almost tripled their number of rounds in about a year. If you are in the Raleigh-Durham area and have time to play 9 holes, be sure to give Meadowbrook a visit!
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