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Why Cities & Towns Should Invest $$ In Their Municipal Golf Courses
Opinion: By Fred Altvater In nearly every town throughout America municipal golf courses are under loved and suffer silently in poor condition. Local real estate developers drool at the prospect of buying up the land on the cheap to create strip malls and condos. While city administrators spend millions for roundabouts, plus grant tax abatements like […]
Affordable (Public) Golf in Orlando
By Fred Altvater During our annual trip to Florida in January, we had the opportunity to play three public golf courses, in the Orlando area and thoroughly enjoyed each one. Dubsdread Winter Park is a bustling suburb just north of downtown Orlando and the home of Rollins College. We found two wonderful historic courses […]
Winter Park 9: Golf in an Urban Setting
By: Ryan Ballengee I had heard of urban golf. I have even watched videos of players hitting golf balls off, over and around buildings, trash cans, streets and train tracks. My conception of urban golf was chaos, an off-shoot of the game eschewing the serenity of the game, that I love so much. But, […]