Great podcast. Would love to hear Garrett’s thoughts on the state of the game from an overall perspective. Certainly more people are playing now, which is great for many stakeholders in golf, and some great architecture is being built. But it seems like, from an accessibility front, it may be trending in the opposite direction. I know it was touched on a little, but it seems like in most major metro areas the public golf scene is getting increasingly busy and expensive. For me in Philly, the private golf is great and I am lucky to play it from time to time, but most people have few options close to the city that are public. Courses like Jeffersonville and Paxon Hollow are awesome, but can be pretty challenging to get good tee times and are 30+ minutes from the city. Walnut Lane is a fun executive course just outside the city, and Cobbs Creek is an exciting possibility, but besides that there isn’t much, and it seems like many other cities are in a similar situation. I feel like situations like this make it pretty challenging for people to get into the game, and I am not sure there is an easy solve, but would love to hear thoughts.

You can re-watch the documentary here: https://www.golfpass.com/watch/cobbs-creek-rising-headwaters-to-horizons/part-1-headwaters

A lot of top tier choices on this

I'm a big Chili Dipper fan. Usually a big cup 4 person best shot with good chili on a cool day. Superintendents revenge is a close 2nd. We have a few creative sups at courses that do more than just back tees and tough pins.

Really enjoyed the discussion, really got me thinking about the evolution of public courses in central Florida. The challenges faced by many community courses that were built by housing developers to sell homes but then struggled to survive is very common. Two points that I’d like to emphasize locally, are the impact of indoor simulator clubs and Top Golf enabled ranges, which have been huge in this area. Top Golf itself is languishing but these ranges coupled with the food and beverage offered are flourishing. One last item, while the cost of golf has increased and inhibits many young or new golfers from joining, a bright spot here is Spark golf leagues and the way they offer a fun and low stress community competition. Thanks again for the thought provoking content.

Interesting the use of Flagstick on the putting surfaces. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but we see it more in the fairway/approach areas as the leaf is slightly bigger than some of the finer bents that are available. 007XL is about as bulletproof of a bentgrass as there is. Super drought tolerant as far as bents go.

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