More goat tracks to close

[Coldtopper]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/golf-courses-in-the-crosshairs-as-sydney-councils-seek-space-for-sporting-fields-and-parks-20170531-gwhs1m.html

I so support this approach to managing crap golf courses provided they remain as green open space, accessible to everyone. There's more than a few shitty tracks in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide that are being earmarked for the same.

[Captain Nemo]

Link not workin ct but I'd have a fair idea of which ones!

[WBennett]

Losing any inner city golf facility is a significant loss to all involved, even if it isn't top tier quality.

You end up with clubs moving out to the end of the boondocks and struggling.

[WBennett]

Nemo - use this link

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/nsw/...31-gwhs1m.html

Warringah, Eastlakes, Moore Park.

[Gammon]

I just read the article. They do have plenty of courses north of the bridge and a lack of ovals. Reducing courses to 9 holes seems to be the popular compromise by non golfers. I don't know how Clover will go turning Moore Park into a 9 holer, Its the busiest course in Australia.

Reducing courses to 9 holes still gives new golfers a place to learn at a reasonable cost, which is mandatory if you don't want six hour rounds at your own course. However many club golfers and even social golf clubs don't consider 9 holes a proper golf course and trading suffers badly.

By 2100 golf in Australia will be a sport reserved only for the wealthy. I better change topic or I'll start ranting about the University carpark being full of expensive European cars lol. The middle class is shrinking every decade.

[AndyP]

Golf courses use up too much land. Knocking some down to 9 holes seems like a good idea, except golf club members wouldn't consider anything less than 18 as a real course.

[jimandr]

I'm calling BS on this one. It's a Herald beatup they trot out every year or so.

Someone at Fairfax doesn't like golf courses and keeps trying to fan the flames.

It is the genuine goat tracks that should be in the firing line. Places like Marrickville and Barnwell Park and Cammeray. But they never get a mention. It is always the SouthEast courses under threat (according to the media).

[Captain Nemo]

Nemo - use this linkhttp://www.canberratimes.com.au/nsw/...31-gwhs1m.htmlWarringah, Eastlakes, Moore Park.

Moore Park and eastlalkes to a certain extent will never close...

[Jazz18]

I love the statement from politicians that they want to close a golf course or part of one to make room for more green space. Have they looked at a golf course lately! How much more f$%kin green can you get!

As I've said before, seems stupid that they'll be shutting half a golf course to make way for fields (no doubt for majority of winter sports like soccer and football) that will be used primarily on weekends and week nights for only half the year. The golf course would be much busier than that!

Being a public, blue collar golf club, I doubt Warringah GC stands a chance to stay the way it is. At the end of the day, it will come down to who has the most money to fill up the councils pockets and I don't think Warringah GC is the club to buy themselves out of this one.

[wazandnic]

Seems like the north side course may be more at risk if there is a lack of other sporting facilities... which is kind of understandable as there seems a plethora of average little courses over there.

I think the eastern suburbs / south have much more facilities available and less golf courses so think it very unlikely this areas courses will change times. Marrickville would be my pick of courses most likely, south.

[Coldtopper]

I'm calling BS on this one. It's a Herald beatup they trot out every year or so.

Someone at Fairfax doesn't like golf courses and keeps trying to fan the flames.

It is the genuine goat tracks that should be in the firing line. Places like Marrickville and Barnwell Park and Cammeray. But they never get a mention. It is always the SouthEast courses under threat (according to the media).

I can tell you there are more goat tracks on the list than you would know about. It's a consistent message from all forms of gov that the value of the green space far out weighs the noise of spuds who care to frequent these shit holes. Moore Park will make a great arboretum, eastlakes a pump track, Hurstville a turd treatment plant, and Victoria Park a nature trail and Albert park a yoga retreat couldn't happen fast enough imho.

[Anthony]

As a beginner it's nice having some cheap public courses to play at. I do like playing at nicer courses sometimes but at the same time I'm aware of my skill level and most of the nice courses are too difficult for me. I think if I was playing every round at nicer, more challenging courses golf would get pretty frustrating.

[Jerrymoo]

Can't trust the pollies, though.

Rip up a golf course, convert it to sporting fields... annex half the site 5 years later and flip it to Lendlease for 500 apartments.

Happening to Gordon Golf Club, too... Ku-ring-gai Council have rezoned it under their 'masterplan', i.e. apartments all over.

Sydney is a mess.

[Jazz18]

Sydney is a mess.

Spot on Jerrymoo and its only gonna get worse.

[pt73]

Can't trust the pollies, though.

Rip up a golf course, convert it to sporting fields... annex half the site 5 years later and flip it to Lendlease for 500 apartments.

Happening to Gordon Golf Club, too... Ku-ring-gai Council have rezoned it under their 'masterplan', i.e. apartments all over.

Sydney is a mess.

If it actually happens Warringah will have 9 holes but Gordon will be completely gone in 2023.

I'm as suspicious as you about it ending up as a regional park, I tried to read the Business Paper and Council Minutes and got SERVICE UNAVAILABLE.

One of my mates told me that they're also thinking about Mona Vale too as it's on public land.

[markTHEblake]

This has been happening to golf courses for 400 years, and will continue to happen. Even St Andrews had part of its golf course claimed for expansion of the city.

[Bruce Dickinson]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/golf-courses-in-the-crosshairs-as-sydney-councils-seek-space-for-sporting-fields-and-parks-20170531-gwhs1m.html

I so support this approach to managing crap golf courses provided they remain as green open space, accessible to everyone. There's more than a few shitty tracks in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide that are being earmarked for the same.

run us through the Perth courses earmarked for the green space treatment

[Johnny Canuck]

run us through the Perth courses earmarked for the green space treatment

Hopefully his list starts with "The Vines".

[WBennett]

Hopefully his list starts with "The Vines".

Really? It was a while since I was there, but I have played plenty worse.

[Bruce Dickinson]

Hopefully his list starts with "The Vines".

They are building mini golf right now so things are looking up

[Johnny Canuck]

They are building mini golf right now so things are looking up

Nuffie will be in heaven.