Imagine building 26 golf courses at the height of the golf development bubble, with nine figures in public pension money — in an effort that now loses money year after year. Welcome to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
In theory, 12-hole designs should be cheaper to play, build, and maintain. But in the staid industry of golf course development, there’s been no rush to test the theory. The minds behind Sweetens Cove are ready to change that.
Women make up a little more than half the population, but account for less than a quarter of on-course golfers. Golf’s history of exclusion is to blame, and it manifests itself in ways that are obvious and subtle.