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.
Brian M. McKeon on the irony of moving the 2022 PGA Championship to a city of unspeakable racial injustice, and the opportunity for healing that it presents.
If, as the PGA has explained, holding the 2022 championship at Bedminster “would be detrimental to the PGA of America brand,” then Shoal Creek alone offers the PGA a mulligan.
By allowing the mark of an avowed racist to permeate its sport while simultaneously demonstrating that unbecoming behavior will be protected, the PGA Tour has invited the sort of publicity that Scott Piercy has brought on its head.