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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Brightwood is slowly spiraling down. Their membership is down and they have been breaking even at best over the last few years. Most of their membership is older, and they are havng big problems trying to attract the type of members that are key to the viability of a golf club - the business types with expense accounts who use the club as a marketing tool. Those 30 and 40-somethings (usually but not always male) are no longer interested in Brightwood because the course is very short and is largely obsolete for those who like to hit the ball a long way. It is also a very difficult walking course due to the hilly terrain and those hills also make it less than satisfying to play. People who are used to the more typical golf courses found these days usually do not enjoy it. They also lack a driving range and essentially it is very much a throwback to the good old days when you could get by with such a facility. They do have a decent clubhouse facility but that is about it.
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I think you just inadvertently described the Old Ashburn course as well. They successfully built a new course out in Windsor Junction. I remember the land swap proposal, and I guess Gloria thought the view of Halifax from one of the teeboxes was too important to give up, lest someone else be able to enjoy it too
. I'll never figure her out. In theory, she should want the best for her district, but she seems to be OK with leaving a doughnut hole right in the middle of the urban part of Dartmouth. Never mind that she'll pat herself on the back for getting a "community" four-pad built that NOBODY in their right mind would dare walk to from the nearest actual community. Hey, all hockey moms have minivans anyway, right?
Could Brightwood merge with another course, and their remaining members be sent out there? If I ever get some spare time, I could design a street layout that integrates with the current layout surrounding it, with more density toward the middle, and single family homes on the edge with the hopes of not pissing off those living on the periphery. Is there such a thing as a heritage golf course?