Would be nice for the new owner to give something to Gift of Golf coupon-holders. Like give them the greens fee and have them pay for the cart. Builds good will as they try to bring golfers back to those decrepit courses. Those coupons will be gone soon enough and they’ll have kept the players’ loyalty.

Check out what these Carolina Trail members did today at The Tradition:

Golfers protest Carolina Trail membership loss

Good for them.

It seems like ‘occupying’ the Tradition’s driveway won’t generate a large amount of sympathy amongst the non-golfing public. Fact is that these guys made a contractual agreement with an entity that no longer legally exists. No doubt it sucks but what is happening here is nothing new when a bankruptcy occurs. Legally… I believe the technical term is S.O.L.

Hopefully, the new owners are smart & savvy businesspeople who will figure out some way to lessen the pain but they are not obligated to do so. As always, Caveat Emptor…