Course Closings Put Industry in Rough Fees, Lifestyles Cause Desertion.
Columbia Daily Tribune › August 26, 2010
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MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) -- A few weeds have popped up on the fairways, and summer's heat has scorched the grass here and there, but the golf course at the Hampshire Country Club is still tidy and scenic, its little waterfall still burbling through the rocks.
Not that there's anyone around to notice. The Hampshire's 18- hole course on Long Island Sound, along with its tennis courts, pool and restaurant, is closed this year. Members cited rising costs upward of $25,000 a year for a membership as the roster fell from several hundred at its peak to about 100.See the full content of this document
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Course Closings Put Industry in Rough Fees, Lifestyles Cause Desertion.
"There was a lot of talk last year about the increasing costs, people not sure what they could pay, the assessments always going up," said Barbara Mines, a member for 15 years who lives in a house on the Hampshire course. "I wasn't really surprised when it closed."
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