Mark Pierce
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@DoerflerJared Last point to this. SCS allows 7 day ahead tee times. And, yes tees are in the clubhouse!
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@DoerflerJared If you want to play a great course, come to Kansas and play Sand Creek Station in Newton, KS. Host of the 2024 USGA Adaptive. Not bragging, but ask around, best bang for the buck! $50ish, cart, range and golf tees.
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Golf has a problem.
Tee times.
Golf rounds were around 500 million in 2006 - that is when they started to decline.
In 2019 - there were 441 million rounds.
And golf course supply has generally followed that trend.
From 2006 to 2023, over 2,000 golf courses were closed in the United States.
And there have been 18 consecutive years of negative golf course supply.
Golf rounds were at 531 million in 2023. An increase of 90 million in just four years.
Tee times are more difficult to get, and green fees have increased.
My concern is that the growth could be stifled due to a lack of supply.
I did a survey last week (read the full piece to get all of the results).
659 people responded to the survey.
This is what surprised me most.
• 208 found it difficult to make a tee time
• 328 found it somewhat difficult to make a tee time
Of the 536 that answered the above. Nearly 60% have played fewer rounds this year.
I do think there are opportunities to help increase capacity with our current golf courses.
Check out the full piece below.
perfectputt.beehiiv.com/p/golfs-proble…
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@DoerflerJared Great place! We are very proud of it! Links style for the most part.
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@mpierce1969 Heard great things.
I am a Kansas guy - love that state. Need to get there and play.
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@JeffreyParson Agreed! That’s tough. Ask for Mark for some local knowledge and where the pins are. I go out early! Also, there is a big snake that hangs out on 9
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@mpierce1969 Oh I love Sand Creek. We are lucky to have it.
But when 6 is playing 456 into the wind … I question it for a minute. 😉
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@JeffreyParson We are really proud of it. I tell our golfers to get through 1-2. It opens up. Play 7 with an extra club. 10 is it is…thanks for coming out! Hope to see you soon!
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@mpierce1969 Played there yesterday, too!
Didn’t play as well yesterday, but it was so hot and windy and the tees were back, weird pin placements … too much for me!
Looks like a big deal out there. I was surprised to see that much setup
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@CoachDuze Ken, we went to school at Bethel together. Hope all is well and your success is surely impressive! Take care!
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@usmntonly I agree pay to play shouldn’t exist, but dosent every school have a soccer team kids can join and play on for free?
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@CoachDuze Hey Ken. We went to Bethel together! My son played against your teams. You are quality! Be well!
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A gunman brought unthinkable horror to their city.
These young men helped the healing with a Maine state title.🏆
Presenting our Men in Blazers Team of 2023, the @LHSBlueDevils. 💙
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@piersmorgan Had it. 4 weeks of feeling crap. Vaxed and boosted
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Mark Pierce รีทวีตแล้ว

Lots of mad folks in my replies here.
Listen. Close to 10% of the players who have ever played for the national team have come from the St. Louis area.
That alone is bonkers.
Corey Miller@corey_miller5
"Growing up in the United States, we've always viewed St. Louis as the soccer capital of the United States." Head coach Gregg Berhalter and the USMNT are in town this week. Today they met with former St. Louis national team members and sung the soccer praises of our city.
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⚽️🏆 New teams, new players, better competition, but the champions remain the same. Congratulation FC Lizzo, 2023 Bethel College Summer League winners!
#RollOn

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@raffyboiii @SorareMexico @Play_Sharper Raf, you guys are just not very good right now. No disrespect, just not good.
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@SorareMexico @Play_Sharper Como me encantaría ver un 4-2-3-1 con sexbastian atrás de Santi, orbelin por lado izquierdo y Ozziel por derecha.
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