Golf in China Is Younger Than Tiger Woods, but Growing Up Fast(nytimes.com)
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Golf in China Is Younger Than Tiger Woods, but Growing Up Fast
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/magazine/golf-in-china-is-younger-than-tiger-woods-but-growing-up-fast.html?hp&_r=0&pagewanted=all
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My only observation of golf is how it is neat trick to create apparently more valuable real estate out of otherwise nearly valueless and featureless land by building a golf course. Can't build a beach, can't build a mountain, can't build a real lake without a real river, but a golf course, yes, we can build one of those.
China seems overdue to fall into permanent Japanese-style economic stagnation. Maybe we can flog their economy to death with overpriced golf course housing developments.
China seems overdue to fall into permanent Japanese-style economic stagnation. Maybe we can flog their economy to death with overpriced golf course housing developments.
Golf in China is crazy expensive. In the US, there are generally places to play for ~$40 a round, in fact there are two courses in NYC accessible by subway for that price. In China, the cheapest I could find was ~$150/round.
I wonder if the Chinese public will be interested in the PGA once this generation is playing on the tour. The sport is just so inaccessible to the public, that it is possible none in China will care about their success.
I wonder if the Chinese public will be interested in the PGA once this generation is playing on the tour. The sport is just so inaccessible to the public, that it is possible none in China will care about their success.
Growing fast by cutting trees
golf is an arrogant sport to begin with. it will be even more arrogant in a culture where a billion people compete for space.
What's arrogant about it?
probably referencing the fact that it consumes alot of resources
takes alot of green spaces that could be turned into parks, only lets a few people use them
depending on where the course is you consume alot of resources watering the course
have to be fairly well of to get any use out of a golf course
not saying I agree, but I'm guessing thats the argument,
(had a gf that laid out roughly that argument)
takes alot of green spaces that could be turned into parks, only lets a few people use them
depending on where the course is you consume alot of resources watering the course
have to be fairly well of to get any use out of a golf course
not saying I agree, but I'm guessing thats the argument,
(had a gf that laid out roughly that argument)
Have you actually played golf on a course? It is a park. It's quite nice and relaxing, so long as you don't care about your golf score...
The abandoning of school just to practice golf is...off-putting...at least there's the consolation that there's huge money in professional golf, unlike all the other niche Olympic sports (weightlifting, field events) that nations invest in just to rack up a raw medal count.
Also: obligatory section that directly relates to HN-type discussions:
> A few years ago, American golf academies seemed poised to flood the China market. But several famous ones that opened branches in China — run by golf luminaries like David Leadbetter and Cindy Reid — have closed, often after disagreements with local partners. It’s a pattern any foreigner doing business in China would recognize: Chinese firms tend to nudge out their foreign partners once the technology has been transferred and the local company has built up its own strength and know-how.