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Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

The Lu Lu Country Club outside Philadelphia is the site of some interesting drama these days. Thanks to reader Steve for tipping us off about it.The nearly 100-year-old club, with a Donald Ross-designed course, has...

Monday, 8/10/2009 at 5:47PM

Posted by Peter Finch

keywords:: Donald Ross,; Lu Lu Country Club,; North Hills,; Pennsylvania,; declining membership

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

Deeds & Weeds has already covered the story of Ravisloe CC, the 108-year-old suburban Chicago club that was sold to a local veterinarian and turned into a public facility this month after a catastrophic decline...

Thursday, 4/23/2009 at 11:13AM

Posted by Geoff Russell

keywords:: Chicago,; Idlewild,; Illinois,; Ravisloe CC,; declining membership

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

The venerable Country Club of Lansing, which opened 101 years ago in Michigan's capital, has lost roughly 20 percent of its membership in the past couple of seasons and is now in foreclosure, WILX-TV is...

Thursday, 4/16/2009 at 10:09AM

Posted by Peter Finch

keywords:: Country Club of Lansing,; Michigan,; National City Bank,; declining membership,; economy

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

Residents of Wild Wings, a community with a nine-hole golf course in a Sacramento suburb, sent a clear message on Tuesday: They want to keep their golf course open, even if it means paying...

Thursday, 3/12/2009 at 5:56AM

keywords:: Bankruptcy,; California,; Current Affairs,; Economy,; Member/owners

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

Today is a big day at Wild Wings Golf Course, a golf community in the Sacramento suburb of Woodlands. This is the day residents find out if they will have a course again. The Wild...

Tuesday, 3/10/2009 at 10:29AM

keywords:: Bankruptcy,; California,; Current Affairs,; Economy,; Member/owners

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

Ravisloe Country Club was a private golf club for 108 years. But it couldn't survive the recession of 2008-09. The facility, located in the Chicago suburb of Homewood, Ill., closed last Oct. 31, a victim...

Sunday, 3/1/2009 at 5:16PM

keywords:: Current Affairs,; Economy,; Illinois,; Private Clubs,; Public Access

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

Like a lot of private golf clubs these days, Wildwood GC in Middletown, Ohio, was having a problem with declining membership. The exodus since the end of the 2008 golf season had created such...

Thursday, 2/19/2009 at 10:41AM

keywords:: Connecticut State GA,; Current Affairs,; Economy,; Ohio,; Private Clubs

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

A few days back I posted an item on the struggles of Bay City Country Club, tucked underneath Saginaw Bay in northern Michigan. The club was supposed to be sold at auction today, a date...

Friday, 2/13/2009 at 2:24PM

keywords:: Bay City,; Membership deals,; declining membership,; foreclosure,; private club

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

Golf clubs in Hawaii are feeling the heat, just like everywhere else. Today's Honolulu Star Bulletin has a roundup article on how a few of the big-name clubs are handling the economic pressure. The...

Monday, 2/9/2009 at 6:30AM

keywords:: Economy,; Hawaii,; Initiation fees,; Oahu,; Private Clubs

Golf Courses & Golf Travel / Deeds and Weeds

Lots of stories these days about golf clubs in economic distress. Here is one of those stories -- with a twist. The struggling club has a small but dedicated band of members determined to keep...

Sunday, 2/8/2009 at 4:23PM