Officials with the city of Los Angeles approved a new measure to crack down on brokers selling reservations at public golf courses: a non-refundable deposit.
Officials with the city of Los Angeles have approved a new measure to crack down on brokers who resell tee times at public golf courses: a non-refundable deposit. The L.A. Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners — a five-member panel appointed by Mayor Karen Bass — unanimously approved on Thursday a 'pilot program' in which each golfer will be charged $10 to reserve a tee time, with a foursome costing a total of $40. The $10 will be credited toward a golfer's greens fee.
Dave Fink, a golf teaching pro with more than 200,000 followers on Instagram, kicked off a wave of awareness last month when he posted screenshots of brokers' tee sheets listing available times and fees. Fink's #FreeTheTee videos went viral among golfers, who've struggled to book slots on city courses and said they'd complained repeatedly to Reinschmidt and others.
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