LA County cracks down on brokering of golf tee times at municipal courses

A golfer plays through the course at El Cariso Golf Course in Sylmar on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. at municipal golf courses, the county Board of Supervisors took similar steps Tuesday by requiring non-refundable reservation deposits and charging cancellation fees.

Under the motion introduced by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, the county will require a non-refundable reservation fee of $10 per player. Reservations that are canceled within 48 hours of the tee time — or if the players fail to show up — will be subject to forfeiture of the reservation fee along with another charge of $10 per player, with the proceeds funding the county’s Junior Golf Program.

The county operates 20 golf courses at 18 facilities. According to Horvath’s motion, it’s the largest municipal golf system in the nation, and 1.2 million rounds of golf were played at county facilities in 2022-23. “The golfing community has expressed concerns regarding the brokering of tee times at L.A. County facilities and across other L.A. County municipalities operating golf courses,” the motion states. “Brokering involves a private party, the broker, reserving one or more tee times and advertising them to the public for an additional fee. Once the tee time has been sold, the broker then cancels and rebooks the tee time under the player’s name.

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