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Keeping the greens: the green of golf courses is giving way to residential condos as South Florida's clubs struggle to survive.
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South Florida CEO
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December 1, 2006
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- Suarez, Yeleny
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Ascarcity of residential land has diminished the rolling green hills and putting greens of South Florida's golf courses during the last five years. Public courses are looking at going private, private courses are going semi-private, and courses of all types with land to spare are building homes on the greens.
Roughly a dozen golf courses, mostly public, older and no longer profitable, have closed, including Fontainebleau Golf Club in Westchester and Williams Island Golf in Aventura. Many of the once well-maintained golf greens that dotted the region are being replaced with cement, rezoned to pave the way for residential development.
"To some extent perhaps, there was ...
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Palm Beach County golf courses face crackdown on water use.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);
April 20, 2007 ;
596 words
......Almost half of South Florida's golf courses failed to...today, the South Florida Water Management...District said. Golf courses that fail...Cutting off golf courses' water supply...c) 2007, South Florida Sun-Sentinel...
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Report Says Wellington, Fla., Has Too Many Golf Courses, Not Enough...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
May 20, 2004 ;
680 words
......Angel Streeter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel...Wellington's four golf courses are underused...support all the golf courses in the village...Looking at similar South Florida cities, the foundation...a year on its golf courses, the report said...that's because ...
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Golf courses cited, fined for excessive use of water.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);
June 6, 2007 ;
456 words
......rules could cost 13 South Florida golf courses cited for failing to...irrigation limits. The South Florida Water Management District...released the names of nine golf courses in Palm Beach County...4,000; Stonebridge Golf & Country Club...Country Club, Lone ...
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South Florida Home Builders Aim at Golf Courses.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
June 22, 2004 ;
705 words
...By Sam Tranum, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight...County has too many golf courses and not enough homes...To see more of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel -- including...sun-sentinel.com. (c) 2004, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Distributed...
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Proximity to ocean draws Woods to South Florida.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);
January 25, 2006 ;
734 words
......is what lured him to South Florida. That's what he said...have access to the golf club. Woods has spent...he hasn't picked a golf course to be his home base in South Florida, but he has an open...home at one particular South Florida course for a while. There's a number ...
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Palm Beach County, Fla., balks at allowing golf courses to be developed.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
March 30, 2005 ;
592 words
......homebuilders' proposals to convert golf courses into real estate, calling...study before building on golf courses, meaning new developments...questioned whether converting golf courses into homes is fair to residents...developers] are after on golf courses, Masilotti ...
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South Florida Exports Its Expertise in Huge Dominican Republic...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
January 31, 2003 ;
787 words
......Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel...designing the golf courses. Land planner...Cana project, South Florida companies are...underscoring South Florida's role as a key...000 acres with golf courses, marinas, hotels...Santo Domingo. South ...
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Plan to replace Tamarac golf courses with homes moves forward.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);
March 23, 2006 ;
429 words
......a builder's desire to replace two golf courses with town houses and single-family...which owns the Monterey and Sabal Palm golf courses near Commercial Boulevard and Florida...in the Bahamas. To see more of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel -- including its homes...sentinel.com. ...
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Wellington, Fla., Plans to Recycle Water for Parks, Golf Courses.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
May 3, 2004 ;
473 words
......Angel Streeter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight...the village's golf courses. Beginning this...coming from a South Florida Water Management...the village's golf courses. Allowing homeowners...the parks and golf courses, the village has...see more of the ...
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SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CELEBRATES WATER REUSE WEEK
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 11, 2007 ;
473 words
...The South Florida Water Management...Charlie Crist, the South Florida Water Management...Reuse Week in South Florida. Water reuse is...agriculture, golf courses and other green...demands of a growing South Florida economy. More...systems throughout ...
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Thirty years ago today South Florida saw snow.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);
January 19, 2007 ;
733 words
......19, 1977, it snowed in South Florida, the only time in recorded...palms, swimming pools and golf courses from about 6 to 9 a.m...day to see snowflakes in South Florida. Indeed, the giant headline...the sister paper of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, remembers...didn't ...
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Golf Courses for Sale in Oklahoma.
Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
February 10, 2004 ;
500 words
......Tom Droege Feb. 10--The Shangri-La golf courses on Grand Lake are for sale, and several...now, but the reputation of these two golf courses is creating a lot of interest, especially...combined courses, Charnas said individual golf courses typically sell for anywhere from $2...
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Two golf courses in Tamarac, Fla., may disappear, to be replaced by homes.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
March 2, 2006 ;
481 words
......Tamarac -- A proposal to convert two golf courses to single-family homes and town houses...which owns the Monterey and Sabal Palm golf courses near Commercial Boulevard and Florida...through the process. To see more of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel -- including its ...
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GOLF COURSES AREN'T KILLING US.(SPORTS)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);
May 4, 2007 ;
787 words
......bloom ... and some nitwit screams that golf courses are killing us all. Or, at least golf courses are killing the superintendents who tend...it had to be bad for the environment if golf courses sprayed fungicide so she joined an interest...
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DENVER WILL REOPEN 5 GOLF COURSES MARCH 1
Rocky Mountain News;
February 22, 2003 ;
Tillie Fong ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS;
267 words
...Denver is reopening five city golf courses, closed this winter because of the drought...golf-aholics are really anxious to have the golf courses back open," said Tom Woodard, director...they would do their part to protect the golf courses, we would appreciate it." Last month...
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