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Article: Okla. golf courses tee up for a profit
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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If "flat" is the new "up," then Oklahoma's state-run golf courses
are performing well compared to golf courses nationwide.
With a 3-percent increase in rounds played in 2009, the seven
state-controlled golf courses in Oklahoma are still turning a
profit, which golf courses in other states cannot say.
"We've seen a slight increase in rounds played this year," said
Hardy Watkins, executive director of the Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department. "People are seeing that we're a more
affordable option, and each one of the state's courses are
different. We're more affordable as a state system than private
courses."
Oklahoma's state courses are beating the odds, but other states
have not been ...