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Article: JONES CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 5,000 GOLF COURSES IN U.S.
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- April 12, 1989
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PINEHURST, N.C. - Robert Trent Jones Jr. of Palo Alto, Calif.,
newly elected president of the American Society of Golf Course
Architects, has called for the building of 5,000 new golf courses in
the United States in the next 10 years.
Jones, the renowned architect of more than 150 golf courses all
over the world, gave his rallying call last week in Pinehurst, N.C.,
immediately after being elected president of the society at its
annual meeting.
``The National Golf Foundation says we must add at least one
golf course every day for the next 10 years to meet the exploding
demand for golf throughout the country," Jones noted in his