Article: LINKING THE SOUTH, A GOLF COURSE BOOM WITH THE SPORT'S POPULARITY SKYROCKETING, NEW PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES DOT THE REGION

From Quincy to Plymouth, Milton to Bridgewater, and Scituate to Weymouth, golf course developers are teeing up.

More than a dozen golf courses are on the drawing board now in the suburbs south of Boston. Two opened in the past year, and four others are under construction.

In Plymouth alone, six courses are being planned and another is in the final construction stages. "It's not just Plymouth, it's throughout the area," said Mark Ridder, general manager of the 27-hole Waverly Oaks Golf Club in South Plymouth, scheduled to open next month. "A lot of people are looking to get into the business. It's a popular sport." Walter Hannon III, one of the developers of a 27-hole course on a former ...

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