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Archive Home > 2002 > July > 11 > Golf courses feel pinch of shrinking market

Golf courses feel pinch of shrinking market

Cluttered market, sagging economy contribute to woes - upply finally caught up to golf-demand boom of the 1990s

By Lisa Rosetta / The Bulletin
July 11, 2002

Turning greens into green is getting tougher for Central Oregon golf courses that are faced with increased competition and a wobbling economy.

A less than bullish stock market, too, has cut into the discretionary incomes of retired customers, some of whom have returned to the work force to bulk....

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