800 golf courses have closed in the last decade

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/05/730057491/there-arent-enough-golfers-to-keep-all-of-the-u-s-courses-in-business

10% of golf courses have closed since 2006

there are remaining 14,000 courses - 11,000 are open to the public

Madison WI golf courses lost $1M last year

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looking at the numbers - they dont quite add up

if there are 14,000 courses open now - and 10% closed - then there
must have been approx 15.5K to start - so that means that 1,500 have
closed since 2006 - maybe 700 closed between 2006 and 2009 - and
another 800 closed between 2009 and 2019 - so the rate of closure is
decreasing

but who cares anyhow