The odds of getting a morning starting time on Saturday or Sunday at most courses are still better than those for winning the lottery. Dad Miller and Anaheim Hills golf courses in Anaheim allows all the times to be scooped up each day in a matter of minutes. The new computerized phone reservation system at H.G. There’s still enough to clog phone lines and spawn waiting lines at courses that allow walk-ups to get starting times. I’m not saying there isn’t a problem and there isn’t a shortage, but I’m not so sure you have as many people out there dying to play as you might think.” They don’t enjoy it when they play because it takes 4 1/2 or five hours. “So, to start with, I think you have a lot of people in this area who simply no longer play golf. “The last time I played Ping-Pong was when I was 25, and I ride a bike maybe four times a year. I play golf, I ride a bike, I play Ping-Pong. “If you ask me in a survey if I play golf, then I would say yes. “A lot of people around here are like me, they’ve turned into closet golfers,” said Don Marshall, course operations manager for Anaheim. And golf is one of the fastest growing sports in the country, with the number of participants increasing almost 50% in the past five years.īut such numbers can be deceiving, because so many wanna-be golfers have either given up trying to get a starting time or thrown their clubs into the garage, swearing never to play again after a round that took more than five hours. You’ve got to feel sorry for these guys.”Ĭlearly, public golf in Orange County is a case of tee and sympathy.Ī recent survey compiled by the National Golf Foundation listed Orange County as 309th among 320 metropolitan areas in the number of golf holes per capita. “I talked to one guy who said he got here at 3:15 and was seventh in line. “Last Sunday when I opened up, there were about 30 people here,” San Clemente weekend starter Harry Gibson said. It’s amazing what some golfers will do to get a tee time in Orange County these days.
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