Archive for the 'golf clubs' Category

Tacoma, Wash.-Area Golf Clubs Struggle to Keep Membership Up

Monday, June 10th, 2002

Jun. 11 Most of us consider private golf club members to be financially comfortable people. But even if the members are well-to-do, that doesn’t mean the clubs themselves are doing well on their balance sheets. Nowadays, running a successful private golf club is tougher than breaking par.”There’s been a glut on the Puget Sound market […]

GOLF PRO CAN GIVE YOU BEST ADVICE ON CLUBS

Wednesday, December 1st, 1999

Q. I am a 5′2” woman just beginning golf. I am wondering if I should purchase a set of petite or standard ladies clubs? I have received conflicting information. I have a good swing for just starting, and a salesperson at the sporting goods store suggested that I purchase the petite set. A woman I […]

Sales scams tee off golfers FRAUD: Dozens of golf-club companies are suspected of cheating customers.

Saturday, September 11th, 1999

The golf-club company promised Michael Latta a chance to play better every time, with custom-built clubs designed to shave strokes off anyone’s game. Latta had never heard of Garden Grove-based Scimitar Golf. But the Ohio resident craved any tool that could lower his score, and plunked down $1,330 for clubs he’d never seen.The charge appeared […]

Good grief, kids’ golf clubs La Jolla Club takes swing at equipment for juniors with its ‘Snoopy’ line

Wednesday, September 8th, 1999

At North County’s big golf club companies, photos of sponsored tour professionals adorn the walls like shrines. Taylor Made has Mark O’Meara. Cobra has Greg Norman. Callaway has John Daly.And La Jolla Club has Snoopy.OK, Snoopy isn’t a pro golfer. He’s a cartoon dog. And that’s the point.For many of La Jolla Club’s customers know […]