May 6, 2008: S.F. explores privatizing golf courses
February 21, 2008: More Americans Giving Up Golf
August 22, 2007: Save the golf courses: Improved public recreation cannot come by tearing down one sport to benefit another, by Lee Silverstein, Terese Cronin, and Tom Weathered
August 14, 2007: Radio Interview with Isabel Wade on Quake Radio (960)
August 14, 2007: SF Golfing Leader Says Players Plan to Tee Off Against Board of Supervisors
July 26, 2007: Two Ways to Fix Problems in SF’s Beleaguered Parks: Find more money
The city's 6 golf courses lose $1.4 million a year, funds that could be saved by having private firms run them
July 25, 2007: Future of Sharp Park Golf Course stirs up lively discussion at Pacifica-Coastside Democrats' meeting
July 19, 2007: Golf Industry Struggles with Overabundance of Courses
July 16, 2007: Improve the Best, Plan For the Rest
RPD General Manager Yomi Agunbiade and Chuck Collins, President and CEO of YMCA of San Francisco, urge the Board of Supervisors to lease a number of public courses to private management companies and also to fund a study to determine the best use of golf land in the future.
June 23, 2007: The Old Man and the Tee
A profile of Sandy Tatum, the golf advocate behind the current privatization proposal for the city's public golf courses.
June 22, 2007: The City Needs a Golf Lesson
Chronicle editors urge city officials to thoroughly investigate all options for alternate uses of golf courses before signing over management to private interests.
May 21, 2007: letter to the Chronicle editor by NPC Executive Director Isabel Wade, Jill Lounsbury and Sally Stephens.
April 16, 2007: letter to the Examiner from NPC Executive Director Isabel Wade discussing the problem with RPD’s recent action to lower golf fees for Pacifica Residents at Sharp Park, while raising fees for San Francisco residents.On April 26 ,2007, the Board of Supervisors heard several options for managing the city’s public golf courses, in a presentation by the RPD Planning Division. Read two articles below:
• City Golf Course Debate -- Supes Face Few Options: San Francisco Chronicle, April 26th
• City Seeks Turnaround of Troubled Golf Courses: San Francisco Examiner, April 26th
Read an article from the United States Golf Association website about the downturn in the golf industry.
