re: Olde Oakes course

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The head pro at Stonebridge also cuts grass out at olde Oaks because he won't hire enough people. David Martinez told me tried to get him to let him basically build moguls on most of the bunkers on Cypress. Since that would cut down on maintenance/wasting time just trying to keep bunkers in halfway decent shape and let him put that time into green maintenance. Nope. Doesn't take the advice of the head golf pro who also moonlights as the greenskeeper.

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I talk to David a lot about what’s going on at both courses. The amount of stuff he tries to get done to better both courses vs what Ji actually agrees to is laughable. There’s a guy in my regular group that has tried to buy Stonebridge twice. Once outright on his own and another time with a group of investors. Ji turned him down both times. David is actively trying to convince another buddy of mine to purchase Olde Oaks because he will actually put the money in it to get it back in shape. He knows Ji will turn it down tho. Olde oaks is his money cow because of the real estate possibilities. It sucks because I love SB, it’s my home course and I want it to be what it can. I also want Olde Oaks to get back to what it was. But the owner simply doesn’t care that much. If I ever did win the lottery, I would make Ji an offer he couldn’t say no to. Would that be stupid? Absolutely. But I want both courses to thrive instead of die a slow death that seems to be happening.