Kevin Fitzgerald from Southern California Golf Association talks LA City Golf The Tech Caddie
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In this episode of the Tech Caddie podcast, Mike Hendrix and Kevin Fitzgerald, the Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the Southern California Golf Association have a conversation about golf in Los Angeles. They discuss the role of the advisory board for Los Angeles City Golf Courses and the intersection of golf and public policy. They also peer into the issue of reservation systems and online brokers in the golf industry and specifically the City of Los Angeles. They highlight the high demand for golf in Los Angeles and the challenges of securing tee times. They explore potential policy changes and technological solutions to address these issues.
The advisory board for Los Angeles City Golf Courses serves as a platform for community input and recommendations on golf-related policies.
The high demand for golf in Los Angeles has led to challenges in securing tee times, especially during peak hours.
The existence of a gray market or secondary market for tee times, where entities buy and resell tee times at a markup, has raised concerns.
Policy changes, such as implementing non-refundable deposits for tee times, and technological solutions, like random release of tee times, are being considered to address the challenges in the golf reservation system.
Dave Fink posted a TikTok video exposing the tee time booking gray market.
In this episode of the Tech Caddie podcast, Mike Hendrix and Kevin Fitzgerald, the Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the Southern California Golf Association have a conversation about golf in Los Angeles. They discuss the role of the advisory board for Los Angeles City Golf Courses and the intersection of golf and public policy. They also peer into the issue of reservation systems and online brokers in the golf industry and specifically the City of Los Angeles. They highlight the high demand for golf in Los Angeles and the challenges of securing tee times. They explore potential policy changes and technological solutions to address these issues.
The advisory board for Los Angeles City Golf Courses serves as a platform for community input and recommendations on golf-related policies.
The high demand for golf in Los Angeles has led to challenges in securing tee times, especially during peak hours.
The existence of a gray market or secondary market for tee times, where entities buy and resell tee times at a markup, has raised concerns.
Policy changes, such as implementing non-refundable deposits for tee times, and technological solutions, like random release of tee times, are being considered to address the challenges in the golf reservation system.
Dave Fink posted a TikTok video exposing the tee time booking gray market.