is this happening to anyone

 

Just to give you guys a heads up on the golf world, it is DOWN. Now, luckily, I had the busiest summer of my life at Castle Pines this year, but most were not so lucky. We haved moved where we're teaching the clinics this year to the Marriott World Center and they ran at 9-12% occupancy this year. This is the biggest and busiest Marriott in the world. The golf academy there relies on the hotel guests for lessons, but of course, the golf course was a ghost town. Hotels generally run around 80% occupancy when going steady, these run at 95% because of the tourism. Going from 95% to 10% is a radical hit to a lot of people with the trickle down. The golf academy lost all its staff and is struggling to stay a float. Every single instructor I know has struggled this year and most are down on lessons 50-80%. The website has been affected by the downturn as well, so we tried running a few ads and like I said, the payout is minimal to the tune of about $1.20 a day!!!! So, don't expect them to hang around.