From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#7]
20 Jun 2006
To: LG (WAIIB) [#4] 20 Jun 2006
LG,
One of my dear friends is the General Manager of Prairie Dunes. Together, we managed sister golf courses for the City of Overland Park, KS for almost 10 years. My accountant had the pleasure of playing Prairie Dunes with him this past weekend.
The problem with an event like this is that the United States Golf Association (U.S.G.A.) controls all of the logoed product sales. Other than food and drink, logoed goods is what the spectators spend their money on. All of the profit from the sale of those goods leaves Hutchinson and gets carried to New Jersey, the home state of the U.S.G.A.
Typically, the hosting golf course golf shop isn't even allowed to sell the U.S. Open gear, although they do quite well selling their own proprietary logoed apparel and trinkets.
I wish your town the best of success with this years event. Get that western Kansas wind cranked up and put those old guys to the test.
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