"As to the $ 100,000, with 400 members, that's a paultry
$ 250 per member to restore one of the great green and green complexes of all time, and well worth the investment by the members."
Pat:
I thought you considered yourself a prudent and savy money man in these restoration projects. According to Tom Doak it would be around $50,000 to recreate that old 12th green and another $50,000 to do something else if the members didn't like the restoration. But you're gonna charge the members $100,000 to restore what you say was one of the great greens in the world anyway?
Tell you what---I won't say anything if you charge the members $250 each for a total of $100,000 to restore that old 12th green, and pay Doak $50,000 to do it. You and me will pocket the other $50k for some serious whiskey money.
If the members don't like the green then charge them each another $500 or a total of $200,000 to do something else, pay Doak $50,000 to do something else and you and I will pocket the remaining $150,000!
I like the way you guys do business up there! And no wonder you keep harping on the fact that members are always bitching about spending money at golf clubs. I guess they do bitch now and then with the kind of creative accounting you get into!