I'm having a hard time thinking of any logical reason why Kelly would get involved with either place...
Wouldn’t the logical reason be a profit motive?
Kelly Miller hasn’t gotten much wrong so far, and the ability FOUR golf courses with good bones for $5.5m or less might be another opportunity for his organization. I’ve played all four, and they are good golf courses; they’re just in lousy condition. And he wouldn’t have to do there what was done at SP; just realizing the cost savings from equipment and chemicals, pro shop buying power, etc, might make it profitable.
I don’t have an especially good imagination, but I don’t have much trouble imagining a successful 3 or 4 round package with a couple of rounds at WP and Foxfire with one round at MP, PN, or SP. A package like that could be offered at rates well below the going rates in the Pinehurst area, given that I payed $105 to play #5 yesterday.