Slots open up at 6 a.m. for golfing nine days ahead. And every morning, in a matter of seconds, the reservations for these prime city courses in Griffith Park and on the Westside disappear on the city’s online booking platform, GolfNow. Golfers say that without using a broker, they get tee times primarily through last-minute cancellations or a waitlist, where they must stand by in person from five minutes to several hours. Sometimes the list doesn’t get tapped at all.

According to Watson, the investigation’s findings will be made public and shared with the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, whose five members oversee the golfing program and are appointed by Mayor Karen Bass.

  • @Corkyskog
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    04 months ago

    If this happened at a course near me, I would get banned from some courses for sure… It’s barely affordable as is, and now rich people are using brokers to snag tee times? Fuck that.

    I would just sneak in between holes, and play into each person’s game. Every ball I come accross is getting rocketed into the woods. If anyone asks, I will just say I am with another group. If the golf course asks who I am, I will give them a name I heard when first coming in and then try to do the same shit another day until they have a picture of my face pinned to their wall…