At least one city in Wisconsin is seeing a slight uptick in rounds and revenues. Despite losing 40 playing days to poor weather, the four golf properties in Madison rang up 81,000 rounds through late October, a 1 percent increase over the full-year performance in 2012. What’s more, the courses have so far generated $287,000 in profits, a better than 40 percent boost over 2012.
“It has been a great year for the golf courses,” a spokesperson for the capital city’s parks department told the Wisconsin State Journal.
A major operational change accounts for a significant part of the profits: This year, the city ended its relationship with the pros who formerly managed the courses.