S.F. public golf under fire as Sharp Park loses vote: Supporters of public golf in the Bay Area saw one of their...

S.F. public golf under fire as Sharp Park loses vote

golfweek.com 15 Dec '11, 3am

S.F. public golf under fire as Sharp Park loses vote: Supporters of public golf in the Bay Area saw one of their...

Supporters of public golf in the Bay Area saw one of their favorite local courses take a hit this week. Time will tell whether Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica, Calif., endured a serious body blow or just a glancing punch when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors sustained by a 6-5 vote Tuesday a measure that empowers the city to explore handing over the golf course to the National Park Service. The vote was a mandated second reading of a measure passed the week before by an identical 6-5 vote. The initiative, introduced and defended by Supervisor John Avalos, raises the ante on a long-brewing political controversy that has seen the popular golf course attacked as being a waste of city money and as an environmental blight. Supporters, organized through the San Francisco Public Golf Alliance, defend it as a public treasure. The matter is now in the hands of Mayor Ed Lee...

Full article: http://www.golfweek.com/news/2011/dec/14/sf-public-golf-u...

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