California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation making it illegal for third-party brokers to advertise, sell, or transfer tee-time reservations at publicly owned golf courses without obtaining written consent from the course operator.
According to a report by the LA Times, this move came in response to the uncovering of a broker network specifically targeting Los Angeles tee times. These brokers, predominantly members of the Korean community, were bulk-reserving tee times and promoting them across various social media platforms.
Operating through the app KakaoTalk, the brokers charged up to $40 per booking fee before Newsom moved swiftly to shut down the practice. Securing a tee time at any public course in LA was already a challenge, and golf influencer Dave Fink further fueled public outrage when he exposed evidence of the broker network to his audience. It comes after Donald Trump accused of bare-faced lie after awkward Presidents Cup moment
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“This is an issue that affects everybody who pays taxes in the city, and anybody who plays golf as well, so I just felt like it was my duty to say something,” Fink stated in an interview with The Times in March 2024…