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The Atlantic City area's abundance of golf courses boosts the region's status as a resort destination

By Ray Schweibert
Posted - May 5, 2010

The Jersey Shore has an amazing amount of gorgeous courses to choose from.

Whether you call it “fairway fever” or something similar, it is probable area golfers have never looked forward to getting back into the swing of things more than this spring. With that hellacious winter and not a whole lot of encouraging news where their company 401(k)s are concerned, the sound of a Maxfli sailing off the sweet spot of a seven iron is going to be music to golfers’ ears. Hell, even a profanity-laced tirade when said Maxfli gets sliced into a pond might be music to their ears after this past winter. “The thing about February was, we had so much snow that none of the courses in the area were even open, but we had a great March, April proved to be pretty good, and we’re really excited about the season overall,” says Brian Hoey, chairman of the Greater Atlantic City Golf Association (GACGA). “People just want to be outside in the nice weather, and there’s a really optimistic feeling going around.

“When we go to the golf-and-travel shows and trade shows, we always ask the customers if they plan to play more, less or about the same golf this year than last, and so far the response has almost universally been more or at least the same. So the outlook is very bright. To me that shows that despite the bad economy and despite the bad weather, people are still anxious to get out and play.”

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