Comments on: S. Korean government to build more golf courses http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:18:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » The Golf Factory http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99764 The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » The Golf Factory Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:08:32 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99764 [...] The potential benefits are slim as Robert Koehler points out. Only 1.2 billion was spent by South Koreans playing golf overseas. The South Korean government [...] [...] The potential benefits are slim as Robert Koehler points out. Only 1.2 billion was spent by South Koreans playing golf overseas. The South Korean government [...]

]]> By: The Florida Masochist http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99565 The Florida Masochist Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99565 <strong>The Golf Factory...</strong> If there's a demand for more golf courses in the ROK, then some entrepreneur will finance the building of golf courses on what used to be farmland. Why is assistance needed? Are the South Korean people clamoring for it, or just some developer?... The Golf Factory…

If there’s a demand for more golf courses in the ROK, then some entrepreneur will finance the building of golf courses on what used to be farmland. Why is assistance needed? Are the South Korean people clamoring for it, or just some developer?…

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99425 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:58:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99425 #10. Bingo. It's just as much about flashing your newfound wealth than the game itself. Badminton is fun, too. But, I don't see people shopping in their 600 000 won badminton outfits (not that I know what it would look like). #10.

Bingo. It’s just as much about flashing your newfound wealth than the game itself. Badminton is fun, too. But, I don’t see people shopping in their 600 000 won badminton outfits (not that I know what it would look like).

]]> By: Thirsty http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99330 Thirsty Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:02:37 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99330 The amount of golf courses they build will not affect anything, if a pair of Munsing Wear golf trousers will set you back 300,000 Won now, i dont see them reducing the prices because there are more golf courses. Lets not even start about the reputation of Korean golfers overseas! The amount of golf courses they build will not affect anything, if a pair of Munsing Wear golf trousers will set you back 300,000 Won now, i dont see them reducing the prices because there are more golf courses.

Lets not even start about the reputation of Korean golfers overseas!

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99236 SomeguyinKorea Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:15:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99236 #3 It's not golf that's popular but the image that they associate with it. They think sophisticated, I think nouveau riche. #7 Yeah, they essentially charge whatever they want...which is why I really wonder if opening more courses will affect the cost of playing golf in Korea. #3

It’s not golf that’s popular but the image that they associate with it. They think sophisticated, I think nouveau riche.

#7
Yeah, they essentially charge whatever they want…which is why I really wonder if opening more courses will affect the cost of playing golf in Korea.

]]> By: Brian http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99195 Brian Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:36:48 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99195 That's just what a small country with a staggeringly-high population density like Korea needs: more golf courses. Korea's rich will frolic overseas just because they can; only the rabble have to enjoy their vacation time in Korea. That’s just what a small country with a staggeringly-high population density like Korea needs: more golf courses.

Korea’s rich will frolic overseas just because they can; only the rabble have to enjoy their vacation time in Korea.

]]> By: Thirsty http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99192 Thirsty Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99192 The golf industry in Korea is screwed up. The clubs themselves are struggling because they have limited the amount of members and made the cost of membership too high, we sold my ex-bosses membership for over 270 Million Won last year. The weekends are generally quieter, but even if you can "borrow" a membership the cost is still crazy. Think of golf in Korea like JJ Mahoneys, you will go there if the company is paying but wouldnt pay those prices out of your own pocket! The golf industry in Korea is screwed up.
The clubs themselves are struggling because they have limited the amount of members and made the cost of membership too high, we sold my ex-bosses membership for over 270 Million Won last year.

The weekends are generally quieter, but even if you can “borrow” a membership the cost is still crazy.

Think of golf in Korea like JJ Mahoneys, you will go there if the company is paying but wouldnt pay those prices out of your own pocket!

]]> By: Simone_ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99170 Simone_ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:26:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99170 The single biggest thing Korea could do to become a real tourist destination is for Koreans to go out and have more fun! You'd be insane to go to Haeundae next week, but by August 30, 95% of the vendors there will be shut down, and you'd be the only person there. Why would vendors keep open all year without the people to serve? The government should encourage a quarterly "tourism promotion" day off, that employees must take on a Friday or Monday, and be expected to use it for a long weekend somewhere in Korea. Just go - the staggered visitors will bring out the vendors and services, making it a nicer place go, for both Koreans and Tourists. I was at a Tourism promotion convention in Cheju last March, and (cruelly) asked the KTO panel members to please share with us, what THEY did for their most recent holiday in Korea, to help us foreigners understand how to have fun Korean-style. Even though it was their industry, they choked, didn't get into it, and shut down the discussion. I didn't really expect a jolly description of their partying down at the Jarasum Jazz festival, but it would have been nice if ONE of them could have mentioned climbing a mountain or having a picnic somewhere... anything. The single biggest thing Korea could do to become a real tourist destination is for Koreans to go out and have more fun!

You’d be insane to go to Haeundae next week, but by August 30, 95% of the vendors there will be shut down, and you’d be the only person there. Why would vendors keep open all year without the people to serve?

The government should encourage a quarterly “tourism promotion” day off, that employees must take on a Friday or Monday, and be expected to use it for a long weekend somewhere in Korea. Just go - the staggered visitors will bring out the vendors and services, making it a nicer place go, for both Koreans and Tourists.

I was at a Tourism promotion convention in Cheju last March, and (cruelly) asked the KTO panel members to please share with us, what THEY did for their most recent holiday in Korea, to help us foreigners understand how to have fun Korean-style. Even though it was their industry, they choked, didn’t get into it, and shut down the discussion. I didn’t really expect a jolly description of their partying down at the Jarasum Jazz festival, but it would have been nice if ONE of them could have mentioned climbing a mountain or having a picnic somewhere… anything.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99169 michael Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:22:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99169 Mins0306, remember this is an election year and promising golf courses is almost like promising hookers :) They planned before to put 40 courses on Cheju by 2010, don't know if that's still going to happen. Mins0306, remember this is an election year and promising golf courses is almost like promising hookers :)

They planned before to put 40 courses on Cheju by 2010, don’t know if that’s still going to happen.

]]> By: mcnut http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99166 mcnut Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:00:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/31/s-korean-government-to-build-more-golf-courses/#comment-99166 and remember according to koreans naver is sooooooo much better than google :) so are the hookers to!!!! yeah sure they are and remember according to koreans naver is sooooooo much better than google

:)

so are the hookers to!!!!
yeah sure they are

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