Imperfect Paradise: ‘Free the Tee’: Fighting Back Against LA Golf Course Scalpers

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

LA was rocked on March 4 when Dave Fink, a golf influencer, posted a viral video on Instagram detailing how brokers - largely using a Korean messenger app- were snatching up prime time tees at Los Angeles’ public golf courses and reselling them. Here’s how an unlikely crew of golf enthusiasts’ fight to keep golf in L.A. accessible and affordable is paying off. Host Antonia Cereijido reports.

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0:00.0	Support for L-A-S comes from FX presenting Shogun.
0:03.5	Set in the year 1600 Lord Yoshi Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies unite against him,
0:09.1	starring Hirouki Sonata, Cosmo Jarvis, and Anna-Sawai,
0:12.4	Emmy eligible in all drama series categories. Sonata, Cosmo Jarvis, and Anna Suwai,
0:12.5	Emmy eligible in all drama series categories.
0:15.2	I'm Emily Kwong, host of the new podcast
0:17.4	Inheriting from LAa Studios.
0:19.2	Join me for an immersive evening about Asian American and
0:22.2	Pacific Islander families and their histories.
0:24.8	June 27th at the Crawford in Pasadena.
0:27.7	Tickets at LAS.com.
0:29.2	This is Imperfect Paradise, the show about Hidden Worlds and messy realities.
0:35.0	I'm Andonia Cérejido.
0:37.0	When did you become the People's Coach?
0:41.0	I've always been the People's Coach, because I don't coach for money and I don't coach for
0:47.8	clout.
0:48.8	I met Dave Fink on a recent Thursday morning at the Wilson and Harding Public Golf Course in Los Felice, an affluent
0:55.1	hipster neighborhood in a hilly part of Los Angeles.
0:59.2	Dave is white and has the haircut and cadence of the Big Lebowski's dude
1:03.2	mixed with the motivational energy of DJ Callid.
1:06.7	Sometimes you shoot your shot and you completely miss.
1:10.0	But that's how we learn.
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