Imperfect Paradise: Tee Time Takedown

California Love

LAist Studios

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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Many players within the Los Angeles golfing community found it increasingly difficult to book tee times at the city’s public golf courses for years. An unlikely crew of golf enthusiasts united to expose a shadow system of brokers who were snatching up coveted tee times and reselling them at higher rates. Their 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 LAist comes from Apple TV Plus, presenting Monarch, Legacy of Monsters,
0:05.6	starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sowai, and Godzilla.
0:10.4	Two siblings follow in their father's footsteps to uncover his involvement with monarch, a secretive
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0:21.7	epic. Following this podcast, you can hear remarks by father and son acting duo Kurt Russell and
0:27.3	Wyatt Russell and executive producer Chris Black.
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0:34.0	Apple TV Plus.com.
0:36.0	Support for alleys comes from FX, presenting feud Capote versus the Swans,
0:41.0	the story of writer Truman Capote wants a confidant to society's most
0:44.8	elite women nicknamed The Swans, from executive producer Ryan Murphy, Emmy eligible in all limited series
0:50.3	categories.
0:51.3	This is Imperfect Paradise, show, about hidden worlds and
0:54.4	messy realities. I'm Antonia Céreijo. When did you become the people's coach?
1:01.8	Yeah, I've always been the People's Coach,
1:05.0	because I don't coach for money
1:07.0	and I don't coach for clout.
1:10.0	I met Dave Fink on a recent Thursday morning
1:12.0	at the Wilson and Harding Public Golf Course in Los Felice,
1:15.3	an affluent hipster neighborhood in a hilly part of Los Angeles.
1:19.9	Dave is white and has the haircut and cadence of the Big Lebowski's dude,
1:24.0	mixed with the motivational energy of DJ Callid.
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