At the Council meeting on April 6, 2022, Town Manager, Mary Jacobs, broadcast that in March 2022, golf had surpassed 10,000 rounds for the first time.
The actual numbers are 10,109 rounds on the two 36-hole courses (of which 112 were comped rounds) and 3,363 on the Pusch Ridge 9-hole course (of which 155 were comped rounds.) That’s a total of 267 comped (free) rounds.
Here is what was not mentioned. Remember, the income comes from the non-member rounds. (Members pay a flat fee whether they play 1 round or 100 rounds.)
In March 2022, the non-member rounds on 36 holes were 3,976. A year earlier, in March 2021, the non-member rounds were 5,234. That means that in March 2022 there were 1,258 less non-member (income producing) rounds.
Golf Memberships Update
As of March 19th, there were 334 Full Memberships, 31 seasonal memberships (30-60-90 day), and 16 Pusch Ridge Memberships.
Golf Course Irrigation –
3.5 Million Gallons of Drinking Water
The amount of drinking water used to irrigate the 9-hole Pusch Ridge course in March was 3,529,000 gallons, up from 1,428,000 gallons in March 2021. That is 2,101,000 more gallons over the same month last year!
If your home utilizes 7,000 gallons per month (which is typical) then the Town wasted enough potable/drinking water on Pusch Ridge to supply water to 504 homes.
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Mike Zinkin and his wife have lived in Oro Valley since 1998. He served on the Oro Valley Development Review Board from 2005-2009, the Board of Adjustment from 2011-2012, and the Town Council from 2012-2016. He was named a Fellow for the National League of Cities. He was a member of the NLC Steering Committee for Community and Economic Development and a member of the Arizona League of Cities Budget and Economic Development Committee. He was an Air Traffic Controller for 30 years. Mike has a Bachelor’s degree in history and government from the University of Arizona and a Master’s degree in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education from California State University, Northridge.
