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1. 

   Mike Bodnar

   Nov 13, 2014 at 7:56 am

   I love the way people use the term “write-off”. I realize that Justin Timberlake is worth millions, and there is surely more to the sale than the straight $500,000 public deed price, but I assume that they do realize that a loss is still a loss. So he reduces his tax burden next time by loosing “X” million on this deal…wow…guess he really didn’t lose it, huh? Take that, rich guy!

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   Chase

   Nov 11, 2014 at 6:02 pm

   Tax write off! I’m glad he bought the course and re-did it. It’s a fabulous place to play. Here-say it was costing him 400,000 a year to maintain it. He may lost a little but it wasn’t much. Everyone in this area is pretty appreciative he did what he did with the course. Most of the public course have closed in this area. As far as losing 16,000,000 he dug that out of his couch.

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   William

   Nov 11, 2014 at 12:10 pm

   I wonder if this loss was as much as he gave to Obama at the fundraising he held for him?

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     This is a golf blog

     Nov 12, 2014 at 2:46 pm

     Of course there are public records of campaign contributions, so you don’t have to wonder that. But, if you were committed to intelligent thought about politics you probably wouldn’t be the type of guy that takes shots at the President on a golf blog. Head back to Brietbart or Fox News and keep your politics off my golf.

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       AllBOdoesisgolf

       Nov 13, 2014 at 2:32 pm

       actually. his comments are pretty fitting since his enema has played over 200 rounds of golf… and counting.

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   Joe

   Nov 11, 2014 at 11:27 am

   People aren’t going to pay more for a golf course that is environmentally friendly, over one that isn’t. There is no way to justify the added costs, especially when the acheivements are not valued by the consumers.

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   marcel

   Nov 11, 2014 at 12:22 am

   its a normal investment write off. so hes investment group have $16m to write off against profits they made so would not be losing much.

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     lol_golfwrx

     Nov 11, 2014 at 8:25 am

     Really with this article? Please just do a tiny bit of due diligence…

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6. 

   Fsubaseball21

   Nov 10, 2014 at 8:17 pm

   Im a golf professional. Our industry is stagnet at best. Try going into a bank and getting a loan for anything golf related. The meeting is over the second the word golf comes out of your mouth. $500k would be a realistic if the buyer assumed existing debt. I don’t think it would be enough on a clean short sale.

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   B

   Nov 10, 2014 at 8:13 pm

   Good Lord people – there is FAR, FAR more to this story, but this brief article does not even mention the likelihood of such. Even a 12 year-old newspaper boy knows that 300 acres of prime golf course or residential/commercial building land does not sell for only $1,666 per acre. There is a mega amount of off-book ‘consideration(s)’ [monetary, or monetary equivalent] for this property that has not come out yet…but news of it eventually will come out.

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   BigBoy

   Nov 10, 2014 at 5:52 pm

   Justin came to South Australia thinking he could walk on to the Royal Adelaide Golf Club, a Alistair McKenzie gem, nope was the answer, there are other courses in this city that will accommodate you…haha, bye bye Justin.

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     Mikec

     Nov 10, 2014 at 9:34 pm

     So…What?

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     Bobby Bottleservice

     Nov 11, 2014 at 7:28 pm

     cool story bro

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   MHendon

   Nov 10, 2014 at 4:53 pm

   Good lord I just watched the fly over of the course. That thing is a beast and an example of how not to design a golf course if you want much play. Long forced carries, water in play everywhere, trees, tall fescue and natural areas. I’m a 1.5 and would only want to play that course when my swing is grooved. I can’t imagine your average 15 plus on that course. Talk about a frustrating round.

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     Rich

     Nov 10, 2014 at 6:01 pm

     I think it’s a good example of playing from the right tee box. If higher markers played this from the tips, I think you’re right. But if they played it off forward tees, it would be an enjoyable round if they weren’t totally out of form. Looks like a cool course. I’m an 8.5 and it wouldn’t scare me off.

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     Kyle

     Nov 10, 2014 at 6:10 pm

     Speak for yourself. I’d rather play a really hard course than an easy course.

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10. 

    ron

    Nov 10, 2014 at 4:52 pm

    On a side note, Thats a really nice looking course! Im sure we’ll see more drone flyover vids soon.

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11. 

    Pat

    Nov 10, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    I never feel sorry for these celebrities that lose money on business deals. They can afford the hit. He obviously bought the course to boost his ego and tell his buddies that he owns a golf course. This is just karma taking effect as celebrities almost never have to pay full retail for anything. Most of the time they obtain their possessions w/o having to pay a dime or at a deeply discounted rate as long as the individual on the other end gets an endorsement/exposure from the celebrity. Also, spending 16 million in repairs/restoration was far from a smart investment.

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      KK

      Nov 10, 2014 at 6:16 pm

      How would you feel if third world citizens wished you got your karma for being a spoiled and entitled citizen of a developed country?

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        Pat

        Nov 11, 2014 at 7:57 am

        You guys are hilarious. I bet your the celebrity slurpers that kneel at their presence or are in awe when you see one on the street. Got news for you. I’ve been around celebrities. My country club, El Caballero has a bunch of them. Most of them are arrogant, and self entitled and full of themselves. Also, Timberlake investing 16 million into his golf course isn’t him doing a selfless act for golf like you make it out to be. Profits were to be made and he poured the funds in so he could eventually cash in. Like most celebrity ventures, he fell flat on his face and nobody should feel sorry for him because he has all the money in the world and then some.

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          Sunny

          Nov 11, 2014 at 11:15 am

          Lol ur girlfriend must’ve left u for a one night stand with Justin Timberlake or somethin. Ur so mad at him for no reason

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            Me Nunya

            Nov 11, 2014 at 5:15 pm

            Y so mad tho?

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      John B.

      Nov 10, 2014 at 6:39 pm

      What karma is involved? He tried to grow the game and beautify a golf course. Seems like pretty good karma to me. Okay, it may have failed but be grateful he went all out and spent the 16 million. He’s done more for the game then you ever have.

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      marcel

      Nov 11, 2014 at 12:23 am

      all in the books as write off so probably no taxes for few years. smart ppl dont lose money

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    Chris

    Nov 10, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    500k? Are you kidding?! The house across the street from me in California just sold for 490k and My neighborhood is nothing special. Lol

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    Jeff

    Nov 10, 2014 at 3:07 pm

    Dudes got 200 million dollars, maybe he planned on spending some to restore a great course, but now that it’s done, doesn’t want to manage the day to day operations.

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    Chris Kirkpatrick

    Nov 10, 2014 at 2:54 pm

    $550,000 on paper maybe
    Just like when people sell a car
    Bill of sale says $100
    Price was $5,000

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      Rich

      Nov 10, 2014 at 5:49 pm

      Good call. I think you’re spot on.

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    Jeff B

    Nov 10, 2014 at 1:34 pm

    Justin’s a good guy from what i can tell. Shame he lost money on it.

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16. 

    West

    Nov 10, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    I’m not sorry some multimillion dollar pop star lost $$$ to a savvy businessman. If anything, it has helped the local economy and will help give golf another gem to help promote the game. Win for the people and for golf. I just hope this is not some doomsday “sign of the times.”

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    Albert

    Nov 10, 2014 at 12:12 pm

    Played there this summer and the course was in awful shape. It was obvious at the time that several areas of the course had been given up on.

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18. 

    bainz

    Nov 10, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    Why sell at that price after all that investment? Unless its going down as a tax loss?

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19. 

    scott

    Nov 10, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    There has to be more to this story than that. Selling for $500,000 does not make any sense.

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      Golfpunk

      Nov 10, 2014 at 12:40 pm

      It makes sense when it is losing so much money each year on operation costs. Sounds like he’s pretty much just paying for the value of the land.

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        MHendon

        Nov 10, 2014 at 2:15 pm

        I would say that’s a spot on analysis of what’s probably happened. Two of my local public courses have been bought by a golf management company running them on shoe string budgets just to stay in business and one of our private clubs has recently gone up for sale.

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    tom stickney

    Nov 10, 2014 at 11:59 am

    It’s a shame he lost so much money there…we played the old layout every week in qualifying in college…never saw the new one but friends said it was an unreal change. Sorry he lost so much money but I do know everyone appreciated his vision.

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      Tyler Elton

      Nov 10, 2014 at 12:39 pm

      Is it possible that he wanted to create the course as a way to give back to the game, the environment and the community and sold it so cheap because he knew the person he sold it too? Surely it is worth more than that. Could there be an underlying reason?

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        Carl truitt

        Nov 10, 2014 at 4:15 pm

        There is more to the story. The deed does not necessarily reflect the business venture, or the equity position of the shareholders. The only news here is that it sold on paper for 500k. The deed could have said $1. There really is no difference.

        Everyone thinks this guy is heading to the poor house…if it was a no name investor there would be no story.

        Kudos though for puking out what has already been floating around the regional business journal for a while.

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