Fig Garden Golf Club opened for
play in October 1958. It is located in the Northwest section of
Fresno. The course is in the very fertile river bottom of the San
Joaquin River. The course has thousands of trees that provide an
opportunity to test your ability to control the golf ball. The
fairways are basically level so it is easy to walk, and power carts
are available. Turf conditions are excellent and Fig Garden Golf
Club offers a great driving range. Play the course at 5,510 yards or
up to 6,700 yards. Fig Garden is correctly known as a truly fine
place to play golf. We invite your inspection.
Announcement: (4/02/09) California Tax Commission re-examins proposal to extend the sales and use tax to golf play and services.
The time has come to start driving friends and fellow golfers back to the www.forecalifornia.com website. It looks like the proposal to extend the sales and use tax to golf is headed back our way.
The California Tax Commission is re-examining a proposal to extend the sales and use tax to golf play and services.
The golf tax was a near certainty at one point during the budget discussions in the beginning of the year; and was successfully stopped with the power the golf industry and individual golfers like you working together to protect our great game.
Such a proposal was not included in this year’s budget agreement and for good reason: It would impose a risky and inequitable burden on a golf industry in California that has been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn. An additional tax on playing golf and golf-related activities would cause significant harm--reducing play, slashing golf and service economy jobs, and shutting down courses that are already operating on slim margins.
Moving forward, we will be calling on you again to help defeat this unfair tax, and with your support, we know we can achieve success. Please stay tuned to the website for news updates, and possible calls to action. Continue to spread the news to your fellow friends and golfers, getting them to join the coalition if they haven’t already.
California’s broken budget system will not be repaired by breaking the state’s golf industry. As the Governor’s Executive Order creating the commission rightly said, “California’s long term prosperity requires that employers and entrepreneurs invest, remain and grow in the state...” A tax on golf will do just the opposite, reducing jobs at golf courses and in the hotel, restaurant and service industry.
