David W.
Yelp
Unprofessional / Disrespectful / Not Community Minded
A group of parents approached Five Iron in Midtown Atlanta on behalf of a local (APS) inner city high school golf team in hopes of securing an intermittent practice venue for inclement weather. APS funds are tight, as you can imagine, therefore various alternate means of payment were discussed (stadium advertising, discounted rates, off peek use, etc). Although the Club General Manager (Brian) initially stated he could more than likely assist and further stated he "Sent this up to my team and we are huddling and should have something to present to you guys by mid next week!" he was never heard from again. After numerous emails and calls were unacknowledged, we were forced to throw in the towel, leaving few options for the team. Had they declined right off the bat at least we wouldn't have been in such a bind as at that point we were counting on Five Iron as a part time practice facility.
While it appears that all Five Iron locations are in major metropolitan areas (Chicago, Detroit, NYC, Baltimore) you would assume that some sort of goodwill gestures would be afforded to local inner city youth, unfortunately this does not appear to be the case.