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    'I am angry': Golfers demand that LA officials stop booming black market in tee times

    by Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times Mar 19, 2024 4 minutes
    Chuck Ruiz, golf supervisor at City of Los Angeles, speaks to people attending the Los Angeles golf advisory committee meeting on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — Golfers and other community members expressed their outrage Monday and demanded answers from city officials about a booming black market that has co-opted scarce tee times at Los Angeles city golf courses.

    The lone city official at the meeting of the all-volunteer golf advisory committee offered only brief remarks and did not answer questions from speakers about why the city has not stopped the practice of brokers buying up the tee times and charging up to $40 as a booking fee.

    "This is an unconscionable breach of the public trust. We are here to serve the public, and a very small segment of the

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