The city-owned property in Rhinelander, Wis., has an accumulating deficit of more than $1 million, and the Rhinelander Golf Course Advisory Committee has voted in favor of hiring a management company to operate the facility, while terminating the golf professional and the restaurant operator. Facing an accumulating deficit of more than $1 million at the…

According to Golf Pro Dan Buckley, the Rhinelander, Wis., property sells two cartons of cigarettes a year and “quite a few” cigars, but makes a net profit of just $500 after the city’s cigarette licensing costs.

The incentive program at the Rhinelander, Wis., property would reward current members with a $50 gift certificate when they bring in a new member. The proposal for the “bounty” was approved by the city’s golf course commission and will be announced to members in April.