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It’s taken me awhile to get back to the blog.  I wanted to sell my clubs, end Golf Talk and get out of the business altogether last Saturday after another lousy day of play and rain.  

I can’t believe how much it’s rained in Chicago since March.  This area has had more rain in the past 14 months than any other similar period since rainfall was measured (about 140 years).  The last time this happened was 2002, resulting in the demise of several golf chains across the country.

Maybe if I was playing better I would feel more optimistic.  Maybe if it stopped raining I wouldn’t mind that my game stinks.  Maybe if we could get three nice days in a row and a store full of customers I wouldn’t mind being in this business. 
 
Business sure ain’t what it was before the recession hit.  And if it doesn’t stop raining I have doubts about celebrating 100 years next spring.  

So, I have to remind myself that self pity stinks.  Plus, it doesn’t help cash flow.  

At least the website seems to be working.  I don’t have pages and pages of product, but my strategy of offering items not easily found elsewhere is generating sales.  If Klees Golf Shop can grow with this model we’ll stay afloat.