Actually an amazing number of golf courses have closed over the years, including some quite recently built ones with big pretentions:
http://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php
Courses come and go. Always have. Nothing new and if recent ones aren't run properly of course they'll go under. Massive investment needed initially to build it and if you don't get and retain members or enough green fees you're in trouble from day one


