For Baker, the soon-to-be ex–general manager of Raintree Golf Resort, the hard part isn’t finding new employment but finding new employment while trying to explain to the disappointed Raintree patrons why they’ll soon have to find another course. He asks them to play the owner role for a minute. He implores them to make an objective decision. And inevitably, most of them do end up agreeing that selling was the smart thing to do, no matter how difficult it is to see their beloved links fall victim to the golf course binge of the 1990s.