puttnfool You guys are makin' me appreciate the $18 greens fees I pay here on base.
Our usual course charges $23. I get to play for $18 as retired military. The fairways start to thin out in the late summer due to lack of a fairway watering system. The greens are still nice since they get watered. We just move the ball in the fairway to the closest patch of grass.
That course in the pics in unplayable.
accufitgolf That course in the pics in unplayable.
How so?
I played with my dad at one of our local coursed on 4th of July for $37 each (that's for 18 holes plus cart on a holiday). The course was in great condition and the only issues were a few spots that were roped off due to some flood damage from all the rain we've had in Northern Indiana. I wouldn't say the local course was in pristine condition but it did have grass covering the entire fairway. I could be lucky with the area I'm located at but I couldn't imagine a course charging $40 with bare spots like that in my surrounding area. Even most of the city park course are fairly well maintained and quite affordable.
We just move it to one of the grass spots. The rough is better than those fairways. Last year really killed the place, plus the new owners had/have no idea how to fix the irrigation system. Luckily we've had rain to get it as good as in the pics. No reseeding in the future. Just makes it tougher.
Here's a picture from last year. Funny thing is the sprinkler is on but then 2 holes over the water is barely dribbling out of those ones.
Typhoon If that pic is from last year, and the other pic is from this year, then there is one helluva management problem.
As long as you and others continue to play the course in that condition, that condition will always remain. Why should they spend profit on something no one complains about? And make no mistake, if you are playing it regularly, you are not complaining; you can't do both and seem sincere. And they laugh while counting your money!
Can seeding cost that much?
I never pay more than $40 and usually pay $29 and I play on very nice grass and greens. The rack rate on these courses is much higher ($60 +) on weekends, but I use my state golf assoc discount card and golfnow.com, and play weekdays only. I guess there are enough players paying full price to sustain these places.
Although Rik will never see this, he is right. Last year in the fall they threw seed everywhere without any ground preperation at all.
It's funny that those of us playing there know you have to prep...but they don't.
The profit issue...so before this management company took over apparently the old head pro may have not been keeping the books right. He was the only one allowed to use the register, cash only... So now this new company takes over, turns over a huge profit to the town compared to what was given to the town in the past. They think it's great, we see that there are half as many people playing as there used to be. Again...the town thinks it's great with the money they are now getting.
Odd situation. And yes Rex last year pic and then the 2 from this year. We've been playing there for years, we complain but the pro tells us to go somewhere else. He even comes out and tells us," this place is a dump, I don't know why you play here.". One of our age 70+ group members looks him in the eye and says, " for your charming personality".
It's convenient for us all. With the senior discount it's $15-$18 so they can't beat it.
