sdandrea1 I might get to play next Thursday. This is weird.

Ditto Friday......supposed to get up to 50* and sunny here!!!

    We’re gonna be at 50 as well. Nothing much open around here and what is will be stupidly packed. I’ll go down to the club and use the range.

    79 at Tarpon Springs. Had 3 birdies. Three of us this morning and we went out at first light and were done in 3 hours. A little cool and windy, but comfortable nonetheless.

      39/46 at Plantation, Frisco, TX, with 3 GIR on the front 9 and 4 on the back! 85 is a good score for me but that back 9 pissed me off! 🙂 Three par saves on the front vs. zero on the back and a 3-putt GIR. Topping two balls into the water didn't help, either. If course a par on the last to reassure that all is not lost.

        MidwayJ 39/46 at Plantation, Frisco, TX, with 3 GIR on the front 9 and 4 on the back! 85 is a good score for me but that back 9 pissed me off! 🙂 Three par saves on the front vs. zero on the back and a 3-putt GIR. Topping two balls into the water didn't help, either. If course a par on the last to reassure that all is not lost.

        Your round is a good example of why the new handicap system may not be optimal. 🤔

            Typhoon You on a diet? No lunch??

            Yes. Plus because of the winter rates we save a little eating lunch at home.

                Eguller Why is that? Isn't the most significant change for 2024 the addition of "course rating minus par" to the calculation of course handicap? How would this change affect the impact of rounds like this to one's handicap index?

                  Spartan didn't understand that at first. I'm used to winter rates that are cheaper than summer

                  Yeah, we’re in snow bird season. The rates go up drastically. January thru March being the highest. We get a discount card that lowers it.

                  For example one course we play a lot is $59 during weekday mornings. With the Paradise Card it’s $35. Then it’ll go up after Christmas to $41.

                      Sneakylong Yeah, we’re in snow bird season. The rates go up drastically. January thru March being the highest.

                      Whenever we're trying to book the Tampa golf trip, many course rates jump up the end of Feb. One "high end" course would be about $85 weekday mid Feb, but a week or 2 later it would be twice that and $250 weekend.

                          KCee Whenever we're trying to book the Tampa golf trip, many course rates jump up the end of Feb. One "high end" course would be about $85 weekday mid Feb, but a week or 2 later it would be twice that and $250 weekend.

                          I wouldn't know. We'd never pay that. On the Paradise Card for example Fox Hollow is $75 after Christmas. Right now it's $47. With our card most of the courses jump up after Christmas thru March.

                          Then in April they come down. Then we get the summer card which is from April thru October. TPC in Lutz used to be $41 on the card. Now it was $125 until 12/10 and is now $149 thru March.

                          Summer is the best time for locals to play here. Rates are much more reasonable.

                            DonM don't even want to know what I pay per round. Membership has its privileges. But low priced golf is not one of them

                            Yeah, I was a member for 10 years at one of the Tampa areas best semi private courses. It’s the last course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.

                            The only way I could justify the cost was playing 3 times a week and walking. Otherwise it made no sense. When factoring in the cost of a cart it made no sense for me as well.

                            I now enjoy pay as I play and playing different courses. There’s no feeling of I have to play to justify the cost.

                              DonM I used to figure it out, but I don't want to know right now. My membership has doubled in cost since I joined 6 years ago and I played less this year. With a family and full time job I can't really play enough to justify it, but if I didn't join I'd probably hardly play at all.

                              If I was retired I don't know that I'd have a membership. You can play Mon-Fri then when everyone else is working and skip the pricier weekend rounds.

                                  KCee If I was retired I don't know that I'd have a membership. You can play Mon-Fri then when everyone else is working and skip the pricier weekend rounds.

                                  Exactly what my friends and I do.....we rotate around 7-10 of the nicest courses in the area (in our opinion anyway!), play them each 3 or 4 times a year and pay around $20 a round to walk.

                                      fatshot That’s great! Walking saves a ton of money too. I love the kids that come to our place and say something about the cart price. I tell them they can walk.. saves $20/person. “ oh we can’t walk, we walk all week at work”🙄🙄🙄

                                      Cha-Ching mother F’er.

                                          KCee Our club offers a 5 day membership. For the first two years I've had the 7 day membership but I am leaning strongly to 5 day for 2024.

                                          Mostly I consider it a luxury good that I've saved my money for and now I can afford it. Some people have other expensive things, I have a golf membership but don't spend money on much else.