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.
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.
fatshot Midwest/Great Lakes pricing! You can't beat it. Chicago was expensive but we were just far enough away that we didn't have high prices. Since Covid, though, the rural northern Illinois prices have gone up a lot. There is nothing close to $20 walking except for an old nine holer way out in the sticks, play all day for $20 or so.
rsvman2 A lot of the courses around here are that way. They were built jointly as part of housing development and as much of the layout is to maximize residential lots as it is to create a good golf course. The courses are still good, but not particularly friendly to walking with tee boxes often separated by large distances from the last green.
Played yesterday. Looks like it might have been the last round of the year. Played the backside first, shot 43 with 2 doubles. Shot 41 on the front for 84. Great day for the 15th of December.
Damn mind.
Finally made it out to a golf course with my brand-new Srixon irons! Coolish and with a breeze that intensified during the round.
Bogeyed all of the first three holes, but thereafter went one under from 4-8. The ninth hole is a shortish dogleg par 5 that is guarded by water on the right. Started my drive on a too-aggressive line and with a little fade. Had to take a drop. Ended up with a bogey for a 39. Not bad considering the weather, and on a course I rarely play.
As for the irons, they are a bit like a cheat code. There is a lake short left of the par 3 7th hole. I hit a terrible shot that I knlw would be been wet with my old clubs, and it ended up only about 6 inches shy of the green and i had an easy two-putt par. I could see where the ball struck the clubface; about a centimeter away from being a hotel rocket, and yet the result was a tap-in par. Another shot I felt that I hit it fat, but the sole went through the grass nicely anyway and i only ended up losing a couple of yards. These clubs are the real deal. I hope/think that they will lead to more GIRs because they are not only more forgiving but also have a much more predictable ball flight than my old irons.
Anyone want to play TPC Scottsdale on 12/30/23?
I’ve played it a few times. It was nice. The only places I would pay that much to play would be Pebble Beach. St. Andrews and Augusta. No where else.
Only reason I played it was I wanted to play a course they played on the PGA Tour.
