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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

123.0. "Dollars and Sense!" by NCVAX1::SHEETS (All the World is Staged!) Tue Jun 30 1987 19:00

    
    Just thought it might be interesting to let people know how much
    money to expect to pay to play golf in the different area's we are
    all in.
    I've read in this conference where people are paying between 25-50
    dollars a round, is this normal for certain area's?
    Here in Iowa we have lots of public courses, some well kept, some
    not so good, but green fee's are never over 10-15 dollars for 18,
    and carts are generally only 10-12 dollars for 18. I usually play
    one certain course, and it runs me $15.25 for 18 and half of the
    cart.
    
    		Are there other places this low, or is this a benefit
    of living in this *wonderfully* boring state!
    
    
    					...mike

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
123.1	Green fee woes	STKHLM::LITBY	Where EAGLES dare...	`Wed Jul 01 1987 09:51`	33
	Ahh, interesting topic! It seems to me the cost of golf varies greatly between different areas, let alone countries. There are very few public golf courses in Sweden - in general, you have to be a member of a club to be able to play golf at all. On the other hand, the idea is that if you're a member of a club, you're entitled to play anywhere else for a green fee. This works, in general, very well except for the Stockholm area. There are about 30 clubs within a half-hour drive from the city centre, and they are all under heavy load, particularly on weekends. This is a big problem for most golf clubs, and so they have to limit the number of green fee players in some way. Since it wouldn't look good to ban visitors altogether, all they can do is raise the green fees to be so expensive that guest players think twice before coming. At the start of the season, most clubs did this. For instance, my club ( �gesta GCC, south of the city) raised the fees on weekends to the equivalent of US$ 31 (per day, not per round) which is now actually the highest in the country, on par with the fees at some clubs in resort areas. This has caused a lot of discussion. Compare this with the annual membership dues - $355. That's the equivalent of about 12 green fees. Easy to justify taking out a membership. Sweden used to be a great country for golf, because you could always play other courses for a low green fee. This is no more - I can certainly not afford paying $30 just to try another course, not when I've paid a lot of money for a membership. -- Mr Litby
123.2	Reasonable rates	HEFTY::WELLSPEAK	It's a Boy	`Thu Jul 02 1987 15:20`	16
	Here in western Mass., it's not that bad. It can run anywhere from $5.00 to $8.00 for 9 holes, and $7.00 to $14.00 for 18 holes. Carts can cost from $6.50 to $16.00 depending on where and for how many holes. It's really pretty reasonable. If you like to play in leagues, you can usually get away with lower greens fees, buy have to pay league dues. I play in 2 leagues, one costs me $15.00 a year to play in. But we pay only $4.50 for greens fees as opposed to the normal fee of $6.00. It's a 9 hole league. We play 18 rounds over the season, so we save $27.00 on greens fees, and it only costs us $15.00 dues. Plus we have tournaments at reduced Greens fees, where evryone is eligible for some nice prizes. I've noticed out in the Eastern part of the state, and on Cape Cod, the rates are higher. Beak