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Number of courses you have played?

Number of courses you have played?

  • 1: I really love my course

    Votes: 3 7.9%

  • 2-5: I like a little variety but don't want to travel much.

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • 6-10: Variety is the spice of life

    Votes: 2 5.3%

  • 11-20: I'm a golf nut & want to sample them all

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • 21-50: Holy cow, we actually have that many courses around here?

    Votes: 11 28.9%

  • 51-infinity: I'm bored easily & need variety, or I have been banned from all the other courses.

    Votes: 11 28.9%
  • Total voters
    38
dynarider

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Ok, how many different courses have you played? Currently I believe i'm up to 62 but I have a lot to go. My goal is at least 100 different courses just in the state of Wisconsin.
 
I have played tons of courses. However as I get older, I find that the most important feature for me is where it is located. We have travelled for golf vacations, and have played well over a hundred courses since I took up this game. But for the most part now, I play the course we belong to.

That is until 10/15 when we move to a new golf community and join the new club.
 
I'm not positive on the exact number, but it's somewhere in the 30's I think. Just playing a year in HS as a senior (free golf, what?!) I managed to play at probably a dozen different courses for meets. Depending on travel and time available to play I should probably break 51 in the next year or two.

I do like to play different courses when I can. Keeps things looking different. Also keeps a sense of exploration to it when you don't know what to expect on every hole.
 
Osahar said:
Also keeps a sense of exploration to it when you don't know what to expect on every hole.
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Ran into last sunday at Fireridge which none of us had played before. Get to the 10th hole which look like a relatively straight shot to the green. Long par 4 hole with an undulating fairway. Anyways it was scramble & we played my tee shot, the 2nd shot by Bob was a crushing hybrid that sailed towards the green & we thought for sure it was on.

Drove my cart up to the top of the small ridge & SURPRISE! Big body of water none of us knew was there & the ball was definitely in it.
 
I try to keep my normal rotation to about 5 courses, but with vacations and all its way over 50.
 
Agreed. Travel and different charity outings gets it up there.
 
I have no idea how many.
 
I think this can be an interesting question when you find out some people basically play one course all the time. I have played with people who play 99% of their rounds on a single course and then when they get out onto an unfamiliar course they don't understand why their score is so high.:banghead:

I am not sure how many I have played in total, but would say about 15-20 or so in the last 2 years.
 
I'm pretty sure I would fall in the 50+ range, but not much over 50. I have only been playing 9 years, so that is an average of 5 different courses per year.
 
C-Tech said:
I'm pretty sure I would fall in the 50+ range, but not much over 50. I have only been playing 9 years, so that is an average of 5 different courses per year.
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Except that 9 x 5 = 45.

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ClairefromClare said:
Except that 9 x 5 = 45.

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You would be correct except for one small thing.... ON AVERAGE, 5 per year is still AROUND 50. I think I said it wasn't totally accurate. Let me guess....accountant?:D
 
C-Tech said:
You would be correct except for one small thing.... ON AVERAGE, 5 per year is still AROUND 50. I think I said it wasn't totally accurate. Let me guess....accountant?:D
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Rounding up? Let me guess... preparer of expense reports? :D
 
I probably should have picked more than 51. Three vacations to Arizona probably got me 20 to 25 different courses alone.
 
Wow! I never really counted before but it's 17. I'm kinda surprised considering I've only played a little over a year. Most of my rounds have been on four courses, but every course I've played has been fun (regardless of score).
 
I can't say every course I have ever played has been fun. There are courses I'll never go back to for different reasons, but mostly I hate target golf courses. I find them more difficult because they often have carries that I can't get over. Even if I get the distance - my ball has such a low trajectory that it just hits into the yucky stuff.
 
Diane said:
Even if I get the distance - my ball has such a low trajectory that it just hits into the yucky stuff.
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I never realized the difference a shaft makes in trajectory until I tried a High Launch shaft in the Evolver. Pretty amazing to me.
 
Diane said:
I can't say every course I have ever played has been fun. There are courses I'll never go back to for different reasons, but mostly I hate target golf courses. I find them more difficult because they often have carries that I can't get over. Even if I get the distance - my ball has such a low trajectory that it just hits into the yucky stuff.
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I guess I'm still so new at the game that I look at each course with wide-eyed wonder (and more lost golf balls than I care to admit). Yeah, that and BYU will win the national championship in football this year. :rolleyes:
 
I marked 21-50... I can count about 30 then it gets a bit foggy. I can count 10 just this year, and I've played for 25+ years. but I don't take golf vacations, so I don't see a lot of courses around the country. All but a handful are right here in Colorado.
 
I counted 35 courses I've played. Twenty-eight in Oregon, two in California, two in Hawaii, one in Washington, one in Colorado and one in Illinois. I though that would be a lot, but some of you have played two or more times the number of courses I have!
 
soxngolf said:
I think this can be an interesting question when you find out some people basically play one course all the time. I have played with people who play 99% of their rounds on a single course and then when they get out onto an unfamiliar course they don't understand why their score is so high.:banghead:
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The home course advantage is alive & well in golf. I have played with folks who play mainly on 1 course & as you mentioned take them off of it & out of their comfort zone really screws with their heads.
 
dynarider said:
The home course advantage is alive & well in golf. I have played with folks who play mainly on 1 course & as you mentioned take them off of it & out of their comfort zone really screws with their heads.
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That is true dyna but if I'm playing a different course It doesnt bother me if I do bad.
 
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