dduarte85
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As my game has improved and my desire to play more has steadily grown I’ve come to a cross roads in life. After reviewing the numbers I’m on pace to spend about 3,000 this year on green fees. The reality is that I’d love to play or practice every day to some degree. Paying green fees prohibits this, simply too expensive.
Im torn between the safety of paying for a years pass at a local public track, Shaker Hills in Harvard, MA vs joining Vesper Country Club, an old Donald Ross track from the late 1800’s that is fully private. I’m 33 so I can take advantage of a serious discount as a young professional. That club would carry a 1500 initiation and 5k in dues. That’s a little high in my budget but I could make it work. The issue is that the club is member owned and why it’s a great club I’m fearful of something going wrong and then I’ll be asked to foot an increased bill to repair a kitchen fire etc.
The downside of Shaker Hills is that it’s a typical higher end public course that has a lot of tournaments, leagues, and tee times get full so I would have full access to unlimited golf but it’s not the type of place you can roll up and get out.
also, I’m a school teacher so I’m off from May 20 to August 24th so I will get my money’s worth either way. I can play everyday and I gladly will if I don’t have to thrown down 50-100 bucks every time I play.
advice, opinions welcomed! What’s your experience or have you faced a similar decision?
Im torn between the safety of paying for a years pass at a local public track, Shaker Hills in Harvard, MA vs joining Vesper Country Club, an old Donald Ross track from the late 1800’s that is fully private. I’m 33 so I can take advantage of a serious discount as a young professional. That club would carry a 1500 initiation and 5k in dues. That’s a little high in my budget but I could make it work. The issue is that the club is member owned and why it’s a great club I’m fearful of something going wrong and then I’ll be asked to foot an increased bill to repair a kitchen fire etc.
The downside of Shaker Hills is that it’s a typical higher end public course that has a lot of tournaments, leagues, and tee times get full so I would have full access to unlimited golf but it’s not the type of place you can roll up and get out.
also, I’m a school teacher so I’m off from May 20 to August 24th so I will get my money’s worth either way. I can play everyday and I gladly will if I don’t have to thrown down 50-100 bucks every time I play.
advice, opinions welcomed! What’s your experience or have you faced a similar decision?