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"Just playin golf pally"
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I know one the private CC's near me is no push carts and must ride. I don't get all this BS. If they really need the money to operate than why not just raise the yearly fees. I mean you pay x amount for yearly golf and yet you get charged when you play anyway. I mean whats the point? Just raise the yearly fee and allow everyone to do what they want. My buddy pays almost 10k a year and yet whenever he golfs he has to rent a cart for 30. Then he has to spend x amount at the club every month or pay that x amount if he does nothing.
The whole thing is not at all about being financially practical but is imo much more about being pampered and paying for it. Its not something that makes economic sense But that's not why the members join such a place. And many other places are far more expensive than that one. Its not the golf but is more a life style. But its not a lifestyle I can afford. I look only to what makes economic sense because that's the financial bracket I live in. To me (for me) its a waste of money but only because I don't live in that world where I have that kind of money for that. At least not just to play golf. And imo there are many people who join such places which are a tad above their means and then they can often regret being stuck playing that same course in order to get their money's worth and now they never golf elsewhere because they feel they are paying too much to go and pay somewhere else. kind of a catch 22 (in a not so good way) imo.
I cant play with my friend cause I cant afford his guest fees just to play a round (would be 130 to play) and he is stuck playing to only one course where he spends too much money. he likes it a lot but it has its downside imo.
Sorry for going off topic there for a bit. But the whole cart thing is about money just like the rest of the CC thing.
The whole thing is not at all about being financially practical but is imo much more about being pampered and paying for it. Its not something that makes economic sense But that's not why the members join such a place. And many other places are far more expensive than that one. Its not the golf but is more a life style. But its not a lifestyle I can afford. I look only to what makes economic sense because that's the financial bracket I live in. To me (for me) its a waste of money but only because I don't live in that world where I have that kind of money for that. At least not just to play golf. And imo there are many people who join such places which are a tad above their means and then they can often regret being stuck playing that same course in order to get their money's worth and now they never golf elsewhere because they feel they are paying too much to go and pay somewhere else. kind of a catch 22 (in a not so good way) imo.
I cant play with my friend cause I cant afford his guest fees just to play a round (would be 130 to play) and he is stuck playing to only one course where he spends too much money. he likes it a lot but it has its downside imo.
Sorry for going off topic there for a bit. But the whole cart thing is about money just like the rest of the CC thing.