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Old 08-19-2015, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by tomwed View Post
It's a prepaid discount card that costs $550.

If half the time it saves you $10 and the other half $15 you need to play [550/12.50] 44 times a year to break even. If you play Evens Prairie all year round your golf bill for 44 rounds would be 11x31 11x37 11x26 11x31 = 1375 + 550= 1925

If you play twice a week your total golf bill is 104 - 44 =60 rounds at an average of 31 =1800/yr plus 1925

So for $3725 you play twice a week.

It's not for me at this time. If I was tearing up the execs I might think differently. I want to play 9 holes or more in the afternoon after the wave.

When is the wave? Playing in the summer is practically free at 5pm.
Great analysis, but I'm not sure I get the point. Golf is expensive?
I was imply siding with those who believe the championship courses are semi-private, and cited a published definition to support that claim.

As far as the cost, I play 2x/week for 24 weeks out of the year and pay far more per year, so TV golf is a huge bargain for me, even after paying greens fees and priority membership

As far as "tearing up" the execs goes, it's not that easy. Par threes generally play to a higher scoring average than 4's and 5's, and much more if looking at strokes/yard