[macgolfnut]

I hate to beat the sbject to death, by I, too, am curious about Rekop. I grew up playing a very high end private country club in the Chicago area, I worked at a private golf club for 32 years, I was a high school golf coach, and I carry a single diget handicap. I find the courses here both challenging and pretty well maintained. The executive courses are a great bargain for free and a wonderful opportunity to work on your short game. If there was only one course here, you would expect it to be superior. But there are 33 and counting. I think they do a remarkable job of organization and upkeep.

Please don't confuse our country clubs with the private country clubs in other parts of the country. They normally have a huge entrance fee and renewal fee, as well as a minimum that you must spend on food or you will be billed. You have to pay a locker fee and whether or not you use a caddie, you must pay for one. Ours are only called country clubs because they have 18 or 27 holes and a nice restaurant. Despite our amenity fees, it is super expensive to build and maintain a golf course for an entire year, not just 6-7 months like up north. That does not include the clubhouse or all the rest of the wonderful amenities we have in TV.

I can't believe someone would buy in a place like this without doing a little homework. If you are a golfer, you should have played some of the courses before you made your decision. If you don't like them and golf is that important to you, then you don't buy here. Also, nobody is forcing you to play a certain number of times per week. That is your choice, as is the choice to use the computer system instead of the phone system.

Yes, whether you take advantage of the many opportunities in TV or not, they will nickel and dime you to death. We all know that. But I just went to the grocery store in the Chicago area( I'm a part timer now, full timer come July) and it cost me over $100.00 for a week of groceries for my wife and me. $96.00 just doesn't seem that much for a whole year for what you get.

This is just My Humble Opinion, so I hope I didn't offend. I'm looking forward to a high of zero degrees for the next couple of days. I can't wait to get back to Paradise.