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Old 02-10-2022, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Mortal1 View Post
to goldwingnut...."Executive golf is still free, if you walk the course, with or without your own hand cart, you pay nothing to play. The trail fee is a convenience fee to allow you to use your own cart on the course and cover the additional wear and tear on the course these carts bring. The costs associated with cart wear are significant and were part of the justification of the change a year ago in the Reasonable Accommodations policy"...it is NOT free. part of your amenity fees goes towards exec golf.
I guess it’s all how you choose to look at the amenity fee. The way I look at it, you pay the fee regardless of weather you opt to play the Executives or not. If you decide to play the Executives, regardless of how often, your amenity fee remains the same (in the business world that’s referred to as a sunk cost). Based on that logic, it’s easy to argue the Executives are free. Put another way, if my wife and I walk an Executive course today, we will be out of pocket zero additional dollars. If we decide to play 18 at a typical Championship course today, walk or ride, we will be out of pocket about $135 including tax.