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Originally Posted by mikeod
Please explain how these people play for less than you. If you choose to play at 4PM for the PM rate, that's your choice (as is the one to become a priority member) and it's not available to those who wish to pay $6. But, you can also play any other time of the day for less than a non-priority member, so these people are not paying less than you. If you're including the cost of a priority membership, remember, it was your choice to do that. A priority membership only provides better access to the courses/tee times, club tournaments, and access to the pools. Others have done the math and figured it wasn't worth it for a single golfer.
As both a championship and "executive course player", I take offense at your characterization of the "executive course players" as less worthy to be on "your" course. Remember that owning a home in TV makes everyone a "member" at all the championship courses.
As for conditions, remember that some players on executive courses are new to the game and don't yet understand all the facets of course maintenance, so the conditions there may be worse than on the championship courses. However, I encounter the same problems on the championship courses. Divots and ball marks unrepaired. Sand traps that show little attempt to smooth either divot or footprints. Perhaps not as frequent, but still there. And this is before those $6 "executive players" have a chance to play.
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I believe I did explain how their price is cheaper if you consider the 1 hour time difference. If residents want to play cheap golf, they can play nine in the summer at a very reasonable rate, and that would include AM or PM times.
And I too am a both courses player and there is NO comparison to the number of problems in care on the courses. Being a new player is no excuse for not knowing how to treat a course. TV offers good golf school to help these folks learn about it. I did not infer that they are, in your words, less worthy to play on "my" course.
And I have done the Math and find the priority membership well worth it because I play 3 times a week on champ courses. Remember, the priority mem also includes my trail fee for exec courses and a pool mem for country club pools which we use all the time. So if you subtract those fees from Priority, you can see it is a good deal....if you play more than once a week. And by the way, I have a single mem because my wife does not play golf.