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Old 01-09-2013, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by scarecrow1 View Post
The Ex's courses are not free if your handicap and can't walk. You have to pay the cart path fee as your unable to walk so you don't golf for free for life.
True. Annual cart fee for household is approx $145. RA sleeve, $5 per year. So for a total of about $150 per year above the amenities fee (required of all) you can play as many rounds of executive golf as you can book. So, if you and spouse played twice a week every week, your total cost per round comes out to less than $0.75. If you're seasonal residents, it comes out to a little more than that. Not free, but darn close.

I guess I consider it free if I don't have to dig out cash or credit card whenever I play and I don't get a monthly bill from the club with mandatory food minimums and other charges.