Good morning! We just purchased the priority membership annually. I'm an avid golfer and the only way I could belong to a Women's golf club-Championship is to be a priority member.

I played with the Women's club at Glenview last week. I was greeted and introduced to other members of the club by a staff employee. The staff employee had our score cards ready and the option to play skins and closet to the pin. At the conclusion of the game, the staff employee posted our scores.

In California I belonged to three golf clubs and the annual cost was about $200.00. The cost to play a course with a cart was about $50 to $60 per round. The club was run by volunteers in the club.

So what's my point! The priority system ROCKS!!! The Villages ROCK! I belong to a huge country club. Dang life is so darn GOOD!:spoken::coolsmiley:

Yesterday we went to the movies in Spanish Springs. We saw Mission Impossible, had popcorn and soda. The total bill was less than $20.00. Back home it was double. Come on folks, this place is amazing. I have not seen those prices since 1974.:bigbow:

Please forgive me for my excitement, but I'm in awe of this place and I hope I never forget where I came from.

Enjoy your day folks, I'm playing golf at Lopez. Yeah:laugh:!

By most measures golf in TV is cheap. Priority membership is great deal if you play in the winter months. If you play from April to December in TV and January to March outside TV, not such a good deal. The main benefit of the membership is available tee times during the busy season. The discount helps pay for that for avid golfers.

I realize I live in a fairly expensive area in Northern Virginia. So not a country wide comparison by any means. I belong to a private club with an excellent golf course. Initiation fee is normally 20K and yes they do run deals that drop that to around 10K every once in a while. Dues and food minimum and cart fees and mandatory guest fees run me an average of $1200 a month to play about 80-90 times a year. And then there is this thing called special assessments. When ever they want to or have to do something not in the budget, the membership gets assessed. I have been a member here for 15 years and have seen assessments from $500 to $5000. Total over 15 years has been about $10000. I do get to play any private club in the area as an exchange member in the PCN (private club network). Also when traveling you can play private clubs through PCN.

So my point with all this is when I move to TV next year my annual golf bill will drop significantly. The above cost is fairly typical of private clubs in this area as I researched many before joining this one. And someone will challenge these costs and say "but I play for $XX by" and they play public courses and specials and other ways. And I agree I pay a premium for my golf, but I can get a tee time anytime, I play a great course, have access to most private clubs, and a practice facility second to none. But any way I try to compare it to TV, golf in TV is cheap.

to me the priority membership is just like joining a mens club. You get better tee times,and are allowed to play in club events,mens day and other tournaments. In CT. where I play most mens clubs are between $900.00 and $1600.Also if you are lucky enough to meet a great group of guys to play with a priority membership is a must to get tee times. If you play golf more than once a week it's a no brainer. I don't think most people get a priority membership to save money they get it for convenience,tee times and events.

I guess I missing something again, you don't save anything unless you play a lot of golf and play in the afternoons. The bottom line here is you still have to pay for the round of golf, and you are obligated to play or you will be losing money. I guess it comes down to how much golf you like to play and how much you want to spend.