Agree but think Osprey is a damn fine course as wellOcean Course was pretty awesome. Cougar Point on Kiawah is a hidden gem
Agree but think Osprey is a damn fine course as wellOcean Course was pretty awesome. Cougar Point on Kiawah is a hidden gem
Maintenance costs skyrocketed since Covid plus high inflation, but I think it also comes down to folks are still willing to shell it out so the courses will continue to charge it. Supply and demand. When people start refusing to pay these prices they will come down.Damn golf prices have skyrocketed on "nice" courses!
I was looking up the top 100 public courses, thinking of taking my son on a golf trip hitting 4-5 of them for his graduation. And several were >$300.
My favorite course anywhere, Tobacco Road (in Sanford NC, so <1hr away) isn't far from this year's US Open at Pinehurst #2. And TR has their rates the week of the Open (which is also his first week out of school) to $342. But, their rates other weeks are still in the mid-upper $200's. 15-20 years ago I could play that course for $49-79.
For comparison sake, I joined a golf club 1:15 min away, but for only $300 for a full year. I still have to pay cart fee, but still that is an incredible price. As for the quality of the course, it's a 2.5*, although I'd give the greens a 3.5 (4 if they were just a little faster) and the layout a 4. But fairways are a 2. But I still like it there.
Just speaking locally, Andover, Spring Valley, Lone Oak and Cabin Brook have closed in recent years. Champions/Keene now full w/a waiting list and initiation now $15K or so, much different than before CovidMaintenance costs skyrocketed since Covid plus high inflation, but I think it also comes down to folks are still willing to shell it out so the courses will continue to charge it. Supply and demand. When people start refusing to pay these prices they will come down.
It hasn't been diminished at all, not in the least. Great stories each and every week, and it is refreshing to see newbies (as we do each year) get their first win. Seeing Spieth, JT, Rory, Scheffler, get humbled is a nice change.
65 for AK today
Fan Duel has given a 25% profit boost each day. Didn't do anything Thursday. Friday's I work from home so I look at the feature groups and play who is going to win their group. Both picks tied on Friday. Took Schauffle at 5/1 so I gave 6.25/1 on him today. Took Aberg to be the top European finisher today at 6.5/1 so I got 8.2/1. He's tied with McIlroy and 4 behind Fitzpatrick.Anybody gamble on PGA golf? Friday morning I took Wyndham Clark at 12-1 and Matt Fitzpatrick at 20-1. Feeling pretty good today, although I would have preferred that Clark not play 17 yesterday like Tskware would have.
When you stand to win a couple hundred dollars, I can see the truth of the old saying about the PGA tour . . . "every shot makes someone happy"
Happy wife, happy life...Great win by Scheffler. Dude has made $8.5 million the last 2 weeks. The Players is a major.
Possibly, but I saw Akshay Bhatia play in person last year, and he has a ton of game. Only 22 I think and has been on some leaderboards this year already, finished yesterday with a 3 shot lead in Texas Open. Can hit it a long way, and is 15th in total driving for the season, but more importantly, went to the long putter in the offseason, a la Lucas Glover, and his putting has improved dramatically.Some of these PGA leaderboards look like Korn Ferry leaderboards.
He’s comin…Ludvig Aberg gonna be an absolute menace this year.
It's A.Suppose you were playing a round, and you win a large sum of cash if you can make par for the round. Most of us will never do that even once. But to help your odds, you can have a (random) pro golfer either:
A: "hit all of your drives & 3W shots for you"
B: "hit all of your full iron (fairways & par 3's) shots for you"
C: "do all of your short (<20yd) chips and putts for you", which are you taking?
I think for most golfers, they should take C.
For me, A makes the most sense, and B would be 2nd.
Wrong. I know I'm not good. But I'm bad because I play like this: tee shot OB, tee shot in woods, tee shot 150 yards requiring 4I or 3W 2nd shot which goes into woods, all that in just first 3 holes. My short game is good (anything 150y+ is not good), won a local 9-hole tournament (50 golfers) event last fall (score-handicap+putts, so each putt counted twice). I had 10-11 putts. Last fall I shot an all time best 84, where I'm not sure I was on-in-regulation more than 1-2 holes, but got up-&-down almost every hole (a few of my bogeys included having to take a penalty stroke). Years ago I played 18 using full set of clubs, then replayed 9 with just my 7-iron and putter, shot the same 9-hole score.Anyone who doesn't say C thinks more highly of your game than you probably should. Pro's will shave several strokes over average golfers with short game alone.