The GolfBlogger is doing a little bit of an informal, unscientific survey here: What’s the most you’ve paid for a round of golf? Name the course, location and price.
For me, it was $85 at the Little Traverse Bay Golf Club in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Nice course, great vistas.
$300.00(cdn) Kingsbarns – outside St Andrews, Scotland, 2000, not including caddy, caddymaster, etc.
Priceless
$175 at Old Greenwood in Lake Tahoe, California. Beautiful course and they’ve raised the price since I went.
I Played True Blue in Myrtle Beach a couple years ago for about $80. The price has gone up since then. kirkf
$85 at a private course in Pennsylvania, where my brother-in-law used to play.
Nice thing about our munis around my city…the most you pay walking for a round of 18 is $18, even at peak times on Saturday morning. After 3 on a weekday (twilight) is $11…all you can play.
John B – the same is true in Michigan. You can get on some really nice courses for under $30
The first time I ever played (about 20 months ago) was because my wife told her Dad I’d take him golfing when he visited. I asked a few co-workers for suggestions on where to play and we ended up playing at Timber Creek in southeast Houston. The cost was 57.00 each. I was shocked and decided golf was way to expensive. Later, wanting to play more, I learned there were plenty of courses to play for under 20.00. I have not been back to Timber Creek.
-Greg
On a pure price point, it’d be $90 for a round at Hidden River Golf and Casting Club (the only course I’ve seen that has a bunker shaped like a fish). However, on the same trip, I paid an $85 upgrade fee to play Bay Harbor Country Club. Worth every penny.
Having said all that, I am really spoiled where I live…I am about a good par 5 distance away from Milham Park Golf Course, which is a) beautiful, and b) extremely reasonable ($24 to walk 18 anytime). GolfBlogger…if you ever find yourself out in the AZO, check it out.
Matt
It was about $100, but that was $70 greens and $30 cart at Ohio State Golf Club / Scarlet course. Second was about $80 on Lake Buena Vista at Disneyworld (that was greens with cart included).
I did pay $65 to play nine as well at Bald Head Island, NC.
I paid $175 to play the Azalea course at the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa. It’s on the Robert Trent Jones Trail and the course was in great shape.
I polled my readers at Hooked On Golf Blog a somewhat related question:
What’s the most you’d pay for a round of golf?
$500+ -> 10%
$300 -> 9%
$200 -> 29%
$100 -> 38%
$50 -> 14%
Personally I’ve paid $200 to play at La Costa.
The most was $500 to play Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. Worth it to see once, wouldn’t do it on a regular basis. The closest to being worth it was Cabo del Sol in Cabo san Lucas last week. $350 per round. It is an annual treat for me but I would gladly spend my last $350 to play there one more time.
Greg
Being a 5 handicap golfer i’m always on the look out for great championship courses that you can play. After reading a review on http://www.golfcourseworld.co.uk of the west course at Wentworth Golf Club, i was surprised to find out it was open to visitors. I paid £265 for just 18 holes, but thought it might be worth it to play such a famous course. I was wrong, it was worth it because i shot 103 and took nearly 5 1/2 hours to get round. Now thats good value!!!!!!