Recent content by rystaman

Honestly? Feels like nothing, to the point where I'm checking club v1 and seeing that buggies are still allowed out and tearing the hell up of the course...

I think it's a certain type of humour that isn't for everyone. I really like Pete and listen to the podcast every week with his team too

As he's 2.5 hours away from me I tend to have 90-120 minute lessons with him. If I was closer I'd definitely recommend more frequent shorter lessons.

Second James Robinson at St Annes. I've made the trek up from Birmingham a few times now for a lesson as I find his lessons really work well for me. It's not an often pilgrimage due to cost but well worth it

Our club has a 5% rise and hasn't replaced the absolutely worn-out mats on the two nets for years. They need to do so much work on irrigation and drainage but who knows if they will or are.

It doesn't help that my preferred range is also 25 minutes away as the course and range are around the corner from each other, before I moved it was like 15 maybe?

With the course a 25 min drive away, 9 (10 due to the layout) is the minimum really.

Yup, i put this in the cost increase thread. Crail's prices have gone up 22% this year (ridiculous) so I'd guess that's the reason they're no longer part of this.

Not sure if this is the same at other people's clubs but the retirees seem to always take the early weekend tee times even when they have every weekday to get out

Well, it's intermediate based on age not playing time. If you charged everyone over 18 a full 7 day price then you'd have very few 18-29 members (apart from those with parents support).

I just had our email through today, an increase of 6% while "The club is keen to keep any increase of subscription prices to an absolute minimum". Doubly shite for me as I jump up in the intermediate membership categories so it's looking like a £320 rise for the year... Going to be a tight one...

As I started planning a trip up to Scotland already, I've seen some large increases from last year: Carnoustie Burnside has had a 20% increase from £75 to £90 Lundin Links up 25% to £120 Elie up 25% to £150 Crail Craigshead was already mentioned but it's a 22% increase Leven Links up 20%...

Also very true, out of curiosity I looked at a best green fees under £60 list from 22/23 and picked one of the top ones at random (Southerndown Golf Club) and here are the prices 22/23 and now 23/24. Category Old Fee (£) New Fee (£) Percentage Increase (%) Standard Weekend AM 95 99 4.21...

Perfect! I'll take a look at the Pestana golf resorts, it's around a 30-minute drive from where we're staying so not too bad if I get that car rented. That's good to know, another place I'll take a look into. Probably working the first week so wouldn't need them until week 2

Same here, even though my numbers for this year were pitiful. Was just nice to get consistently out at my own club!