£101,000 for a round of golf

[Fyldewhite]

Worthy cause, but out of reach for 99.9% of the population

This is why I'm not a fan of auctions. They have their place but on a more local level I think you can often raise more by raffling a really good prize and give everyone a chance. As for OP....€72 + I think another €15 towards buggy for Quinta do Lago South in Portugal. Oh, and just to round things off.....my back went while putting my shoes on and I hobbled around not enjoying it one bit after being refused a refund!

 

[NST]

If I had the money I would pay that

Most I have paid is £500 :thup:

For a 3 ball at Royal Liverpool

Agree. Its all relative. This auction is a quick and simple way to raise money and awareness of children in need as we're all discussing it now.

 

[Tiger]

I hear the calls for a raffle but one bloke paid £101,000!!!! At a fiver a raffle ticket you've got to sell 20200 raffle tickets at zero cost to raise the same amount...

I'd love a raffle but somehow think they raise more for charity this way and at the end of the day that's the most important thing!

 

[OldMate]

Yep, I don't mind the concept. The aim is to raise as much as possible for charity rather than give ordinary people a chance to win, which it sounds live they achieved. There will always be things in life that all but a few can afford (whether any of it is deserved or not). At least in this case, there is a silver lining in that a large amount of cash is going to those who need it. As I said above, I just hope that the winning bidder doesn't get a tax deduction for their outlay.

 

[SVB]

I hear the calls for a raffle but one bloke paid £101,000!!!! At a fiver a raffle ticket you've got to sell 20200 raffle tickets at zero cost to raise the same amount...

I'd love a raffle but somehow think they raise more for charity this way and at the end of the day that's the most important thing!

If last year is a guide, then I think one of the later autions are by raffle also for the 'Dine and Disco' event. Perhaps not quite in the same league but probably keeps to the BBC's need to be relevent to all.

As others have said, good to see the money going to a great cause, better than no aution and a missed injection of cash I suppose plus, I'm not sure a series of text based lucky dips would create quite the same profile and awareness which is another point of these aution in the run up to the main TV event.

S

 

[Ethan]

Now when it comes to next year, a lot of the gallery will be watching the Donald/Gmac group and looking for the person who can afford to splash the price of a decent terraced house in Belfast on a round of golf (tax deductions not withstanding).

I won a magazine competition for a place in the BMW PGA pro-am a few years back. It is a fantastic experience and I would give one of a select range of paired body parts to play in it at the same price again.

 

[Ads749r]

Will he get to use his 2fore1 voucher though?

 

[Wayman]

Probs around 80quid

 

[richart]

£100 I think from memory. St Andrews Old, Carnoustie, Sunningdale, Swinley, St Georges Hill and The Berkshire. The Berkshire was £125 but included lunch.

 

[JamPal]

135 for a day at Woburn, although that was for 36 holes, a bacon roll, buggy and the best carvery lunch i think Ive ever eaten.....

Me too, on the same fantastic deal. Worth every penny.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

at the moment its Muirfield for £70, soon to be £170 next year for Royal County Down

Worth every penny imo

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

I paid around £180 to play kings barns, was buggies off unwell after two holes, so at £90 per hole it wasn't a cheap round !!

 

[delc]

I personally object to paying much more than £1 per hole!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I personally object to paying more than £1 per hole!

Well that's a lot of course you will personally object to playing

 

[delc]

Well that's a lot of course you will personally object to playing

Well I am a member of a Crown Group club and can play all of their other courses for free. I know a lovely little nine-hole course where I can play nine holes for a tenner and eighteen holes for £15. There are some very cheap courses in Scotland if you avoid the big name courses.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Well I am a member of a Crown Group club and can play all of their other courses for free. I know a lovely little nine-hole course where I can play nine holes for a tenner and eighteen holes for £15. There are some very cheap courses in Scotland if you avoid the big names.

All Crown Clubs ? Are you sure or certain clubs

Yes there are clubs you can play for £18 or less but how many of the top courses in the country can you play for that cheap ?

 

[Tongo]

I dont think i've paid more than 25 quid. Have played Cams Hall in Fareham a few times but have always paid twilight rates etc.

 

[delc]

All Crown Clubs ? Are you sure or certain clubs

Yes there are clubs you can play for £18 or less but how many of the top courses in the country can you play for that cheap ?

The only exceptions in the Crown Group are St Mellion and the Nine of Herts in Rickmansworth, but I get discounted rates even there.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The only exceptions in the Crown Group are St Mellion and the Nine of Herts in Rickmansworth, but I get discounted rates even there.

So you can't play them all for free and the discounted rates at St Mellion are certainly more than £18 a round

 

[Scrindle]

This actually annoys me a little bit, as sad as it is! It's a great prize etc, and the proceeds do go to Charity, however, the chance of any 'normal' person being able to win it are slim to non-existent.

Would a competition style not have been slightly better? Advertise it for a couple of weeks, £5 donation per entry, and then draw a name out of the hat. Then, maybe, some normal folk actually stand a chance of winning something like that

As for the most expensive round of golf I have paid (excluding Pro-Ams) is £80 for Hoylake.

This is a nice sentiment, but a little selfish in my opinion. The point is not about whether people get the play golf, it is about getting as much money as physically possible for the charity. The people in a position to bid for the day out are probably spurred on by that fact also. The highest bid was doubled by an anonymous family which means the £101,000 top bid actually accounted for £202,000.

To obtain the same money as was raised (which was £378k if I recall correctly after the doubled max bid plus the other 3 winners, listening to the show this morning) you would have to sell 75,600 tickets. That isn't happening by any stretch of the imagination, even if you had the competition open for a year rather than the 30 minutes the bidding was open for on this particular prize.

Most expensive round I ever played was £40.