Distance from your home course

[BrianM]

4.5 miles, time it takes is a lottery depending on the time of day but normally between 10 & 20mins.

 

[Swango1980]

This post would have been ideal for a Poll

 

[Springveldt]

According to google maps 4.4 miles and 12 minutes since it is mainly 30mph roads to it.

 

[LincolnShep]

By far so far the furthest distance. Do you play often? How long have you been doing that travel to the club?

My current club has something that is not offered by anything closer: annual fees of only £50 per year. Naturally I also have to pay green fees each time I play there, but it means I can play opens without feeling like I'm wasting money on a full membership somewhere. I love the variety and value that opens offer, so I play lots of them - seventeen so far this year with more in the diary. I played my home course six times last winter and expect to do something similar this winter.

 

[mister v]

6.1 miles and 13mins drive (4 miles on dual carridgeway) its a doddle of a drive and i pass it on the way to/from work which is such a bonus

 

[Lord Tyrion]

My current club has something that is not offered by anything closer: annual fees of only £50 per year. Naturally I also have to pay green fees each time I play there, but it means I can play opens without feeling like I'm wasting money on a full membership somewhere. I love the variety and value that opens offer, so I play lots of them - seventeen so far this year with more in the diary. I played my home course six times last winter and expect to do something similar this winter.

I know a few people who have talked about doing something similar but have never taken that step and done it. I certainly get it and I suspect something similar would suit me better than my current full membership.

 

[Charlatan30]

Do you tee it up or play it as it lies?

I'm hoping you lasered that, it is wonderfully precise

That's the yardage shot scope gives me when i turn my watch on before I leave.....

 

[PhilTheFragger]

8 minutes by car……
Which is useful if you forget your trolley battery pack

 

[LincolnShep]

I know a few people who have talked about doing something similar but have never taken that step and done it. I certainly get it and I suspect something similar would suit me better than my current full membership.

I'm enjoying the variety but there are some downsides. It takes some planning to make sure I've got a game every weekend. Most opens are pairs/team events so you need a pool of friends who will be responsive to the invitations. To get full access you need to be able to play comp rounds at your club as well, many opens insist on some comp rounds on your record; so it's no good having a 'home' club at the other end of the country. If I put in 6-10 comp cards each winter (easily do-able at my club) then that will satisfy most entry requirements. I submit all my social golf (singles) as GP rounds too, so I always have plenty of scores on my record. It's good fun and, for me, is preferable to playing the same course every week.

 

[srixon 1]

According to Google Maps...

6 miles or 18 minutes to my club.
1.1 miles or 4 minutes to the youth's current home club - however, we are hopefully in the process of getting him joined at Huddersfield as well which is also 6 miles away, this will become his home club if he's accepted for membership.

Anybody that's familiar with Huddersfield (or Fixby as it's known), will probably have seen the houses behind the 7th tee - my uncle used to live in one of them, for a very acceptable monthly rent charge.

He wasn't a golfer, but it was idyllic if you're a fan of the game.

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I bet he heard a few F bombs living there

 

[Mel Smooth]

I bet he heard a few F bombs living there

Oh aye. It's amazing how many bad golf swings you can see on a Sunday morning while you're watching out of the bedroom window right behind a tee box...

DP World tour Q school is there this week, it would have been a prime viewing spot if old Jim hadn't have died of a heart attack back in 1994.....

 

[ExRabbit]

6.0 miles according to google maps - 15-20 minutes in normal traffic.

 

[JayB]

2.5 miles, 6 minute drive.

 

[Tashyboy]

In car its 75 seconds (or a 10 min walk if carrying bag) to the main gate, then another 45 seconds/5 mins to car park

edit; it has a pretty nice driveway though
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And it is still with great thanks that I can confirm it is indeed a lovely driveway.

 

[IanMcC]

2.5 miles, 6 minute drive.

About the same here.

 

[Mandofred]

Currently 13.6 miles.....which is usually about 25 min. The good news is we are moving to another house very soon and that will cut the drive all the way to 13.4 miles.....that should save me close to 30 seconds!!

I'm still thinking about adding the closer golf course again this next year which is 2.2 miles, about 6 min and has a small practice area. I haven't been playing much the last couple of months, partially because the 25 min drive currently gets a bit of a drag. The further course is probably the best in my area for handling winter/wet weather......which is most of the year.

 

[Canfordhacker]

8.6 miles, 12 minutes for an early tee time.

 

[r0wly86]

20-30 minutes dependent on the grockel traffice

 

[sunshine]

Here's my house, just by the 17th green. Usually I walk to the clubhouse from the bottom of the garden and get my chauffeur to drive my clubs round to the first tee.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

For 26 years of my life I lived on a golf course
The other times max 4 miles.