HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND ON GOLF THIS YEAR ?

[madandra]

MVP has nailed it with the post regarding monthly spend but it made me think about how much I have spent on golf 'STUFF' this year and it is quite a bit.

£90 new bag for start of season
£100 Odyssey No.7 putter
£110 golf shoes
£450 golf fees
£80 Cleveland CG11 wedge
£200 Cheryl (driver)
£80 Mizuno MP001 3-wood only because of the shaft. Prolite Elite.
£320 irons
£40 gloves
£150 clothing
£20 socks
£40 hats and wooly bunnet
£100 golf balls
£160 deposit for new course membership
£200 2nd hand powacaddy and bag
£10 tees



£2150 all in ..... F**k a duck.

 

[MVP]

You wanna check out the fourball post. talk about fast feedback!!!

i'll have to add up for weeks to answer this one.

 

[medwayjon]

I reckon I wouldn't have any change out of £4000 but did buy new irons, new fairways, 2 bafflers, 2 pairs of shoes, a wedge, and loads more crap. Plus green-fees, fuel etc etc it soon adds up. If H.I.D reads this I will be majorly in the doghouse!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Mmmmm definitely not a thread to le tthe missus see!!!!

Let me think

Callaway golf bag £90
Odyssey Marxman putter £109
Callaway Driver £169
Cobra DWS hybrid £109
Hi Tec golf shoes £45 (reduced from 79.99)
Pro Quip rain suit £89 (reduced from £170)
Golf balls >£75 dozen TP black, Dozen HX tour, Dozen Pro V1
Club jumper (for matches) £50
Club shirt (for matches) £35 last two are a con as you have to wear them to play. Not kit no game!!

So oodles of money. Especially as I was made redundant in January and didn't find another job until August. Trying to pay this lot of the credit card. They seemed essential at the time though

 

[John_Findlay]

Ooooohhhh. Scary.

I'm guessing it would be around the price of a new car......but I'd still rather be playing the golf.

Did invest in a new driver, 3 wood, 5 wood, bag, trolley, 2 wedges, various golf trips with the lads and many, many green fees for away courses this year, though.

 

[GB72]

My figures are also pretty scary but I did recover some cash on the bad buys through trade in and ebay:

Di7 Irons £299.00
Ogio Bag £109.00
Nike 5 Wood £129.00
Orka Hybrid £60.00
3 Wrong Drives £400.00
1 Right Orka Driver £150.00
Balls £100.00
Shoes £100.00

And that is not including green fees etc

 

[John_Findlay]

Just realised I've played more than 25 "away" courses this year, adding up to more than £1000 in green fees alone.

That's more than twice my current membership fees and doesn't include course planners, logo'd ball markers, drinks, food, travel costs.

Ouch !!

 

[MVP]

I spent
1104 on membership
60 on titleist hats
60 on Footjoy AQL
240 on lessons
millions on balls range and titleists
100 on golf shirts

 

[Junior]

£893 subs
£250 fees at other clubs
£200 lessons
£900 golf holidays (Cyprus & Norn Ireland)
£150 clothes
£100 balls
£150 on TM Burner driver that I dont use !!
£200 / £300 bar food & drinks at the club
£60 comp fee's

All worth it (apart from the driver- impulse buy)

 

[DCB]

Oops, just looked back and other than subs, transport, balls etc I've not spent anything on equipment this year.

So..... that means that I can look forward to the sales after Christmas and do some catching up afterall that's a nice new driver Mizuno have brought out isn't it!

 

[mark4700]

What about the phsycological side of the game? I can't see that anyone has spent on this. I recently subscribed to www.playgreatgolf.co.uk. It cost me only £25 for the year and an ebook by Gail Smirthwaite, which outlines perfectly how to approach the game from the mind side. Excellent value and well worth a look.

Apart from that have spent in the last month...
New glove - £9
Yet more balls - £12
A lesson - £25
Range balls - £6
Diesel - Negligable


Best value has to go to the play great golf membership though!!

 

[viscount17]

I only started playing this year, so a lot! Especially when I include all the cr*p, stupid and impulse buys - like saving money by buying Dunlop shoes from SportsWorld then having to replace them with Footjoys 2 months later.
I really don't want to add this up!

And for the other side of xmas, depending on our bonus (if any) I've seen a lovely set of Mizuno MX-19's and an even lovelier set of Ping S58's. (Must ask our pro which I could best handle!) Plus there's that Fisher putter I've seen . . .