How much would you pay for an Open Competition?

[Deleted member 15344]

Ill pay whatever I deem to be good value

Have paid £100 for opens at great venues and it’s worth it , played Woodhall a number of times at great value around £60 , RND around £30 , Burnham and Berrow - £50

It all depends on the course and what you are getting - £100 for Hillside is decent value when compared to green tees

 

[gazzadi]

i played in the very first hillside 4 man team event in 2000 and the price was 17.50 a man.that is inflation, however the prize fund is still the same!!

 

[IanM]

Clearly it's all relative. Proximity to normal green fee is the key.....take the mick, and folk won' t go. One exception is charity days where the lines blur because of the find raising. I go to days organised by DEBRA, not cheap, up great courses and a smashing charity - days are superbly run too!

 

[Garush34]

The most I have paid so far is £15 for an open at the Glen. Don't tend to play that many opens but would probs go as far as £50 for one, but would depend on the course and how much I wanted to play the course.

 

[fundy]

Opens at Woburn and the Grove both at £115 a head this year, thats without looking at some of the externally organised ones (think i saw a 36 holes one at Woburn at over £300 advertised earlier this year and there will be some that are higher)

Played the Woburn pairs one a few years ago at £75 a head and was cracking value

Supply and demand, but Opens seem to have a different focus down south to some further North and in Scotland!

 

[3offTheTee]

If you dont like what they charge don’t enter. Plenty of people who will enter.

It’s totally irrelevant what they take on the day, are they are a charity? No they are a business.

Its still a bargain and less than a green fee. Like you say if you want a bargain go north.

We are lucky we have opens to enter to play cheap competitive golf, have a look down south and see that you don’t get any decent courses as opens at good value.

Cannot recall writing I do not like what they charge. Can you?

Cannot recall having any objections about them taking £15000 in a day if full. Can you? Merely I was pointing out that that is what some clubs earn in a year

People very easily draw conclusions on here.

Hopefully I will be playing Hillside again next year and really looking forward to the experience for the 4th time.

 

[Jacko_G]

Cannot recall writing I do not like what they charge. Can you?

Cannot recall having any objections about them taking £15000 in a day if full. Can you? Merely I was pointing out that that is what some clubs earn in a year

People very easily draw conclusions on here.

Hopefully I will be playing Hillside again next year and really looking forward to the experience for the 4th time.

That's him told!

 

[2blue]

£100 for The Islay Open at the Machrie. 36 hole open over two days including a third practice round on the Friday if you wanted. Shame I used up all my best golf in the practice round !

Yeah 9hrs, 3 ferries & yer still in the UK..... 3 rounds for £100 on a course that's just jumped into the top 100 list.... some value is that.... + memories from a very special place that's unknown to most English none-whisky-drinkers... haha!! That's the Western Isles

 

[Deleted member 17920]

That's him told!

Correct that's me told, I shall go back and sit in the naughty corner...…………...