LIV Golf
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Mel Smooth
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So how much is it then?
D
Deleted member 15344
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Which golf clubs etc or golf schemes will get that money ? How will it help grow the game ?
about £250 I think for a visitors fee but there are multiple deals and members guests etc
Great value to play an iconic sporting venue and the greatest golfing experience I have had
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Just a thought, do you think LIV will introduce its own major at some point?
Have it over 72 holes at a top course maybe.
Have it over 72 holes at a top course maybe.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
It’s £270, reduced for under 16’s to err, £270.
That’s how much your precious R&A care about growing the game Phil.
They’re a bunch of greedy bastards, maximising their (the courses) value no different to DJ, BDC, etc.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
I think that’s the idea of the final round tbh.
D
Deleted member 15344
Guest
Is that why you think they charge £270 ? Greed ?
Nothing at all to do with rising costs ? Lost money during the Covid years and the drop in visitors ? And the money from the green fees goes towards the courses does it not ?
no one is forcing you to pay it - but you have the chance to play TOC if you want , you don’t get that chance in other sports.
And how much is it to play Centurion as a visitor ?
It won’t be classed as a major to the golfing community- they will try and have a final comp etc and prob at a Trump course
Ethan
Money List Winner
That is typical of your posts, select one line you think you can attack (answer - reasonable for the most famous course in the country, and good access for locals) but ignore the rest that you can't defend,. It is rather pathetic, actually.
LIV venues are Centurion (private), Pumpkin Ridge (private), Trump Bedminster (private, LIV Golf $75 a day), The Oaks, Boston (private), Rich Harvest Farms, Chicago (private), Stonehill, Bangkok (wild guess? - yes, private), Royal Greens Jeddah (dunno about green fee, but £8k a year membership, LIV Golf $80 a day), Trump Doral (green fee $390).
You must be utterly delusional if you think those events are going to bring many grass roots in.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Of course it’s greed. They’re charging a premium price because they know sentimentality will override the ridiculous cost to play it, the fact that there’s no reduction for a junior green fee highlights that.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Anyway boys, I’m off this thread for a few days. Let’s hope we have a thrilling weekend from Scotland.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
Except for the fact that The Old Course is owned by Fife council and run by The St Andrews Links Trust you were almost accurate there. The R&A don't set the green fees for The Old Course. The Links Trust do. The R&A aren't maximising any value.
But then I guess you've already shown that you don't care about where the money is coming from so why be accurate about where the money is going to?
D
Deleted member 15344
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why do you ignore many parts of peoples replies to you ?
The money from the green fees go towards the Trust that run the courses - believe they lost about £20mil plus during Covid when their annual income is around £30mil - they have huge costs - wages , bills - it’s not cheap to run such a huge trust
The green fees allow the trust to be sustainable.
And yet it’s still lower that some of the other courses
so how much is it to play Centurion as a visitor?
PhilTheFragger
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Probably a good move, I was thinking of locking the thread for a bit, as it’s just going round in circles and deteriorating
Jimaroid
Journeyman Pro
If only there was a way to enforce a few days away more permanently. ?
If they want it in the UK then Turnberry seems the obvious match up.
doublebogey7
Head Pro
What has the cost of playing the Old Course got to do with the R&A?.
fenwayrich
Assistant Pro
Thank goodness for that.
RRidges
Active member
It's certainly where Greg Norman has a home.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlan...h-gardens-mansion/Slideshow/30945279/30812971
RRidges
Active member
That could well be the 2-fingers approach that would make both Norman and Trump smile, perhaps for an end of season Grand Final. Especially after R&A's recent negative view on it. That negative view doesn't look good for LIV's OWGR aspirations.
If there is a Grand Final, I doubt the format would change though as that's a key part LIV's USP.
Ethan
Money List Winner
Yeah, near enough. Palm Beach Gardens is a few miles further away than Mar a Lago (Trump's residence) and the Trump course to the LIV offices, but all pretty close.
