Pebble beach , value or not?

[andycap]

Just come back from a road trip holiday in California , on route we visited Pebble beach , it is on a peninsula that has four courses i think and a road running through them called 17 mile drive (not sure how long it is All look stunning but after visiting i looked into cost . About $450 a round , but you will be put in a four ball , you have to have a caddy and pay for him and a tip is expected . So a fourball is going to be over $2000 !
If thats not enough , to be eligible to play you have to stay a minimum of two nights at the resort and the cheapest villa is about $550 per night ,
Personally even if i could afford it , i couldn't justify it .
Has anyone here played it ? or at those prices would you ?
It even costs $10 to take the 17 mile drive !

 

[Hacker Khan]

Depends how loaded someone is. If they are loaded then why not. But as I am not then I would struggle to justify those prices

 

[Canary_Yellow]

The guy I used to work for goes every summer. He thinks it's worth it. He also stays a pelican hill for 10 days or so though so I guess he can easily afford it.

 

[Siren]

I know its all relative to what you earn etc, but no game of golf is worth that amount of money.

 

[srixon 1]

Expensive and out of my pay scale, but I bet it is still rammed during the day.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

$1000 to play one round at a golf course ?! No thanks - no course is worth that

 

[JustOne]

Not for me, it would be just another day that I wouldn't play to my h/cap :angry:

I can understand why people who can easily afford to play it might want to but I'd rather have a round with some buddies and ham/egg/chips afterwards

 

[garyinderry]

Just bunk on and play the back 9

 

[North Mimms]

You don't need to stay at the resort to get a tee time.

You can ring up the day before and see if any are free. That's how Mr Mimms got on.

He rang as soon as booking opened and was offered either 2.30 (in November when it gets dark early) or 7am.

 

[Ads749r]

Just bunk on and play the back 9

Hahahaha my kinda guy. We think alike. Rob some range balls too.

 

[Smiffy]

I'd rather have a round with some buddies

You've not played much this year then James

 

[MadAdey]

From what I understand you don't have to stay at the resort to play it, but if your not staying there you can't say book your tee time a couple of months in advance, but like has already been said you can bring up the day before on the off chance there is a space.

How ow much is it to play places like sunningdale, gleneagles etc nowadays?

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

More by luck than judgement we stayed in Carmel for a couple of nights some years ago, I hadn't realised we were opposite 7 mile drive/ pebble beach, anyhow we popped up there for breakfast on the Sunday morning, after being badgered by hid to see if my son and I could get on I enquired about getting a tee time, the earliest I could get was on the following Thursday ( we would have been in San Francisco by then). We spent a very enjoyable couple of hours in the restaurant watching corporate America hack their way off the tee ( maybe they were nervous) going onto I suspect a 6 hour round, as I don't do slow golf I am not sorry that I saved $1000 for two green fees plus incidentals. At that time you did not have to stay on resort and no toll on 7 mile drive

 

[Slab]

From what I understand you don't have to stay at the resort to play it, but if your not staying there you can't say book your tee time a couple of months in advance, but like has already been said you can bring up the day before on the off chance there is a space.

How ow much is it to play places like sunningdale, gleneagles etc nowadays?

Just had a look out of interest. Gleneagles is £175 for any course for a visitor (£70 over winter)

 

[Duckster]

Guy from my club went a couple of years back with his better half. He was doing a road trip for his 50th and purposefully stayed at the Lodge so that him and his wife could get a round there.

He said it ended up taking 6.5 hours for the round, so he probably wouldn't go for it again, but it's was a big tick on his "To play list".

Yes, it cost a lot, but he loved it. Personally, if I was doing a road trip round there, then I'd prob phone up to see if there were any tee times free as I may never be in that part of the world again. Plus, it's a bucket list place. Like (for me) St Andrews, Royal County Down, Royal Birkdale or Royal Melbourne.

A lot of people don't think it's too expensive looking at how busy the place is.

You only need to look at places like Wentworth (West), TPC Sawgrass, Pinehurst #2 (or another on my list, The Green Monkey at Sandy Lane in Barbados). They are all high end prices yet all have almost every tee time available fully booked up.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Not sure the cost is much of a consideration if it's a dream destination, some folks save for years to do similar things. Value means different things to different folks. The course looks dull to me (with the exception of the cliff top holes) so wouldn't ever consider it. Would I spend that trying to blag a round at Augusta? Without a doubt.

If I had that sort of money available to play golf I'd use it to play a mix of, or all of, St Andrews, Carnoustie, Troon and Turnberry.

 

[patricks148]

Not sure the cost is much of a consideration if it's a dream destination, some folks save for years to do similar things. Value means different things to different folks. The course looks dull to me (with the exception of the cliff top holes) so wouldn't ever consider it. Would I spend that trying to blag a round at Augusta? Without a doubt.

If I had that sort of money available to play golf I'd use it to play a mix of, or all of, St Andrews, Carnoustie, Troon and Turnberry.

Yes, you could play all of those and a few other for that matter for that sort of sum

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Whether something is value for money or not is entirely dependant on your personal disposable income.

I couldn't justify it right now but if I had won last nights Euromillions my dream golf break would be to head to California, play all the courses I could on Monterey Peninsula and head up to San Francisco to play a few courses there (Harding Park, Olympic) and then back down to LA & San Diego to fit in Riviera, Torrey Pines etc.




But instead I'll stick to sunny England and play Wychwood for free this weekend.

 

[Canary_Yellow]

Thing is though, if you're going on holiday there anyway, and you're looking to stay in Carmel / Monterrey in luxury accomodation then the cost of the lodgings at Pebble Beach isn't unreasonable (comparatively).

Clearly, looking at doing a trip from here just to go and play there looks outrageously expensive. Adding $500 on to an already very expensive holiday doesn't look so bad. Everything is relative and as has been said, it depends on your budget.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I personally would find the cost so intimidating, forcing you to enjoy it, that all enjoyment would go out of the window. At that price you feel pressured into enjoying the round and if you hit a couple of bad shots then the pressure would increase. Even as a Euromillions winner, not yet unfortunately, I would still understand the value of money and so would struggle with this one. I would go with other lovely courses, the US is blessed with many.