Playing a different course.

[sydney greenstreet]

What is the maximum distance you travel when trying other courses ?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

50-60 miles.
If it's much more than an hour I wouldn't bother as my back probably couldn't take being in the car that long and then playing golf soon after.

 

[pbrown7582]

the furthest ive been is 220 miles, was a adult and junior comp with my nephew at chipping sodbury had intended weekend at parents but it went belly up and day started off at 5am.

 

[DaveM]

50-60 miles.
If it's much more than an hour I wouldn't bother as my back probably couldn't take being in the car that long and then playing golf soon after.

+1. (only read neck for back).

 

[sydney greenstreet]

50-60 miles.
If it's much more than an hour I wouldn't bother as my back probably couldn't take being in the car that long and then playing golf soon after.

Probably the same for me. 50 miles

 

[Aztecs27]

Depends on the course.

Last year I travelled an hour and a bit to Beau Desert, over 2 hours to Blackmoor (which, admittedly was an overnight trip as I played Camberley Heath too) and over 2 hours to play at Murph's place before playing 9 holes at The Grove.

And I'm travelling 2 hours + to play 36 holes at Woburn next month.

For a normal weekend knock, I'd still stretch to 2 hours max if I was making a day of it and it was worth the trip.

 

[sweatysock41]

Depends on the course.

I'm with Aztecs on that one - I'll happily travel up to 3 hours but it would have to be something special - either the course or the event.

 

[patricks148]

made the six hour drive to Machrihanish last year for Crawfords get together, it took another 9 hours to get back though.

3 hours for just a game in St Andrews is about the limit for a non stay over.

 

[AmandaJR]

An hour's drive for something regular and 2 hours for something special. Course-wise that is.

 

[garyinderry]

about an hour and a half is the furthest ive gone. its a long enough oul drive home if you've played poorly.

 

[daymond]

If we are talking about a round of golf just for the sake of playing a round then I would say 1hr max.
Organised events/special invites are a different matter and would go up to 3hrs.

 

[Brookesy]

Not very far before but looking to broaden my horizons this year, this the furthest will be blackmoor this year.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Depends on the course. Went from Bracknell over the Severn Bridge to Chepstow to St Pierre. Couple of hours. Same to the FoA. Another couple of hours. If I was going to Southport in September I'd make the effort but would probably turn it into a long weekend. Wouldn't contemplate trying to do something like that in a day. I guess about 150 miles max for a day trip

 

[Foxholer]

The majority of times I've driven much more than an hour I've normally played pretty rubbish so try to restrict it to that.

 

[Hobbit]

Depends on the company and the courses. I've lined up a trip to Vegas for the end of March with a couple of guys through another golf forum.

 

[G1BB0]

Depends on the course.

Last year I travelled an hour and a bit to Beau Desert, over 2 hours to Blackmoor (which, admittedly was an overnight trip as I played Camberley Heath too) and over 2 hours to play at Murph's place before playing 9 holes at The Grove.

And I'm travelling 2 hours + to play 36 holes at Woburn next month.

For a normal weekend knock, I'd still stretch to 2 hours max if I was making a day of it and it was worth the trip.

similar to this

 

[Crow]

Furthest I've driven is Turnberry, I did stop over the night though.

According to Google it's 333 miles, 5 hours 49 minutes.

The worst of it was I'd not played seriously for years and so played like a complete A***. It did make me start playing regularly again though so I'm thankful for that.