Playing the same course week in week out......

[Alan]

I just joined Murrayshall here in Perth as I've just taken up golf two months ago, I have played about 8 rounds and find every round different, I played a 4 ball yesterday with guys that I didn't know and had a fantastic time.

Pity my score was poor.

 

[Bratty]

I joined Westerham almost 6 years ago and I still love it. Walking on to the first tee is a treat every time. It's a different round every game, but that maybe because I play with a number of different people rather than the same fourball.

I'd say go for it. If you only last a year, then so be it, but you'll have played a load in that year, and met some great new golfing contacts.

 

[Val]

The only potential issue I see with playing the same course over and over again is it is easy to let your concentration on every shot drop, when then happens carnage can occur.

I have no problem playing the same course regularly, playing constantly well is another matter

 

[MadAdey]

Positives for joining a club are these:

Great social life
Play with lots of different people of different abilities
It works out cheaper over the year, my club works out at £11.50 a week. To play anything decent would cost me £25 a round. So if I just played once a week it would cost £1300 a year. So makes good financial sense.
Get to play comps and get an official handicap.

Negatives are this:

You have to play the same course all the time.
If you do not play that often it can work out more expensive than pay and play.

Choose a club carefully. Do not just go for the cheapest option. Find a course that is well looked after and has good greens, or you will find yourself getting bored of the club very quickly. Find somewhere that is a challenge, that will stop the boredom of playing the same course every week.

 

[BTatHome]

Joining a course does not stop you from playing other courses (ok its more expensive but I still play others too). Our course has access to 9 courses on recipricol arrangement, so we have plenty of others o play for free too.

I doubt I ever been bored playing my own course, there is just nothing 'the same' about any round ... I guess I need to improve my driving

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Unless you're VERY straight and VERY consistant you'll never play the same course twice

 

[johnboywalton]

Thanks guys! some excellent points!

I have 2 courses on my short list, I think I will now look at different "reasons" for joining!!

 

[Oddsocks]

But I my only slight doubt is playing the same course all the time, I know you will get to know it, and every round is different, but....can it become a little repetitive, and take some of the enjoyment out???

Its nice to have a home track but IMHO yes it can get a bit boring, especially if the green keepers use common pin positions.

This is exactly the reason i havent gone 7day yet, because i enjoy playing lots of other courses and would begrudge doing so if i had a membership in place somewhere else that wasnt being used.

its this reason that i am in the membership i am the local muni. £60.00 gives me around 40 comps a year, congu handicap and allocated tee slots every sunday. on top of this i just pay my greenfees as and when i play at £24.00

Yes it works out expensive, if i played 50 times a year, it would be next on £1200, but likewise i have to look at how many other courses i play, and how many weekends id miss through snow or crap weather, so its good value for money, that and the fact that when im at other courses playing i can enjoy it knowing my membership isnt being wasted at my home club.

The other option is to join a club that has a deal in place with other local courses, that way when you fancy a change you can play elsewhere.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Still slightly undecided about joining a Club, I can think of all the many positives i.e. regular games and partners, official handicap, clubhouse, cost(if you play it enough) etc.

But I my only slight doubt is playing the same course all the time, I know you will get to know it, and every round is different, but....can it become a little repetitive, and take some of the enjoyment out???

Never found it to be a problem, always look forward to playing even after 20 years, I must be like my dogs, if they have just had a walk and I rattle their leads they want to go on the same walk again. Come to think of it I look like my bulldog too!!

 

[GB72]

Really good question this one.

I have changed clubs but that was for a number of reasons. That said, it may be that I was also becoming a bit bored of the course as well. I suspect that if I was totally in love with the course then I may have brushed off my other concerns. I posted on here last year that there were not many different ways to approach my course, it is driver off the tee on every hole as there is no trouble on the fairway and the rough is not as penal as when I first started out. The club could have helped with a bit more variety in comps etc but the trend was very much towards weekly medals with more having handicap restrictions.

So the answer is that you can, in my opinion, get bored of your course but this only happened to me after 4 years. I suspect that if the social scene and club atmosphere were better then it may have taken me longer to get to the point that I did.

 

[GreiginFife]

Some courses have more than one lay-out so you can mix it up a bit. But as many have pointed out, if you have mates that play and they are at different clubs then you can play theirs and vice-versa. Works well in my gowfing circle that 6 of us are at different clubs and through the months we rotate where we play.