Quality or Quantity

[Slab]

Would you prefer to play twice a week on a mundane muni that’s waterlogged for 6 months of the year or once a month on championship & tour standard courses?

As part of moving/changing jobs I knew I’d have less time for golf initially & so it’s proved. I miss being able to get out every few days & in 3 months have managed only 4 rounds with another week to wait for the next game

When I do get out the courses blow my mind in terms of set up & standard so I try to get the maximum experience from it knowing it may be 3-4 weeks before the next game, it just seems like a long time to wait.....

Any tips on making the most of the rare days I do get to play?

 

[Slab]

What! nobody has an opinion on whether you'd prefer to play a poor course regularly or a good course sparingly!!

Maybe I should have titled it 3 wedges is one too many just to get folks attention

 

[Hendo007]

Morning Slab, I think I'd rather play 2 or 3 times a week on a mundane muni... Gotta get ma fix !! I hate not playing every week.... It's very sad :-(

 

[Slab]

Morning Hendo, thanks for the reply (thought maybe I was on everyone's blocked list for admitting I didnt use a 5 iron on another thread )

I admit that when the gap between games gets to 3-4 weeks I easily think that the muni sounds good even if playing out of puddles is the norm, but the day before & for a good while after a game on a good course I try to convince myself that quality is the way to go.

Although its not like I can do anything with some of the 'extras' like knowing what mm length the greeens where cut to the night before & their stimpmeter result etc....happy just to find the green with a putt for par to be honest, but it is cool to walk up to a range matt and find that someones arranged a bucket of balls into a ferrero rocher pyramid for you!

 

[Imurg]

Much as I'd love to play a quality course, once a month just wouldn't be enough.
I'd rather play my track 2-3 times a week than Bearwood Lakes once a month and nothing else..

 

[Slab]

Imurg your not helping!

Basically what you say makes too much sense & I'm at my height of cold turkey here! (gotta just remember getting sprayed with muddy water after every shot) 8 days to go.....

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Golf is like sex, when it's good nothing really can beat it. When it's bad, it's still better than being in the office.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Maybe people didn't answer because it's a tough one.

Depends on how bad is bad and how good is good. I'd settle for playing a top 50 or 100 track once a month for the rest of my golfing days. It would always give me something to look forward to.

Playing a dreary track with no challenge in poor condition week in week out might on the other hand make me give up.

But why are the 2 options mutually exclusive? Can you not get a nine holes in here and there or a least a few sessions on the range in between?

 

[Ethan]

I only get to play once a fortnight, so I would opt for the quality option.

 

[SatchFan]

My fragile game would disintegrate if I only played once a month. I play at least three times a week on a muni which is now in pretty good nick. I'm not fussy so it would have to get pretty grim before I gave it up and took the posh option.

 

[Rooter]

I'm with Ethan, I dont have the opportunity to play even once a week, so I don't mind spending a few extra quid to play somewhere decent. Teeofftimes is your friend for the nomad golfer, i am playing donnington grove today for £17.50, on Sunday this week, green fees are£60!!!

This is not to say I would swap though, I have a local course that while non a muni, is not the same standards as some round here, and it's often under £10 a round... Would I play there 3 times a week over once a month somewhere nicer? I probably would to be honest, and try and still play somewhere nice once a month! Lol that doesn't help you does it!

 

[dave]

think i would opt for more frequently at the local muni than once a month at a really shiny place. think i would need to play regulary to stay in form and if i didnt the trip to said shiny course would probably be wasted

 

[Slab]

Thanks for replies, to put the difference in perspective:

Well bad was that even after several dry days we were still displacing water with our footsteps on 50% of every fairway, hollow tining that had the sand mix blown out within a couple of hours never to be replaced, leaving empty cores for weeks on end making putting worse than a lottery. Greens with the texture & bounce of a soggy mattress & tee boxes that resembled a football goalmouth because they weren’t re-positioned, all wrapped up in a cold, wet & windy weather & of course it was cheap as chips (actually just writing that lot is making me feel better)

Good is, (I’m told I haven’t been to the best yet but) those I have visited are superb, challenging course designs by the likes of Ernie Els etc, with gorgeous fairways, greens that do little more than caress the ball as it rolls, sand in the bunkers instead of cludge, stunning views of the ocean, excellent weather, great facilities & service that makes a poor hacker like me feel pretty dam good...but they are not on my doorstep & quite expensive! So cost & work mean I can’t play every week

I’m stuck with my choice now so have to live with it, I just wondered how others would choose