chico
Club Champion
Or you could save almost the cost of your round by staying at the Donard a couple of hundred yards away. ?
What's the best value course here (if any)?
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Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Those prices are quite eye opening. Makes you wonder how many folk actually pay the full visitor rate though and how many get xyz discount
(I remember standing behind someone in the pro shop forking out about €190pp for their round when I was paying about a quarter of that)
I wish it were different but the only time I've forked out numbers like that for golf was when it included a 2 night stay in hotel
(I remember standing behind someone in the pro shop forking out about €190pp for their round when I was paying about a quarter of that)
I wish it were different but the only time I've forked out numbers like that for golf was when it included a 2 night stay in hotel
Crow
Crow Person
But should we consider these courses in the same way as Wembley or the Royal Opera House?
Let's not forget that most of these courses were built as courses for golfers, not as championship venues.
It's only over time that they have become associated with certain events, such as the Open Rota courses, and we now tend to think of them as on a footing with Wembley or Lords, which were built from the off as grounds for their respective teams.
Yes, great events are played on these courses but they're still, in most cases, public accessible golf courses.
A better analogy night be possible if say, Liverpool played their home games on the local recreation park and we could, as amateur footballers, play on the same ground.
evemccc
Well-known member
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
It’s probably worth mentioning as well, these prices look like the absolute peak prices.
Whilst RCD was listed as about £185 on their website, when I booked over the phone they quoted £165. I have no idea why and wasn’t going to question it.
Who really chooses to play these courses in mid-Summer at weekends during peak times?
Most will have a lower rate for weekdays, twilights or county cards.
Example: I am playing St Enodoc, Trevose, Saunton East and Burnham & Berrow next week.
it was £125, £90, £90 and £130 respectively. £435 on green fees. All midweek, 2pm ish tee offs.
At peak times, you’d pay £135, £105, £130, £155 respectively. £525.
Almost 20% “saving” - so using that logic, I’d argue you could take 20% off the prices in OP’s post to get a better reflection on what you would actually pay.
Whilst RCD was listed as about £185 on their website, when I booked over the phone they quoted £165. I have no idea why and wasn’t going to question it.
Who really chooses to play these courses in mid-Summer at weekends during peak times?
Most will have a lower rate for weekdays, twilights or county cards.
Example: I am playing St Enodoc, Trevose, Saunton East and Burnham & Berrow next week.
it was £125, £90, £90 and £130 respectively. £435 on green fees. All midweek, 2pm ish tee offs.
At peak times, you’d pay £135, £105, £130, £155 respectively. £525.
Almost 20% “saving” - so using that logic, I’d argue you could take 20% off the prices in OP’s post to get a better reflection on what you would actually pay.
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Remember playing at Gullane in April a few back.
No 3 in the morning was lovely but No 1 in the afternoon was miserable, raining, the temp plummeted and the wind picked up. We couldn't feel our hands by the time we finished.
Don't remember a single thing about the course after going up the hill to the 2nd green.
Day before at Dunbar was decent weather and really enjoyed the course. Moral of this is I don't know if Gullane 1 is any good as the conditions on the day ruined the experience. Won't be returning to test again as I know it's not a 200 quid track.
No 3 in the morning was lovely but No 1 in the afternoon was miserable, raining, the temp plummeted and the wind picked up. We couldn't feel our hands by the time we finished.
Don't remember a single thing about the course after going up the hill to the 2nd green.
Day before at Dunbar was decent weather and really enjoyed the course. Moral of this is I don't know if Gullane 1 is any good as the conditions on the day ruined the experience. Won't be returning to test again as I know it's not a 200 quid track.
I would rather boil and eat my own head ??
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Deleted member 3432
Guest
Head up to Silloth and go round as many times as you can manage for £75 ?
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Mandofred
Well-known member
A different way of looking at it.....I could pay my membership and only play once or twice a year.....(there was a guy in the pro shop a couple of weeks that this applies to)....£600-1200 a round!!!!
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Value? Haha, that word has no place here. I can't imagine ever spending upwards of 100 quid on a round of golf. Even to spend 100 would have be a very exceptional circumstance. These prices are just fantasy land.
As others have said, I couldn't live with myself if I paid that and then played crap. Would be beating myself up for a month.
As others have said, I couldn't live with myself if I paid that and then played crap. Would be beating myself up for a month.
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Now THAT is value for money. A simply lovely golf course.
Value can also be perceived by what your disposable income is as well.
What might be expensive for one person might not for the next.
What might be expensive for one person might not for the next.
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
If they could just move it a few hundred miles south ?
Banchory Buddha
Well-known member
None of them are value. I get that Americans have driven the price sky high, but I would never pay that for my golf, indeed they are all more than my annual fees
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Its more or less slap bang in middle of the country north to south...
Not our fault you all crush together down there...
Jimaroid
Journeyman Pro
As is so often the case, people seem to think value has to mean cheap. Value is a highly misused word. These are all exceptional courses and they are all good value in the market of exceptional courses.
DCB
Well-known member
As long as we keep paying the prices, the top courses will keep raising the visitor fee. I remember baulking at paying £65 for RCD back in 2000, I thought I'd catch it next time we were over. By then it had doubled in price. Now things have just gotten silly. Whilst it would ne nice to play those courses in the OP, I'm afraid I'll not be forking out that sort of money for a round of golf ?
chico
Club Champion
Las
Not any deals, it's just that the Sleive Donard is a very expensive hotel. I imagine it gets the higher end American visitors etc
The last time I stayed in Newcastle it was about £180 a night more than the Donard Hotel along the road.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Or scraping the bits out of the roasting tin, or picking the crumbs out of the toaster....
