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STUDY: How Much Does a Round of Golf Cost?

BY Chris Nickel
Jan 6th 2022
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Is $50 a lot of money?

For a hot dog and an adult beverage at the turn? Yes.

For a new BMW M5? Nope.

What about a dozen golf balls? That should elicit some visceral replies.

All that said, the point is that, as with any product or service, the relationship between price and value is inherently subjective. A round of golf is no different.

That aside, we wanted to see how much the cost for a round of golf varies by state for TheGrint’s members. Before you start exploring, there are a couple of caveats.

Costs shown were tabulated from courses played by TheGrint members during the 2021 calendar year. The rates used include the lowest posted rates throughout 2021 and include cart fees when applicable.

DATA FROM THEGRINT

Quick refresher: TheGrint is an app-based handicap tracker with a multitude of on-course and community features. In addition, TheGrint’s handicap platform interfaces directly with the USGA handicap system. In fact, in many cases, maintaining an official handicap through TheGrint is cheaper than going through a local course.

TAKEAWAYS

TheGrint users pay an average of $48 a round. Connecticut, West Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and Oregon are within $1 of the average.

It’s reasonable to think that cost of living might correlate with the price of a round of golf. That isn’t always the case. Hawaii and California rank first and second in cost of living and first and fourth in cost per round. Similarly, Arkansas is 49th in cost of living and 47th in cost per round.

Conversely, New York, which ranks third in cost of living, has an average cost per round of $44, $4 below the average. New Mexico is the 11th most expensive state for golf but ranks 45th in cost of living.

The upside of aggregated information is that it provides a top-level view. That said, your individual situation might be different.

What do you typically pay for a round of golf? How much is too much?

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Brad

2 years ago

Seems like the app is fairly lite on data/analytics. Standard deviation, variance. Even the basics like mean, median, mode would be helpful.

AlanSF

2 years ago

With my Wednesday group, we play in the San Francisco Bay Area. Course fees run $45-$75. What adds to the cost is just getting there. One or two bridge tolls= $7 to $14.. Gas at $4.45 for round trips between 40-100 miles And a $20 skins fee. . With my once a month group, we are starting in March with Silverado South for $140 with lunch.

Fred

2 years ago

Great topic and discussion thread. Moving from Manhattan to Fort Wayne, IN, I thought I had found the value capital of golf. Walking round are generally around $20-35. The other cost consideration is play access hassle. In Fort Wayne I can just show up to play or book on the given day. This allows for getting in more golf around your daily work schedule – no need to plan and book seven days ahead.

ken rentiers

2 years ago

There is another path. Volunteering to work as a ranger or cart barn attendant will get you golf & cart at extremely low rates. Three examples near here: $10.00 a round, $6.00 a round and free. In the latter case some restrictions as to time of play, but none on the number of times you play. In return a few hours a week of generally pleasant labor at the golf course in question. It’s a win-win. This in FL

bob

2 years ago

I think that what people are forgetting is time of year. Fir instance I go to Florida every summer to golf. And the reason are the very cheap rates from 11 AM on because of the heat, and summer golf in Florida is not their prime season. And as cheap as the summer rates are, GolfNow rates make them even cheaper. I play the Tampa, Brooksville, Sarasota, Orlando and Ocala areas. For instance, I have played both World Woods courses for only $10 including cart. I have played some of the best courses for under $20. The main reason for the cheapness of Florida courses in the summer time is the high heat an humidity most of the time. And the locals play the courses in the morning to avoid the heat, making for a lot of open uncrowded cheap play from 11 am on. Even on the weekends.

I live in the Syracuse, NY area. And compared to the Tampa area, we only have a handful of courses that use GolfNow. And of course our season lasts only from around April through October and sometimes November. I hate winter! Of the handful of courses in our area, there are only 4 that use GolfNow. And the cheapest rates are usually under $20. I play every day, and can’t afford playing expensive courses or pay expensive memberships. The last time I had a seasonal membership was 2015 which cost $750 including a cart. And now most memberships in my area are around $1,000 not including a cart. So I figured I was wasting membership money, considering I spend my time playing in Florida from June until September.

And not to forget S. Carolina where I have played golf in the Florence/Santee/Myrtle area, either during the Christmas vacation or the winter break in February. During those periods I have paid less than $30 for golf and a motel room. Not the warmest time of year, but still warmer than central NY. I can’t remember ever paying more than $30 for a round of golf including cart.

Yazid Ahmad

2 years ago

I live in Penang, Malaysia,but live in the high desert where prices are a little more reasonable. I also look for deals and usually pay about $20 to $25 a round. Although those deals usually have me playing in the afternoon hours, which I don’t mind.

James Shepard

2 years ago

I play all over the west. Covid has created many new golfers and more demand and higher prices.. But also more money for courses to buy new carts and improve course conditions. Let’s hope they save some since most new golfers quit within 3 years.

BodeenJCS

2 years ago

Well , I live in northern Illinois and I pay between 25 – 40 to play and thats in the afternoon . This past year , the green fees exploded in my area due to the
amount of new players that started playing since covid . Morning rates have been high in my area , too high , not to mention alot of the so called premium courses have terrible greens that just about kill your chances for a sub par round . They over water the courses , soft and slow greens , Nothing worse than paying 75 dollars and the greens are trash

Dutch

2 years ago

As others have mentioned, this data needs to be refined. Lowest rates posted doesn’t provide much value. We all know that twilight on weeknights are the best prices. Unfortunately for many those rates are meaningless due to work.

An interesting measure I’d love to see would be the average cost of 18 on Saturday morning across the board. That would provide a more apples to apples comparison. Additionally, I’d want to segment the data into quartiles. What’s the cost of a median round, the 25th percentile, the 75th percentile. That would be interesting.

For example, I grew up in Denver but have lived in Orange County, CA for the last 10 years. While I love being able to play year round, the “value” of a round between CA ($64) and CO ($54) is far greater than that $10 delta implies. In both places you can probably play a muni or muni like track for $40-60. The big difference I’ve experienced is that there are almost no mid-priced courses in Orange County. Denver has a bunch of solid options in the $60-100 range. Similar layouts in CA immediately jump to $140-$180 for what I would consider sub-resort / sub-country club like courses. For those familiar, courses like Oak Creek, Strawberry Farms, or Tijeras Creek are decent tracks but run $150-200 on the weekends. Drop those same tracks in Metro Denver and you’re paying $80-100 tops.

That is what is missing by using a macro average. I can find reasonably cheap golf in SoCal but if I want to up the quality a little bit it gets pretty punitive. I don’t mind mostly sticking to those $40-60 courses, especially the few that are maintained relative to the traffic they get. But it would be nice to grab a nicer round every now and than to break up the monotony without having to 3x or 4x the cost.

Richard Dean Johnson

2 years ago

What he said! I’m an Orange County, CA golfer who targets Long Beach munis, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa and even Santa Ana if necesssary. The goal is to keep it under $50 on Sundays. ($36 is my sweet spot) and grabbing a $13 early bird back nine once a week at my home course in HB while occasionally sneaking in a $15 18 hole round at a lighted executive course that stays open past 8pm. I .played 22 different local courses in 2021 ranging from $7 at the 18 hole par 3 to about $70 super twilight at Coyote Hills in Fullerton.

Russ Wyborski

2 years ago

The NY numbers are going to be very different if you play in or close to NYC. Five years ago when I lived in Orange County, NY (about 1.5 hours from the city), unless I played a County course, the average was probably $60-70. for other public courses. Going over $100 wasn’t hard to find. Now living near Cleveland, my average is probably $45-50 with courses as good or better than what I found in NY/NJ.

Peter

2 years ago

The pricing of golf in Hawaii is peculiar and different from what you find on the mainland (with the possible exception of some very localized resort areas).

Basically, just about every course in Hawaii offers at least two sets of rates: one for visitors, and a discounted rate for Hawaii residents (which they often don’t post online). (Resort courses will usually offer additional rates in between for hotel or condo guests.) The discount for residents varies from course to course, but will often be 50% or more off the top visitor rate. There’s a course nearby my home on the Big Island whose rack rate for visitors is $195, but residents pay $65-70. A heavily-played municipal course near Waikiki charges $86 for visitors but $21-$30 for residents. Except for the big name courses (Kapalua and Mauna Kea), residents aren’t likely to pay more than $100 a round.

So saying $111 is an “average” for Hawaii is meaningless. If you live in Hawaii, your average rate will be much lower, well under $100. (But still expensive compared to much of the mainland.) If you’re visiting, your average rate will likely be significantly higher since you’re not likely to be just playing municipal courses)

Steve (the real one, pithy and insufferable)

2 years ago

Another Hawaiian here. If you are a current or former Federal employee or Military/retiree, the military course are in the $35/$50 range walking/riding a cart. Your CAC (common access card – either as current or as a retiree) works regardless of where you are from.

Bruce

2 years ago

Yes $50 is too much for a dozen golf balls: Kirkland et.al. show that high quality golf balls can be reasonable price. Yes, the ball test lab identifies differences, BUT I play in the low 80’s with any golf ball suggesting no benefit from higher price balls.
$50 per round of 18 with cart is my top price. I live in northeastern OK and can play nice public courses around Tulsa for 18-25 per round with cart. I also play in southern KS at lower cost.

AAA

2 years ago

Utah was very reasonable- lots of public golf to pick from one of the best.

Wayne L

2 years ago

South Jersey here, I have got to say that with the smaller geographic size of the states in the Mid Atlantic that I am able to sample many different resort & public golf course options from Virginia to New York and still return to home in the evening. I generally pay about $35-50 per round including the cart. Sometimes more for high end course and sometimes less for practice round at a local goat tract, New Jersey has some fine public course offerings however they have seriously ramped up even their off peak rates due to popularity of golf during covid. Course conditions haven’t improved , just the price increase. Traveling to DE or Central PA gets you alot better bang for your buck for course layout and conditioning at a much lower greens fee. Economics 101, more rural areas have to compete for enough golfers to pay the bills , property taxes, water , land cost & labor is much less. I either have to move or suck it up and pay in NJ!

Mike

2 years ago

I also live in South Jersey, the problem here is excessive demand & not enough supply of golf courses. I saw that by joining a course. I really feel like get my money’s worth and a cost isn’t prohibitive enough from preventing me to play some other courses during the year. But to be honest, I probably play 80% to 90% of my rounds at my home course. Economics & convenience.

Jeep

2 years ago

Charge what the market will bear. Seattle expensive though available for most of year. Spokane, limited season, but great courses and great prices.

Alex

2 years ago

Seattle (and the pacific NW) courses get a lot of rain (the ball plugs on a lot of courses in the winter). The courses that drain well (Chambers Bay) will be more expensive than average or a ferry ride away (White Horse).

I miss, I miss, I make

2 years ago

I can name two courses in the Olympia area. The Home Course and Capital City that drain well and are reasonably priced.

Mike

2 years ago

Interesting article, here in florida where there is no winter our rates vary wildly. I can easily pay $35 to play a course here in the summer and that same course in the “winter” will go up to $125 for an AM weekend time.

Chris

2 years ago

I live in Illinois and I walk so I pay $20 for 18- holes. At the course I play, though there is a course where Pujols (use to live) , Molina, and 2 other professional athletes. Played it 2 times and it is $80 to walk $100 with cart.

Joey5Picks

2 years ago

A better comparison would be weekend morning rates since that’s when most rounds are played. Also, median rather than average is a better measure because the average can be inflated by a few ultra-expensive courses.

Dave

2 years ago

Well said Joey5., median would be more helpful. In states like KS & NE, you would expect to have lots of good, reasonably-priced courses but the average would be skewed by having a Dye course counted, which both states have. Also it would be neat to know how much golf has gone up since the pandemic.

G Money

2 years ago

I’m from SoCal. in my view golf courses should charge based on the condition of their golf course. There are several courses here that over charges for a dump. and they will keep doing it since golfers are willing to pay.

mackdaddy9

2 years ago

Never mind I expanded the map and can see it now

mackdaddy9

2 years ago

We have no price for Va.

Jackol69

2 years ago

Its because it is always heavily discounted since everyone is related.

Mike B

2 years ago

I live in Southern California, but live in the high desert where prices are a little more reasonable. I also look for deals and usually pay about $20 to $25 a round. Although those deals usually have me playing in the afternoon hours, which I don’t mind.

Ned

2 years ago

What has happened to the unlimited monthly golf memberships Green fees and carts included.. It’s a lot easier to budget for this. Where I live you can be a member with Green fees and discounted cart fees but that means the more you play the higher the monthly cost.

Dr Tee

2 years ago

I think the cost of golf in my current home state of AZ is due to 2 factors–the cost and need for water, currently a commodity of increasing expense, and secondly, quality. Conditioning of the average course in AZ easily exceeds that of similar tracks elsewhere and many of the courses are high end resorts !

Archie Shipp

2 years ago

Water plays a part in this as well as supply/demand, population, cost of living, and seasons. Water sources are getting tighter and more scarce in western states. California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado are all in intense drought.and rely on the Colorado river and underwater aquifers, all of which which are at 100 year lows and getting worse. I love the game but it is very difficult to justify watering golf courses at millions of gallons per. Courses in the Midwest and East Coast where there are higher levels of precipitation don’t have as much of that cost to shoulder.

Steven T.

2 years ago

Most courses in AZ use effluence for irrigation. https://www.usga.org/course-care/water-resource-center/getting-water-for-your-course.html

Archie Shipp

2 years ago

I wish they used the effluence in more places. . They don’t do that here in Denver nor in most of the areas I mentioned. California is starting to have cities that do that. There are also some cities that are paying people to redo their lawns with “desert” plants and landscaping in order to save water.

Archie Shipp

2 years ago

There are definitely some of those. I wish they used the effluence in more places, though. They don’t do that here in Denver nor in most of the areas I mentioned. California is starting to have cities that do that. There are also some cities that are paying people to redo their lawns with “desert” plants and landscaping in order to save water.

Peter

2 years ago

@Archie – while you are not wrong regarding the drought conditions – at least in Tucson, the vast majority of courses (all the munis, for example) are irrigated with effluence. IMO – the more egregious wasting of water occurs when the Colorado River is used to irrigate heavy water using crops like almonds and alfalfa – and then these product are exported.

Ernest Armstrong

2 years ago

We live in the Niagara region of southern Ontario. There are good nine hole courses with inexpensive memberships and low green fees and there are courses rated among Canada’s top fifty with green fees at or above $100.
Between these two extremes, there are many courses in the mid range along with seniors’ rates and ten paks at a discount.
Between Toronto and Niagara Falls, a ninety minute drive, there are minimum sixty public courses, many of which are great value especially considering the current exchange rate. Once the pandemic has ended, I highly recommend a golf vacation in the Niagara region.

G Money

2 years ago

I believe the pandemic is never ending. But I don’t care and I will vacation anywhere so long as I live.

D. LEE

2 years ago

Yes, and the American dollar makes these Canadian prices even more attractive (if you’re American) and don’t mind travelling a bit. Don’t forget, this also applies to accommodation/food/other entertainment, etc.. As an added bonus, you get to meet us friendly Canadians!

Fred

2 years ago

Whirlpool (Niagara) by Stanley Thompson is fun and affordable with the exchange.

steve s

2 years ago

Considering I’ve been walking courses a lot more (a combination of COVID and being in better shape) greens fees are anywhere from $10-20 cheaper than with a cart. Winter fees for walking can range from $12-$18. There is a actually a metro parks public course that is FREE to play from Jan 1 thru the end of Feb! No riding carts available. It is actual a pretty nice course, used to be a country club and is still well maintained. Welcome to central Ohio where the winter weather is more like what Tennessee was 25 years ago.

Dave Tutelman

2 years ago

I live in New Jersey near the shore, in Monmouth County. The county park system has a string of 8 courses: five full-length 18-holers, two executive courses (one outstanding, one easy), and a 9-hole par-3. The 18-hole courses range from very good for municipal to truly outstanding. Four of them I’d be willing to play any time with anybody — no embarrassment that it’s a muni course. At those course, I pay in the low 30s, depending on which course. But that reflects: (a) I walk, (b) I live in the county (higher rates for out-of-county), and (c) I’m a senior.

MarkM

2 years ago

It would be more interesting if this was separated by public vs. resort courses.
Here in the Denver metro area prices for walking are pretty reasonable. But if you hit the resort courses or the mountain courses they are, IMO, ridiculously priced. And there are no discounts for locals. I’m sure those courses, drive that average price way up.

Chris Nickel

2 years ago

Mark,

As a Colorado native, I hear ya. But that’s also the realities of any macro/averaged information. For every CommonGround or City Park, there’s a Red Sky Ranch or Broadmoor.

Kevin

2 years ago

Massachusetts cheaper than Florida? That will tell you how flawed the data is.

Burke Lake Pro

2 years ago

Agree with Mark M. A breakdown between public/resort would be more useful…no surprise Hawaii is first, given how expensive golf (and everything else) is at the many resort courses there. I live a little outside DC and public course run from about $50-$60 at muni’s to around $110-$130 for most (pretty) good public courses. Private and resort costs are significantly higher–2-3 times the amount–and would definitely skew the $85 or so average for courses that the majority of people play on.. here…

Paul Lampley

2 years ago

One should evaluate the cost of walking a round of golf vice the cost for health without the exercise. Cheapest health care available

tscdave

2 years ago

My experience: Summer golf in Tampa area of Florida averages $30-$35, then Jan thru April climbs to closer to $40-$50.

MARK C MISCHENKO

2 years ago

Here in Central Massachusetts: (Worcester county), public/daily-fee pricing (w/cart) typically in the $45-65 range weekdays. Some of those facilities have ‘membership’ packages with a lower per round cost — eg. $129 membership, then a walk/ride fee of $28/weekday ($34/Friday-Saturday-Sunday). Just left a club that raised the ‘unlimited, anytime play’ cost to $3400/individual — Personally, retired & playing 80-rounds annually, I search for those clubs that have a more attractive ‘green/cart’ fee arrangement in the $20-25 range.

Mike B

2 years ago

Al

2 years ago

I live near a resort course in Phoenix and the price more than triples from summer when my group plays it to peak tourist season. My casual group plays public courses we can walk which now cost about 40 dollars per round but lower 30’s in summer.

G daddy

2 years ago

Yeah, I’m not sure cost of living would be a reasonable thing to correlate to cost of golf. Usually, supply and demand rules.

Would be more interesting to see # of public courses per capita – this should correlate more closely to the cost of rounds.. For instance California has over 4 times the population of michigan or ohio. But CA doesn’t even have twice as many golf courses.

Most interesting is how many state’s with year round warm weather tend to be more expensive (NV, CA, AZ) then the states with only partial year warm weather. Obviously, demand from tourists probably drives up the demand in the warm weather states. to some extent. But those warm weather states also have booming populations and lots of retirees with high demand for golf. Very interesting. Great article.

Henry

2 years ago

I play mostly in Westchester County New York. We have 6 County public courses that while often busy are in very good condition. NY has many great public courses including Bethpage and Montauk Downs. Of course, we also have very expensive private clubs like Winged Foot and Westchester Country Club..
I play almost exclusively on the public courses. As a senior resident and walking the posted weekday price is $26 at the county courses. With additional discounts, I usually pay $22. You can’t beat that price anywhere. By the way, if I start a round near 9:00 I finish in just over 4 hours and with the tee times well managed I almost never feel pushed or have to wait at the next tee.

Mark R

2 years ago

A better gauge would be a comparison between muni’s in different states, open to public in different states, and keep private courses’ guest fees off the list as the average player does not have access. to those courses.

albatrossx3

2 years ago

I play in Ohio, and there is a big difference in Cleveland and Canton rates. However I live near Akron and pay $250 for a years membership, unlimited no carts necessary. If you do you homework there are places to play on a budget.

Paul

2 years ago

Also, you might want to look at private club per round costs. I am trying to keep mine to under $50/round.

Archie Shipp

2 years ago

I have lived and played golf in Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado. Colorado definitely is expensive compared to the other three. Wyoming has some less expensive, but great golf.. Cottonwood In Torrington was only $300 for a yearly membership without daily green fees just ten years ago. Mariah Hills in Dodge City KS was only $350 per year with $2 daily fees not long ago, and it has hosted the national JUCO Championships. Nebraska and Kansas still have a some 9 hole sand-greens courses with buffalo grass fairways (barely need maintenance or water) that usually have a metal lock box and honor system for the $1 to $2 fee. That is how you bring people into the game…make it affordable.

Kansas King

2 years ago

The Midwest represents affordable golf in ways many have never experienced. In aggregate, it wouldn’t surprise me if the number of nine hole courses is equal to or exceeds the number of 18 hole courses. Believe it or not, nine holes is a perfectly adequate amount of holes to have a good time. I grew up on a nice nine hole course in Kansas. Costs are much lower but the experience? I would argue it’s equally as good as an 18 hole course. The only potential downside is you have to play the same 9 twice for 18 hole tournaments with the back 9 usually from a tee box farther back. I’m not hugely fond of sand greens and honestly there aren’t that many left in the Midwest.

Overall, I think building nine hole courses would be great for building the game. 18 holes is a lot of acres to keep maintained. you can build a respectable 9 hole course on <80 acres with the maintenance costs being way less. Less grass to mow, less greens, less holes to change, less staff to manage, with less staff usually also less management, overall, less everything. The end result? Still almost as good as an 18 hole course. I would rather play a full size 9 hole course than an executive 18.

I would love nothing more than to see some affordable nine hole courses to go up in the cities where golf is prohibitively expensive for many. You can and depending on price, may have to make private for crowd control purposes. Private is more palatable when you're membership is under $100/month instead of $300+. Plus, outside of the weekends, not that many people actually play a full 18.

Archie Shipp

2 years ago

I much prefer grass greens to sand, but I do appreciate the opportunity they gave me to play golf on the cheap when I was still just learning to play. Obviously you wouldn’t want them everywhere or full time, but they are a great alternative for the price and especially in locations where water is becoming a premium commodity.

Rob W.

2 years ago

Why limit it to “lowest posted” rates? The better measure would be all posted rates. $45 for Illinois seems about right for weekday, but it’s about $15-$20 more on weekends.

Ray

2 years ago

Obviously allot of factors come in to play here. States with many resorts like South Carolina and Nevada are going to charge more on average than states without.

Areas with allot of courses and competition, like Pinehurst , NC where I live usually have cheaper rates.

I also wonder how having a year round golfing season fares against northern states who have to make their all money in a shorter season.

Archie Shipp

2 years ago

There is also water to consider. Watering a course in Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada is EXPENSIVE.

Tony

2 years ago

I’ve lived in Vegas. for the last 10 years. Many courses offer residents rates that help but still make it one of the most expensive places to play. The sad part is that most courses are not maintained well. Bunkers with little or no sand, bare fairways, etc. The few that are charge much more than the $82 average – Shadow Creek is now $1000 – Cascada is $549. If you just average the top 10 public courses you’re looking at over $300..

Russell Huntley

2 years ago

I believe that the higher cost states also are the states with the most visitor rounds of golf being played at resorts. Delete the resort’s green fees and then show the results.

MGoBlue100

2 years ago

Boy, so much more to this, Chris. I know there are courses in the upper Midwest (Michigan) that are super reasonable all Summer long. ($45 or less w/ cart) There are also courses for instance in SW FL that charge $55 on September 1st and $255 on January 1st. (Maybe the 3rd, but you get the idea.) Supply and demand can so grossly affect the greens fee number as to make this study kind of useless until it’s filtered a lot more than what’s shown.

Vern

2 years ago

Very interesting stats. When we moved from Texas to Ohio I couldn’t believe just how inexpensive golf up here was. Plus there are more courses within 60 miles of my home that makes my handicap feel real as we don’t play the same course week in and week out.

Art Springsteen

2 years ago

That’s so true. When we moved from NH to Ohio, I was stunned at both the low cost and the availability of good public courses in SW Ohio, No. KY, and southern Indiana. It wasn’t unusual to find a course for $30 including cart fee. And these were excellent courses. NH course rates have come down in the past 10 years, but still not to the level of OH/IN/KY. (But I still hated Ohio!)

Terry

2 years ago

Kansas has some very good public and private golf courses. Go Jayhawks!

Kansas King

2 years ago

Kansas does have some good golf. However, Go Cats!

Jack Miller

2 years ago

Walk. Carry your bag. Play fast and by the rules of golf. Don’t complain. Repeat. Never pay more than $40 to walk.

Brad G.

2 years ago

Amen Jack! Push Cart Mafia for me. ????????

willie

2 years ago

i have an interesting perspective on this because i grew up in Oregon, currently reside in Texas, and spent my holiday this year playing golf in Phoenix. As i was booking rounds on Golfnow as i typically do in a new city the difference in cost per round was EXTREMELY noticeable. In defense to PHX i played nicer courses but as i was playing i couldn’t help but to think the course i was playing for $118 there would have cost probably $75-$90 here in Dallas.

Darrin

2 years ago

As someone who has lived their entire life in KS, I can honestly say we have some really good golf at the best prices. Sure there aren’t any famous public access courses like Pebble, but you can find a lot of really good golf courses, with great greens and turf conditions all over the state. Its not uncommon I was able to sneak in a round all 12 months of the year as well. Although from mid Dec. to late Feb. you have to be flexible and a bit lucky year to year.

JQ

2 years ago

Just a head’s up….the graphic used for South Carolina is actually North Carolina.

Jeff

2 years ago

SC sure is looking a lot like NC these days…

Allen

2 years ago

Around &40 to &50 at most courses. Splurge at &75 to &80.

Bob

2 years ago

The silhouette above in the graph for South Carolina is actually North Carolina’s.

Jeff

2 years ago

SC sure does look a lot like NC these days, interesting!

G Money

2 years ago

And pretty soon it will be like California. Lol

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