What it Costs to Play

Where do you play golf ? Public courses, Private courses or Country Clubs?
Do you care what it costs to play?

Well for some of us it does make a difference where we play because of the cost.

We are very lucky in the Mid-West as we can play a lot of very good Public Courses and small Country Clubs for a very reasonable price. There are a lot of Public courses that we can play for under $30.00 a round, with a cart, for a senior during the week. Many of these courses also have annual memberships, and trail fees it you have your own cart, that work out to even a lower cost. For seniors this a great deal and most of us don’t mind staying away from the weekends when they have all the working people traffic. Most of these courses are setup with senior, men’s and women’s leagues and therefore give you a great golfing experience and maybe even some new friendships.

There are also a lot of small Country Clubs that you can belong to at a cost of under $50.00 per month, for a family membership, and you can play all the golf you want. (If your spouse plays this is a really great deal). They may charge you $10.00 to $15.00 for a cart, or you can have your own cart and pay a trail fee, either way this is still a great deal if you have a lot of time to play. These courses may not be the best courses in the area, but they are not bad for the money.

Sometimes you can find a, so called, Private Course that allows the public to play on a day or two during the week at a very good price. Most of these courses can’t be played by the public on the weekends. But there again, if you are retired you can play during the week.

Now I am going to give away the SECRET: If you are retired, or not, there is a great place to go for the winter months. The Texas Rio Grand Valley.
The Valley has all the amenities you could ask for. The people make you feel welcome and at home and the prices are right. There are a large number of camp grounds for your RV and also many places to rent for the winter or shorter periods.

There are a lot of public courses in the Valley that you can play for under $35.00 per round with a cart. It may be a little hard to get on in the early morning, but you can get on with no problem later in the day. Most of the camp grounds have leagues that play once or twice a week and they have the early morning tee times tied up. In addition, most of these courses have a league of their own that you can join.

There are also some Private courses that may cost you a little more that will let the public on during the week for under $50.00 with a cart. You will also find a few very nice Public courses that will cost you over $50.00, but if you watch the paper you will find a advertised price lower for early morning tee times on some of the slow or later weeks of the season.

If you live on the East or West coast and do not go to Texas in the winter you’re missing some great golf.