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Now THAT's what I'm talking about. $15 for a beautiful course like that? Are you kidding me?
Anyone know of any courses like that in rhode island? Ezra? Having a home/wife/18 month old/ one on the way, I need to start trying to save for my addictive hobby.. Where do I find out about joing a course fro the year.. do they all do it?
The real question for me is how do you guys find so much time to play? Between work and my wife and kid I barely have time to play on the weekend.
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home course is a bit rough, but costs $133/month for unlimited play with a cart.
My annual income is less than $15K,
Here's the interesting and kind of ironic thing about that....
Everybody has heard of the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Alabama...what some may not know is that it is owned by the State.
Obviously the course I listed - Oak Mountain State Park - is also owned by the State.
For an out-of-state visitor, to play a RTJ Trail course, including cart and greens fee is going to run you $55 and UP...for Alabama residents with a Trail Card (costs $40 per year) - the cost of an RTJ course will run you about $40 and Up depending on course and location. Notice below that the price grid does not include greens fees and the price for carts is listed below...(none of the Trail Courses I have played is walkable....they are typically quite hilly and can have some distance between green and next tee so you must include a cart in your cost calculation)
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail | Green Fees
Then, you have this State Park course just a few miles away...no its not upscale like a Trail course....but it has a very decent snack bar in good shape...a big screen TV and the course is in great shape and a good design. Because it is in the bottom of a valley - it is flat as a pancake and walking is a breeze...No, there's nobody there to grab your bag from your vehicle, you've got to unload it at the Bag Drop yourself....but at the end of the day, how much is this worth? Isn't it really about the golf??
Alabama State Parks
The Trail Courses have a lot of ambiance, magificent clubhouses and a staff that will greet you the second you open the door of your vehicle.
But man, for the money, Oak Mountain really blows the Trail Courses away dollar for dollar...