The value of two courses

[Matt_Cohn]

Based on golf considerations only, where would you rather be a member:

Monterey Peninsula CC or Cypress Point?
Shinnecock or Baltusrol?
San Francisco Golf Club or the Olympic Club?
Chicago Golf Club or Olympia Fields?

On what basis would you decide?

[Bob_Huntley]

Matt,

Without a doubt...MPCC.

Bob

[Cliff Hamm]

With no hesitation Baltusrol.  You can argue that the Lower is overated.  WF has two courses with ratings higher.  But Baltusrol offers two very different courses.  I don't know of another club that offers two highly ranked courses that are so different in style.

[wsmorrison]

Baltusrol over Shinnecock?  Maybe for you Cliff but oooh, no way for me.  It isn't even remotely close.  Firstly, I'd play the upper more than the lower if I was a member.  Frankly, as good as Baltusrol is as a club, I can think of many other clubs I'd rather belong to.  The primary factors in selecting Shinnecock Hills are the club itself and the quality of the golf course.  They are equally great.  The course is simply magnitudes better than the two courses at Baltusrol combined.  Of course, many accuse me of a bias.

However, if we're talking about the value of two courses, the best club in America is the first in America with two courses, without a doubt.  The two courses are refreshingly different and excellent.  Many would accuse me of a bias there as well.

[TEPaul]

The hell with those fancy-smancy upscale snooty elitest golf clubs.

I want to be a member of Fernandina Beach Municipal GC but since it's a public facility I've yet to figure out how to get them to let me in as a member.

I guess I could try to buy the place but that seems sort of excessive to a Philadelphia Quaker such as I.

[Jim_Kennedy]

Tom,
A non-resident senior can join FBMGC for $699.00

I'm sure they wouldn't exclude you.
 

[Tom Roewer]

The hell with those fancy-smancy upscale snooty elitest golf clubs.

I want to be a member of Fernandina Beach Municipal GC but since it's a public facility I've yet to figure out how to get them to let me in as a member.

I guess I could try to buy the place but that seems sort of excessive to a Philadelphia Quaker such as I.


TE - great choice!!  They do have a yearly membership fee (resident and non resident structures0 with an extra walk fee of $2.50 for 9, $5.00 for 18.  go to there website.

[David Schofield]

Member Walk Fee?    Why in the world is that not included in the membership?

FULL GOLF MEMBERSHIP
# Reserve tee times 7 days prior to playing day
# Play any day of the week (no restrictions)
# Cart fees only

ANNUAL GREEN FEES FOR 2006-2007
Senior $477.00
Single $545.00
Hus/Wife/Children $840.00
Sr. Husband/Wife $742.00
Junior $107.00
   
THESE PRICES ARE FOR GREEN FEES ONLY, CART IS AN ADDITIONAL COST
$9.50 FOR 9 HOLES; $19.00 FOR 18 HOLES

MEMBER WALK FEE
Walking 9 holes $2.50; Walking 18 holes $5.00

[Tom Roewer]

I'm sure that they have done the math.  It is a way to make just a little more $ per play after the downstroke.  As you probably also read, they run on an enterprise budget, getting no support from the city.

[TEPaul]

"you probably also read, they run on an enterprise budget, getting no support from the city."

Is that right?

I always suspected the City Fathers of Fernandina Beach were a bunch of thoughtless crumb-bums.

All those jokers ever think about is their idiotic annual shrimp festival.

If my wife even touched a shrimp she would break out with hives so bad it would probably kill her.

HMMM.

Let me check her life insurance policy and I'll get back to you about the Fernandina Beach City Fathers and their ridiculous fixation on their idiotic annual shrimp festival.

[Tom Birkert]

The prime advantages for me are the variety of the courses and the pace of play benefits.

The latter is very useful - 3 and 4 balls on one course, 2 balls on the other.