Thanks for stopping the slide
. I figured this could come up in the future so might as well put the pics up.
Timing & stock currencies certainly help any club. At this particular locale, our host and some "other member" names dropped would tend to fit in the "economy independent" category
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Additional factors might be 1) primo location, 2) "who's a" member and 3) ego-stroking forward tees, with minimal defense @ the greensites. From a marketing standpoint, it makes sense that a guy that drops that much on a membership ain't used to "losing", so why offer a course that beats him up.
The lack of mountains in play was disappointing. A few of the holes @ LQ Mountain are always challenging with the rocks being an integral hazard along the preferred line.