When I joined Dornoch in 1981, the initiaton fee was £37.48 and the annual fee the same. First time in Scotland (1978) the most expensive course was Western Gailes at £6. The rest, including TOC, Muirfield, Troon, Turnberry, etc. were £5 or less. Sorry, Tom D, for causing the price rises in 82-83......
My notes tell me I was "shocked" to pay Turnberry Hotel £76 for 2 nights B&B, 4 rounds of golf, two sumptuous dinners, inculding wine, pre-prandial cocktails, etc.
I, too, used to play Pebble in the mid-late 70's when it was originally $35 including cart (no walking option in those days--they'd just laid down the cart paths and wanted to get their money back!). If you got off early you could also have a replay for $10 (cart fee only). Me and my buddy Mike did this a lot, even though $45 was a slightly more substantial sum in those days and at our age.
I spent 4 months in the Burghfield House Hotel in Dornoch in 1981, and the whole shebang (dinner, bed, breakfast, copious libiations, golf (see above), women, travel and song cost about $10,000. Pretty expensive relative to Tom in his student days a couple of years later, but of course, I probably lived a little bit higher off the hog then than Tom chose to.
Finally, before any of you submit to nostalgia envy (or loathing) remember the wise words that Bob Huntley said on another recent thread. Now, I can't exactly remember them
, but they were to the effect that NEVER regret spending more than you think you can afford on something of quality and lasting memory.
Amen.