A good golf course doesn抰 mean taking a trip two hundred miles away to
the Congressional or Pinehurst. You may be able to enjoy nine or 18
holes just by looking local.
Local public courses are increasingly becoming better managed and easier
on the avid golfer. Small private club courses are also seeing an
upturn in the quality of their greens. They are learning that there are
golfers out there that will enjoy staying local to play nine or eighteen
holes.
There are a lot of virtues to staying local with your dollars. You are
keeping the money you spend for greens fees in the local coffer.
Everyone knows that a dollar spent at a local business stays in the
local economy much longer than a dollar spent for a big conglomerate
business. The same goes for your golfing dollar梒onsider spending it at a
public golf course.
Public courses are often as well kept as nationally known courses.
Occasionally, the managers of these courses have been hired away from
the major, national courses. They move to small towns to manage courses
there bringing their skill and managing abilities to these public or
small private courses.
Attending a course in your own town can save you a few dollars as well.
First of all, you will save on fuel money. With gas prices as high as
they are, a golf trip of even an hour away can cut into the amount you
are willing to pay on the greens. If you drive to local courses, you may
save enough money to upgrade to greens fees with a cart.
Local courses can also provide great contacts and connections during
play. If you go out as a single, you may have the fortune to be paired
with another couple of players from the same community or even
neighborhood as you. You could easily make some connections that you
could call on for the next project at your job.
Private clubs can provide the same type of perks. Easily one of
America抯 forgotten treasures, private country clubs are trying to keep
themselves valid in today抯 society. In small towns there is often a
country club with its restaurant, pool, tennis courts and golf course.
Some people will find their club running excellent deals to gain new
members.
Golfers like these clubs because the greens are generally in great
shape. Usually, people are overlooking these clubs when they go to play.
Although this means that the club has to work harder for new members,
for those that join, the perks are great. Golfers especially enjoy the
courses?look and feel, while the membership fees stay easy on the
wallet.
So, the next time you are looking to play nine holes after work,
consider going to a local golf course. Not only can you just stop in a
course on the way home, you will support the local economy, save a bit
of money and find courses that are in great shape.
