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For Golf... the price is sorta right

Now, I'm going to readily admit that I'm an avid golfer and I am seriously looking forward to the new Weeks Park course with all of the challenges it is going to present.

But... now that the pricing structure has come out, I'm having a bit of sticker shock.

Like many of the folks who have been paying attention, and many who haven't. The bill to play a round out there is going to be a bitter pill to swallow.

Now... because it was a slow day in the office, I created this handy illustration to show the prices you'll pay at the new course.

And let me be perfectly clear about one thing... this is a totally NEW course. It may be on the same ground as the Weeks Park course I played in college in a t-shirt and flip flops once or twice... this is a truely high caliber golf course that will be better than many of the offerings in the metroplex even.

That being said... I'm going to have a hard time coughing up $50 on a Friday morning to play with a cart. That is a bit much if you ask me. And I think that they are going about it all wrong in the first place.

Sure, there is talk about running specials and whatnot... but they should have just come out right yesterday and said:

"Those are the going to be the prices... but we're going to have a first month special of $25-30 anytime any day to show off the course.

That would get a ton of people out there to play and see if they think it's worth the $50 for a weekend tee time. And who knows, maybe that'll happen before they open. But ther sure are a lot of people around town who are pissed off at that price structure.

I can't tell you how many times today I've heard "Well, I can play for 1/2 that at River Creek" ... blah blah blah. This isn't going to be like playing there. It's going to be like playing one of the nice courses.

I've got a lot of ideas about what's going on, and I'll share some of those with you laters.

Posted by Jason Palmer at 4:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)