A big THANK YOU to Matt Ginella for actually speaking out loud about over the top greens fees. The average golfer just can’t afford the high rates that many of the newer and big name courses are putting out there. With all kinds of talk about getting more golfers into, or even back into, the game. Maybe more affordable courses would go a long way to helping. They don’t all have to be 7500+ yards and in the top 100 most difficult plays to play. The public courses within 50 miles around me are regularly booked solid all weekend. They don’t charge an arm and a leg to play and most of them also have a nice reasonable sized clubhouse/pro shop and an affordable, comfortable grill/restaurant/bar on the premises for after the round. Its all most of us really want and need on a regular basis. Thanks again for putting that in print!
Randy Black, Preston, CT
Matt Ginella could not be more wrong. $300 to play Erin Hills is like the $125 bottle of Amarone that you never forget, or the $250 you pay to sit front row for your favorite band. Some things are just worth the spend. I've played Whistling Straits 24 times, Medinah almost that many and I've played Pebble in pristine conditions. $300 for Erin Hills is like playing Pebble for $125. Pebble has seven great holes -- Erin Hills has sixteen great holes and two pretty good ones. Matt, your headline asks, "How much is too much...?" The answer, in the case of Erin Hills, is more than $300. Much more.
Steve Heston
I want some of that Amarone, Steve.
Bob Carney
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