a mid-price public facility in the west end of town?
I ask this because yesterday, when trying to think of where to book an early morning weekend round for myself and my playing partners, I became frustrated by the lack of options for those of us in the west end, who don't wish to drive across town
Here's my thinking - keeping in mind that Loch March doesn't open until the 25th. When open, certainly it's an option, but at $65, I'd rather play Eagle Creek for 10 more.
What I'm talking about is a Graham Cooke-type | Emerald south nine | Cloverdale | Anderson-type track, priced at between $45 and $55. Not a Greensmere, which I think is stretching itself a bit too thin by building its second 18 without paying as much attention to its first 18 as it should.
Not a semi-private facility (Greensmere) that makes it tough for us non-members to get an early morning weekend tee time. Not Canadian, which also has members, and which while I enjoy the three (or four?) re-styled holes on the west 18 (holes which make you feel like you're playing a course completely different than the other 14 / 15 on the course btw). For $51 at Canadian, I kinda expect more - a course of more length (if you so desire) and of more intelligence - see the short par four 12th.
With Anderson links coming soon to the east end, perhaps I getting jealous of the options you folks have out that way.
I'd dearly love to be able to find a 200-acre parcel of land, have the financial wherewithall to purchase it and build a course with greens close to tees to keep up the pace of play (ie, Mississippi GC), and run it. There would be no memberships, but you have to have an index under an arbitrary number I set based on my mood for you to play it, and you must walk and carry / pull / push. No carts. Pace of play 3 hours 30 minutes, max. Over and above the handicap index restriction, there would be a Masters-like arbitrariness imposed on those who play or who attempt to play the track. You'd be banned for not playing ready golf. You'd be denied access to the course for showing up wearing golf sandals or greg norman-type hats, or for attempting to smuggle beer in your bag. It's golf, not a bar. Go drink your face off in some dive bar if you must, but you won't be turning my track into a Coors-lite commercial. Oh, and because there will be no 'cart girls', there will be honour-based watering stations every three holes. A loonie per water bottle and a loonie per banana.
Geez, I seem to have digressed into my personal pipe dream / fantasy. My apolgies. But I think you know what I'm getting at. I'm in need of a new west-end option that will allow me to get my fix while getting me there and back home within a four to five hour window so as not to turn my wife on me for good.
That is all. Do I ask too much?
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Friday, April 21, 2006
is there a market for...
a mid-price public facility in the west end of town?
I ask this because yesterday, when trying to think of where to book an early morning weekend round for myself and my playing partners, I became frustrated by the lack of options for those of us in the west end, who don't wish to drive across town
Here's my thinking - keeping in mind that Loch March doesn't open until the 25th. When open, certainly it's an option, but at $65, I'd rather play Eagle Creek for 10 more.
What I'm talking about is a Graham Cooke-type | Emerald south nine | Cloverdale | Anderson-type track, priced at between $45 and $55. Not a Greensmere, which I think is stretching itself a bit too thin by building its second 18 without paying as much attention to its first 18 as it should.
Not a semi-private facility (Greensmere) that makes it tough for us non-members to get an early morning weekend tee time. Not Canadian, which also has members, and which while I enjoy the three (or four?) re-styled holes on the west 18 (holes which make you feel like you're playing a course completely different than the other 14 / 15 on the course btw). For $51 at Canadian, I kinda expect more - a course of more length (if you so desire) and of more intelligence - see the short par four 12th.
With Anderson links coming soon to the east end, perhaps I getting jealous of the options you folks have out that way.
I'd dearly love to be able to find a 200-acre parcel of land, have the financial wherewithall to purchase it and build a course with greens close to tees to keep up the pace of play (ie, Mississippi GC), and run it. There would be no memberships, but you have to have an index under an arbitrary number I set based on my mood for you to play it, and you must walk and carry / pull / push. No carts. Pace of play 3 hours 30 minutes, max. Over and above the handicap index restriction, there would be a Masters-like arbitrariness imposed on those who play or who attempt to play the track. You'd be banned for not playing ready golf. You'd be denied access to the course for showing up wearing golf sandals or greg norman-type hats, or for attempting to smuggle beer in your bag. It's golf, not a bar. Go drink your face off in some dive bar if you must, but you won't be turning my track into a Coors-lite commercial. Oh, and because there will be no 'cart girls', there will be honour-based watering stations every three holes. A loonie per water bottle and a loonie per banana.
Geez, I seem to have digressed into my personal pipe dream / fantasy. My apolgies. But I think you know what I'm getting at. I'm in need of a new west-end option that will allow me to get my fix while getting me there and back home within a four to five hour window so as not to turn my wife on me for good.
That is all. Do I ask too much?
I ask this because yesterday, when trying to think of where to book an early morning weekend round for myself and my playing partners, I became frustrated by the lack of options for those of us in the west end, who don't wish to drive across town
Here's my thinking - keeping in mind that Loch March doesn't open until the 25th. When open, certainly it's an option, but at $65, I'd rather play Eagle Creek for 10 more.
What I'm talking about is a Graham Cooke-type | Emerald south nine | Cloverdale | Anderson-type track, priced at between $45 and $55. Not a Greensmere, which I think is stretching itself a bit too thin by building its second 18 without paying as much attention to its first 18 as it should.
Not a semi-private facility (Greensmere) that makes it tough for us non-members to get an early morning weekend tee time. Not Canadian, which also has members, and which while I enjoy the three (or four?) re-styled holes on the west 18 (holes which make you feel like you're playing a course completely different than the other 14 / 15 on the course btw). For $51 at Canadian, I kinda expect more - a course of more length (if you so desire) and of more intelligence - see the short par four 12th.
With Anderson links coming soon to the east end, perhaps I getting jealous of the options you folks have out that way.
I'd dearly love to be able to find a 200-acre parcel of land, have the financial wherewithall to purchase it and build a course with greens close to tees to keep up the pace of play (ie, Mississippi GC), and run it. There would be no memberships, but you have to have an index under an arbitrary number I set based on my mood for you to play it, and you must walk and carry / pull / push. No carts. Pace of play 3 hours 30 minutes, max. Over and above the handicap index restriction, there would be a Masters-like arbitrariness imposed on those who play or who attempt to play the track. You'd be banned for not playing ready golf. You'd be denied access to the course for showing up wearing golf sandals or greg norman-type hats, or for attempting to smuggle beer in your bag. It's golf, not a bar. Go drink your face off in some dive bar if you must, but you won't be turning my track into a Coors-lite commercial. Oh, and because there will be no 'cart girls', there will be honour-based watering stations every three holes. A loonie per water bottle and a loonie per banana.
Geez, I seem to have digressed into my personal pipe dream / fantasy. My apolgies. But I think you know what I'm getting at. I'm in need of a new west-end option that will allow me to get my fix while getting me there and back home within a four to five hour window so as not to turn my wife on me for good.
That is all. Do I ask too much?
