Jon A thon

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She shouldn’t have ever been in that LPGA event.

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No one paying any attention believes these types of sponsor exemptions are put in to be competitive. It's 100% name recognition to get eyes on the tournament. And that's okay. She's not "taking someone else's spot", because it's not like they were planning to give it to some other golfer who had a chance to win. The spot is specifically for the tournament sponsor to use in order to get more attention on the event. Same thing with that Grant Horvat issue. No one thinks they are pro level, but they bring eyes.

I agree. I am only saying inconclusive because I could never see anything that was 100% proof and not circumstantial. His movement of the rocks with the ball shifting and Bubbie calling it and not him, them saying to look out for Paige and him, etc.. Makes sense it's drama. But still nothing slam dunk to me.

I mean nothing he said in that video was really all that exotic. He just said it with a fancy accent. Flared magwell, textured grips, trijicon LPVO, custom charging handle (aftermarket you can order anwhere online). About the craziest thing is the ported barrel on a handgun. But plenty of places to get that done and many manufactures offer those types of compensation features as options straight from the manufacturer. I can open my gun safe at the house and pretend my guns are that interesting.

Left for work with my company right as we were getting to the point of having kids. Not paying for private school now and all the other family benefits where we live means we will probably never go back unless a high enough dollar job offer offsets the bad.

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If my aunt has a dick is she my uncle?

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Depends on how many people have purple hair where you live.

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Didn’t find it that difficult, not sure why this group struggled. Other than pressure.

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May have just been pin placement and that they made the greens super fast. I'm sure Portnoy wouldn't be apposed to asking them to do something to make it more difficult to shake things up.

Yeah, it's a 12-month commitment. If I up the membership level, then another year commitment starts at that point. That works for me. And she already told me the dues will increase starting Jan 1. So, taking that into account and realize it'll happen every year.

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Based on the two clubs it could be - My first issue would be one of them allows tournaments/corporate outings Im pretty sure, the second issue would be the traffic getting home - but I know options are slim up there.

Almost worth the TWCC cost just to not have to sit on 1488.

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The club is Lake Windcrest. I've timed the drive a few times because I know 1488 has been a pain for the past year or two, but construction is done. I have slight concern with the tournament/corporate event thing. Not sure how open/truthful they would be with me to say we have corporate events x times per month and the course is closed. Would suck to find out ~once per week a day I'd use isn't available.

The other clubs mentioned in the other post seem to be public/private which I worry about it being crowded. I've used the range at Augusta Pines for instance, and it always seems very busy. I could be overlooking another club I'm not aware of. As far as traffic, those other courses have just as bad a commute as I'd have with 1488 because of where I live.

I'd love to eventually join TWCC. Could damned near walk to one of the courses. If we really use this over the next two years, that's a real possibility. But I'm not jumping into a 20k-50k+ initiation at this point.

Lake Windcrest can be as little as $1500 initiation if I'm willing to play after 1pm. With my son, that is likely what I'd target anyway. Which to me is like paying a $125 per month premium on dues for your first year. Also not much more to upgrade to full access if/when we realize we use it a lot and would want that access. Not a huge deal to move on from that and join a "better" club if we see the family taking advantage.

Went this afternoon. Range and practice area look nice. Not huge, but nice. Just redone with new mats which are used Mon thru Thursday, but there is a tee box with grass on the other side for lessons you may use any day if they aren't full with lessons.

10 minute drive from the house. I've got several closer, but they are the pricey clubs. She noted afternoons are usually very slow and showed on the tee sheet that basically nothing was taken Today, Wednesday, and Sunday afternoons. I have a flexible work schedule and can take advantage of that for a quick 9.

Layout is a loop back to the clubhouse at 9. Not conducive to mixing it up completely, but sounds like in the afternoon it's not hard to catch 1-9 or 10-18 in the afternoon.

May take them up on a trial round Saturday or Sunday afternoon with my son. If he is at all interested, will likely pull the trigger. Initiation is low enough that after a year, it wouldn't hurt to decide to cancel.

This particular course is a golf club. No pool, tennis courts, etc. So I assume most people are there for golf outside of the people who live on the course and may just join because of the neighborhood social aspect of the clubhouse. Hoping they'll be able to give me some statistics on the traffic. But initiation and dues is relatively low, so I don't expect it to be perfect.