(04-06-2018, 08:54 AM)JagsorDie Wrote:

(04-06-2018, 08:21 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Initial fee for joining Augusta National is $30,000.   Annual dues are $10,000.    But of course, you have to be referred.   So you or I would not get in.   Their membership list is a bunch of billionaires starting with  Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

Man i want to play Augusta so bad. That is one of the things about picking a hobby that has a big demographic of rich older people; there are going to be a few things us normal folks just can't do lol.

What is funny to me is the "Unknown" aspect of those places like pablo creek and augusta. Like- Is the course really that much nicer than anything ive ever played? or Are there like topless cart girls running around that we don't know about? I've played Doral, the stadium at sawgrass, scottsdale, and pebble beach. And honestly I was little let down. It wasn't that i didn't have a great time or that they were in bad shape. It was more that the notoriety of the course and the image that i had built up in my head was never going to be able to live up to what i imagined. At the end of the day they were all still courses. But i also understand that the money we are talking about those people spending is absolutely nothing to them.

New life goal-  Get a membership at augusta... Right after i buy a that mega yacht to park next to my buddy Mr.Khan.

I can only speak to Pablo, but the course is in incredible condition, not only because of the attention to detail but because of the limited/lack of play.  Places that you listed get beat to crap by tourists and get played a ton when PGA events aren't near.

At Pablo, you go out there with your group and your caddies and you see no one else; it's just you and the course and beautiful mother nature.  They also pay a lot of attention to the little details when it comes to the club house and service, etc.

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