Is it possible to play too much golf at one’s home course?<\/p>\n
Most sane golfers would say no. One of the all-time great tongue-in-cheek quotations about the game comes from six-time Open Champion Harry Vardon, who once said, \u201cDon\u2019t play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.\u201d<\/p>\n
But one golfer is facing the possible limits of his home course\u2019s hospitality.<\/p>\n
Redditor and golf nut \u2018Potatoguard\u2019 filed a post<\/a> about taking his local Nevada course up on an attractive offer of a summer golf course access pass: unlimited tee times at any time of day Monday through Friday and after 10 am on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as unlimited range balls, for $1,500 from May 1 until October 1.<\/p>\n To take full advantage, Mr. Potatoguard has been teeing it up at 5:30 am each weekday morning, finishing his rounds in time to report to his remote job. Between the equivalent green fees for the rounds he has played and the post-round range balls he has hit, he calculates that he has extracted more than $800 of value in the first 10 days of his pass, putting him well on his way towards realizing its full value before Memorial Day. <\/p>\n But in recent days, the relationship between golfer and course has begun to sour. \u201cToday when I checked in,\u201d he writes, \u201cthe Pro Shop, who is the same 2 guys every morning, told me that while the pass is unlimited for the duration, that they were worried it was getting abused.\u201d<\/p>\n The post goes on to explain that the pro shop staff suggested the terms of the summer membership may need to be amended, either to reduce Mr. Potatoguard\u2019s access to the course or to charge him more for that access.<\/p>\n Responses to the post overwhelmingly sit on the side of the poster, who appears to be taking full advantage of the offer in good faith as someone who describes himself as \u201caddicted to golf.\u201d Any seller\u2019s remorse on the part of the golf course should not be any of Mr. Potatoguard\u2019s concern.<\/p>\n It is disappointing to hear of this nameless Nevada golf course\u2019s poor attitude towards its most loyal customer. A more creative response would be to lean into this intrepid golfer\u2019s desire to play as much as possible, and perhaps even use it to market the course. Give him a special parking space. Leave a scorecard and pencil by the first tee with his name already written in. Send a monthly email reporting to other golfers on how many rounds he\u2019s played and encourage them to join or try to exceed his total. Donate a dollar to a local charity for every hole Mr. Potatoguard plays each month. Let the obviously sour shop attendants tee it up with him once or twice. Anything but raining on his parade would be a smart move.<\/p>\n If the question of whether it is conceivable to overuse a summer pass to the local course is settled, is it therefore impossible to abuse a private golf membership? When it comes to certain high-end national clubs, I have heard the occasional, possibly apocryphal tale of members being asked to ration their use of the course, but by and large, it seems to be the case that golf facilities want to cultivate a core group of regulars, and potentially reward them for their loyalty.<\/p>\n One of my favorite signs in golf is located in the parking lot of Sanctuary Golf Club<\/a> near St. Simons Island, Georgia. It recognizes the achievements of local golfer Jim Mahoney, who played a then-world-record 502 rounds of golf in the year 2007. A year later, the course installed an addendum after Mahoney shattered his previous mark, logging an incredible 711 rounds in 2008. They didn\u2019t run him off; they embraced and even honored his dedication. The operators of Mr. Potatoguard\u2019s home course would do well to act accordingly.<\/p>\n What is the current Guinness World Record for most golf played in a year?\n<\/p>\n In 2012, Chris Adam of Canada attained the world record for the most golf played in a year: 14,625 holes, or 809 18-hole rounds plus seven 9-hole rounds. He actually posted 850 rounds in that calendar year, but the official 812.5 total record number of rounds all took place at Adam’s home course, King Kamehameha Golf Club<\/a> in Hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is it possible to play too much golf at one’s home course? 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