accountingsucks
Recycles dryer sheets
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I could have sworn i've seen threads on this topic, but a search result didn't yield anything I could see. I have just started getting back into golf in my mid thirties. I used to play all the time in my younger days, much of it for free as i worked at a golf course for six summers doing various stuff. Now that I'm getting back into it and living a relatively frugal lifestyle, I'm having difficulty reconciling playing golf and my goal of early retirement.
A round here at a decent course is $50 (even the municipal ones) - I prefer to walk but many courses require a cart at another $20 although I typically refuse to play at such courses. Golf equipment is very expensive although I've had good luck finding stuff used at 1/4th the original retail value in virtually new condition. I've assigned myself a $1000 per year golf budget (equipment, couple lessons, rounds, etc) which works out to about 5% of my total yearly expenditures. I live in CAnada so can only get about 5 good months of play in. Are there alot of other golfers on here? How often do you play and what are you spending each year?
A round here at a decent course is $50 (even the municipal ones) - I prefer to walk but many courses require a cart at another $20 although I typically refuse to play at such courses. Golf equipment is very expensive although I've had good luck finding stuff used at 1/4th the original retail value in virtually new condition. I've assigned myself a $1000 per year golf budget (equipment, couple lessons, rounds, etc) which works out to about 5% of my total yearly expenditures. I live in CAnada so can only get about 5 good months of play in. Are there alot of other golfers on here? How often do you play and what are you spending each year?