I’m a huge fan of Bandon, absolutely love it, have nothing but good things to say about it, have recommended it to dozens of people and would love to go there every year, but for Mike to say it’s affordable, he’s out of touch with what’s affordable (and I say that with all due respect). Comparing your price to the price at Pebble Beach is ridiculous and just a way to justify what you are charging. As mentioned Bandon is booked 18 months, or more, ahead so people are paying the price. Good for them. It’s a huge success and congratulations but please don’t say it’s affordable, at least not for the average working person.
If it has an 18 month waiting period they could probably increase the price quite a bit and still be fully booked ……I agree $1400 for foursome is really stretching what “affordable” is
it IS packed. They are fully booked every day. I think when they say affordable, it’s not on playing a single round compared to other public courses (the pebble comparison was not said by him, it was by the Forbes guy), rather the comparison is to private courses that cost $60k-$250k to join and monthly dues over $2k/mo. This course is very affordable if you want to spend $3k on a golf trip and play several rounds of golf. If it was a $20 muni you wouldn’t be able to get a tee time for 20 years.
It's certainly fair to use pebble (or sawgrass) as a comparison considering how much those places overcharge just because of the tournaments they host. For those in the market for a top tier destination golf resort, this is as affordable as anything you're gonna find.
I played Pacific Dunes in 2013. It was the experience of a lifetime, down to the bartender. The caddie was expert, the greeter was so generous. He knew my name when I stepped out of my car. Bannon is magical.
You're clearly a golfer, no mention of the quality of the course itself, just the bartender poured great drinks and the greeter "knew how to stroke/inflate my ego." You set the bar pretty low for 'magical" buddy 🤣🤣 At least the caddie was an expert 😅
This place is special, no pretense, amazing food for very reasonable prices and a practice facility second to none. Spending another two weeks there this July so our son can dial his game on the practice facility
@@Dixcus-zp7om Living on the left coast and not having airfare factored in can reduce costs dramatically. An individual playing and staying in the off-season for four nights of lodging and five rounds plus meals can be done for about $1500 per player. Caddies are not required, but if used each day, add six or seven hundred. Summertime would probably be more like $1000 per day and then add caddie fees, if used.
@@johncorman8715 I'm sure the course is great man, but 1500 for four days on the Oregon coast in the winter, thats rough, I'd be headed to palm desert or Arizona, sunny days blue skies and 70 degrees.
Played Bandon and Pacific as guests of Mike’s back in 2002 when there wasn’t much there other than a couple golf courses and a trailer for a golf shop. Amazing to see the property today and look forward to getting to some of his Cabot properties this summer.
It's not cheap, especially when you factor in the travel. But as a resort it's affordable. The $350 he mentions is peak season rate, and your second round of the day is half that (most visitors play 36 a day). It's golf weather year round though. I've gone twice, both times in March. Currently March rates are $175/$90 replay, and there is plenty of daylight for 36.
Name a single golf resort even CLOSE to the quality of Bandon Dunes that would be considered “affordable.” I agree that word is a stretch when talking about Bandon, but you gotta admit the off season rates make this probably the best pound for pound golf resort in the world
I love Bandon. Each year the rates continue to climb, however. $350 this summer is turning into $370 in 2025 (on their website). If you’re an Oregon resident (👋) there’s no discounted rate in the summer which makes the courses completely unaffordable. It’s $400 which will go up to $420 in 2025 (also on their website). Bandon has a lot to offer, and supply and demand means they can charge more, but they need to reassess the definition of affordable golf, especially for those living in Oregon.
@@euphoriarealtygroupI think you miss the point. You cannot claim to be a champion of "affordability" and the fight against "exclusivity" while charging over 200 dollars for what can only be described as out of season golf. Thinking this is affordable is removal from reality.
I totally agree with you. While this man sounds like a saint either way, the numbers he is considering as “affordable golf” leave me “scratching my head”.
I played at Bandon Dunes and you’ll be hard pressed to get out of there for less that $1000.00in peak . This yarn doesn’t tell the full story . Maybe if you bring a mobile home and sleep in the parking lot if they’ll let you because there’s literally no place to stay . It’s so far from any place with hotels and food , drink . A caddy is essential at $150 minimum . When you’re on these premises you’re literally captive guests. Now the golf can be amazing or miserable depending on the weather. I’d probably not go back because there are loads of resort style golf courses that allow non guests all the way up the California coast.
Mr. Keiser, This is a wonderful success story. You have had some great timing and developed a jewel in the golf world. A friend of mine travels south from Washington state every fall to play these courses with a group of friends and they see it an incredible life experience. I know many people here are critical of your prices, which are absolutely out of touch for the average golfer. I would recommend this; Why not look at the price structure of Torre Pines in San Diego? I'm not saying match their lower fees, but look at their structure, how they give residents a price break and offer a great experience, on the California coast, at a fairly affordable price.
Thank you Mike! It is affordable for most budgets if you go during the off season. It is so nice to have access to some of the best courses in the world. Mike is tuned in to the Nature of the Game. Thank you!!
Never thought I can now go play in Scotland on damn good links courses for significantly less that Bandon is now. Sad because I love Bandon and have been there 3 times. It is the best golf resort in the world but cost too much now. Old Mac is my favorite.
Mike is wringing as much cash as he can out of Bandon, but he knows how to write a sappy greeting card. Sand Valley in Wisconsin is $295 in the high season in Neekosa, WI. “I care about the environment” was not part of the development process, but “sustainability” is important. Bandon is nice but it’s not Pebble Beach and to compare the two is like Toyota comparing themselves to a Ferrari. Once at Bandon, you’re stuck. It’s not cheap at all for anything. A $15 bottle of wine in town is $70. It’s for mid range executive buddy golf trips. It’s a very fun course though.
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Bandon IS relatively affordable if you are willing to play off season and not spring for caddies. I did this past January - $140/round and $70 if you want to play another 18 holes same day. I found a VRBO 1/4 mile from the Sheepranch course for under $100/night. All told, I spent less than $1000 for 3 days of golf on these incredible courses, including lodging. I live a couple hours from Pebble but don't think I will ever play there when Bandon is just a days drive away and off season you can get a tee time.
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Ppl are such whiners. I think when they say affordable, it’s not on playing a single round compared to other public courses (the pebble comparison was not said by him, it was by the Forbes guy), rather the comparison is to private courses that cost $60k-$250k to join and monthly dues over $2k/mo. This course is very affordable if you want to spend $3k on a golf trip and play several rounds of golf. If it was a $20 muni you wouldn’t be able to get a tee time for 20 years.
Rates start at $140 per in January for non residents but who wants to play in 40 degree weather? There is no carts so there goes another $150. If you are staying there the so called reasonable fees become about the same as Pebble Beach all in after a few days. It looks amazing and I will cough up the dough at some point but I'm not buying the benevolence for the common man sub story!
The Forbes magazine article explains that he was always an enthusiastic if middling golfer. Never professed to be a great golfer. Just loves the game. He has Parkinson’s Disease but can obviously still swing a club.
@@jackmehoff9819 Snarky but clueless. Mike keeps saying that it has to be affordable golf and then we find out the prices are insanely high. To be accessible to all, like he claims he found in the UK that inspired him, he should have set the model to be much lower in price.....especially since they rake in millions. You can be snarky all you want but 9 out of 10 regular people can't afford a weekend at Bandon so it's just become another Pebble whether Keiser wants to admit it or not.
You might go to their website to view the green fee structure. Summer months and even shoulder seasons can be quite high ($350 is the peak fee for a resort guest), but the price descends into the winter where I believe it is now $110 in Dec. & Jan. Spendy, but not out of range for the average golfer. Courses are playable year 'round with the main winter issue being more frequent rain. I've generally been lucky in Jan.-Feb. with occasionally brilliant weather. When you get that, you feel like you're stealing from the summer guests.
@@johncorman8715 I'd be happy to pay... it was $600 at the Kiawah Ocean Course after tip... but that's not affordable for everyone. Definitely our local muni here in DC is $20-$30, but non-resident at Torrey Pines muni is $250-$300. I love golf. Decent player. Hard to make the sport accessible to everyone.
If you want to promote your course, fine. It looks lovely. But stop with the nonsense that it's affordable. I live in a midwest college town and seniors can walk our public course for $20.
Affordable golf for just about everybody? BS, this is for people with serious money. $500 for a day at the course isn't going to come from the once a week hacker and his buddies who play on a Muni.
Listen i think its a beautiful area for golf and what hes done is amazing from a design perspective... But when an Oregon Resident is paying $120....IN JANUARY, and nearly THREE TIMES that by April, in what world can you come on here and say good golf should be not just available, but affordable? This has to be one of the biggest removals from reality I've ever seen and further proof that golf exclusivity remains.
ala wai a muni golf in Hawaii was once the busiest golf course would do 200,000 easy and that was back in the day. There are more golfers now than ever before. you can't be this simple mike
Wow what a bargain for the average golfer!!! $350 greens fee, REALLY??? How many average golfers can afford $350 greens fee. Good for you sir, but $350 isn’t for the average family guy .
Affordable Golf at £300 per round?😂 For £900 here in UK a Full 7 Day Subscription & can play every 365 if you wish on a superb course At North Berwick West in Scotland ranked #38 in The World you Yanks pay $420 Green Fee’s & members pay less than this per year
HAAAA! Affordable? That's a joke right? 260,000 rounds a year averaged over the year at 275 +/- per round. So much for his "Ethos". Greed has once again prevailed. I love what billionaires call affordable. This story is so out of touch with reality. I had to stop watching because of the BS.
there are 6 golf courses on the resort and all are full (generally need to book 18 months in advance). (eg one foursome every 10 min x 6 course= 24 golfers every 10 min at $250 each = $36,000/hr. Plus it's in the middle of nowhere so all golfers are generally staying on site for multiday trips, so they capture all revenue for the stay (food, lodging, etc)
@@LLWCorp Would love to play it someday? To be good you neex to play probably twice a week. Love the game of golf. Problem? I probably play twice a year, if that. My presence there would be an injustice.
Does it have caddies? You say the private club experience. Go to Asia and every course offers caddies to the players. Don’t be fooled…American golf is a substandard experience.
I play golf for about $12/round. It’s 4 hours of entertainment which is a very cheap form of entertainment - plus it’s got the health benefits of being outside and walking (I don’t use a cart). I think your problem is with expensive rounds, not golf as a whole or golfers in general.
I’m a huge fan of Bandon, absolutely love it, have nothing but good things to say about it, have recommended it to dozens of people and would love to go there every year, but for Mike to say it’s affordable, he’s out of touch with what’s affordable (and I say that with all due respect). Comparing your price to the price at Pebble Beach is ridiculous and just a way to justify what you are charging. As mentioned Bandon is booked 18 months, or more, ahead so people are paying the price. Good for them. It’s a huge success and congratulations but please don’t say it’s affordable, at least not for the average working person.
Yea that was my thought if it was “affordable,” it would be packed
If it has an 18 month waiting period they could probably increase the price quite a bit and still be fully booked ……I agree $1400 for foursome is really stretching what “affordable” is
it IS packed. They are fully booked every day. I think when they say affordable, it’s not on playing a single round compared to other public courses (the pebble comparison was not said by him, it was by the Forbes guy), rather the comparison is to private courses that cost $60k-$250k to join and monthly dues over $2k/mo. This course is very affordable if you want to spend $3k on a golf trip and play several rounds of golf. If it was a $20 muni you wouldn’t be able to get a tee time for 20 years.
It's certainly fair to use pebble (or sawgrass) as a comparison considering how much those places overcharge just because of the tournaments they host. For those in the market for a top tier destination golf resort, this is as affordable as anything you're gonna find.
$350 is peak rate. Substantially drops in the offseason, which is better weather, especially for wind.
I played Pacific Dunes in 2013. It was the experience of a lifetime, down to the bartender. The caddie was expert, the greeter was so generous. He knew my name when I stepped out of my car. Bannon is magical.
You're clearly a golfer, no mention of the quality of the course itself, just the bartender poured great drinks and the greeter "knew how to stroke/inflate my ego." You set the bar pretty low for 'magical" buddy 🤣🤣 At least the caddie was an expert 😅
Hello Mike,
We met several years ago in Buffalo.
Our father's worked together at Hugh Johnson and Co.
Congrats on your success!!
This place is special, no pretense, amazing food for very reasonable prices and a practice facility second to none. Spending another two weeks there this July so our son can dial his game on the practice facility
You're describing a $20,000 vacation.
@@Dixcus-zp7om Living on the left coast and not having airfare factored in can reduce costs dramatically. An individual playing and staying in the off-season for four nights of lodging and five rounds plus meals can be done for about $1500 per player. Caddies are not required, but if used each day, add six or seven hundred. Summertime would probably be more like $1000 per day and then add caddie fees, if used.
@@johncorman8715 I'm sure the course is great man, but 1500 for four days on the Oregon coast in the winter, thats rough, I'd be headed to palm desert or Arizona, sunny days blue skies and 70 degrees.
Played Bandon and Pacific as guests of Mike’s back in 2002 when there wasn’t much there other than a couple golf courses and a trailer for a golf shop. Amazing to see the property today and look forward to getting to some of his Cabot properties this summer.
Got to visit Bandon this past May....what a beautiful place. Can't wait to go back in 2 years.
problem with the thesis is bandon is not affordable anymore
Not true. I've gone in the winter the last few years and played all 4 courses for the cost of 1 round at Pebble or half of one round at TPC Sawgrass.
It's not cheap, especially when you factor in the travel. But as a resort it's affordable. The $350 he mentions is peak season rate, and your second round of the day is half that (most visitors play 36 a day). It's golf weather year round though. I've gone twice, both times in March. Currently March rates are $175/$90 replay, and there is plenty of daylight for 36.
Not for most of us.
Name a single golf resort even CLOSE to the quality of Bandon Dunes that would be considered “affordable.” I agree that word is a stretch when talking about Bandon, but you gotta admit the off season rates make this probably the best pound for pound golf resort in the world
@@ryanjordan1083 Comparing your golf course fee to Pebble Beach is ridiculous if you are discussing "affordable" golf.
I love Bandon. Each year the rates continue to climb, however. $350 this summer is turning into $370 in 2025 (on their website). If you’re an Oregon resident (👋) there’s no discounted rate in the summer which makes the courses completely unaffordable. It’s $400 which will go up to $420 in 2025 (also on their website). Bandon has a lot to offer, and supply and demand means they can charge more, but they need to reassess the definition of affordable golf, especially for those living in Oregon.
for $350 million investment. $400 a round is not unreasonable. there are plenty of $50 courses elsewhere
@@euphoriarealtygroupI think you miss the point. You cannot claim to be a champion of "affordability" and the fight against "exclusivity" while charging over 200 dollars for what can only be described as out of season golf. Thinking this is affordable is removal from reality.
Go to the Crossings.
@@2bNIKEt1Exactly
I totally agree with you. While this man sounds like a saint either way, the numbers he is considering as “affordable golf” leave me “scratching my head”.
Went in 2008, returning this July. In between we have played most of the 'great' golf destinations, and Bandon remains THE best of them all.
I played at Bandon Dunes and you’ll be hard pressed to get out of there for less that $1000.00in peak . This yarn doesn’t tell the full story . Maybe if you bring a mobile home and sleep in the parking lot if they’ll let you because there’s literally no place to stay . It’s so far from any place with hotels and food , drink . A caddy is essential at $150 minimum . When you’re on these premises you’re literally captive guests. Now the golf can be amazing or miserable depending on the weather. I’d probably not go back because there are loads of resort style golf courses that allow non guests all the way up the California coast.
Town of Bandon with several motels and AirBnBs is 10 minutes away. Much larger Coos Bay is 30 minutes north.
Forbes NOT telling the whole story! WHAT!? No way! They did such a great job with Sam B Free and Elizabeth Holmes though...
Mr. Keiser, This is a wonderful success story. You have had some great timing and developed a jewel in the golf world. A friend of mine travels south from Washington state every fall to play these courses with a group of friends and they see it an incredible life experience. I know many people here are critical of your prices, which are absolutely out of touch for the average golfer. I would recommend this; Why not look at the price structure of Torre Pines in San Diego? I'm not saying match their lower fees, but look at their structure, how they give residents a price break and offer a great experience, on the California coast, at a fairly affordable price.
What a fabulous video - so glad I watched this - a responsible and creative developer - nice work Mike
Thank you Mike! It is affordable for most budgets if you go during the off season. It is so nice to have access to some of the best courses in the world. Mike is tuned in to the Nature of the Game. Thank you!!
Love that man, so lucky I get to call this place home and walk these courses every day.
Going to Bandon for Thanksgiving! Don’t mind any weather , i just want to experience this slice of golf history. Thank you mr. Kaiser 🙏
Many thanks Mr Keiser. The world needs more of your ilk.
"Golf should be open to all and affordable"
$350 green fee!
He thinks that’s affordable to everyone cause he’s a billionaire who knows nothing outside of his gated community and rich friends lol
I caddied there for almost ten years. It’s golf heaven.
Gorgeous, inspiring, genius. God bless Mike Keiser.
RODEO DUNES LOOKS KOOL TOO
Thank you for Giving us Banbon Dunes!! No place like it in the US.
Bonbon Dunes is special
Never thought I can now go play in Scotland on damn good links courses for significantly less that Bandon is now. Sad because I love Bandon and have been there 3 times. It is the best golf resort in the world but cost too much now. Old Mac is my favorite.
Love this guy - must have a great set of paretns. Key turning point - not going to MBA school.
Mike is wringing as much cash as he can out of Bandon, but he knows how to write a sappy greeting card. Sand Valley in Wisconsin is $295 in the high season in Neekosa, WI. “I care about the environment” was not part of the development process, but “sustainability” is important. Bandon is nice but it’s not Pebble Beach and to compare the two is like Toyota comparing themselves to a Ferrari.
Once at Bandon, you’re stuck. It’s not cheap at all for anything. A $15 bottle of wine in town is $70. It’s for mid range executive buddy golf trips.
It’s a very fun course though.
A brilliant person can give credit where it's due. That's humbleness.
Dunes is not Bandons only golf course. Just south of town is a spectacular course for $60. Per round.
More Mike Keisers please 😊
There’s plenty on my bucket list right here in the Midwest, where I’m from.
Smart man with a vision -- and wise enough to hire professional golf course architects.
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Lovely course.
Need to play here someday
Very cool💯
Bandon IS relatively affordable if you are willing to play off season and not spring for caddies. I did this past January - $140/round and $70 if you want to play another 18 holes same day. I found a VRBO 1/4 mile from the Sheepranch course for under $100/night. All told, I spent less than $1000 for 3 days of golf on these incredible courses, including lodging. I live a couple hours from Pebble but don't think I will ever play there when Bandon is just a days drive away and off season you can get a tee time.
Wonderful Experience 12 to 15 years ago, but no longer affordable. Folks should try Gamble Sands in Brewster, WA. Which is same Architect.
Love this. Really cool of him
Guys he obviously meant affordable for other rich people. $400 to them is like $4 to us
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Wonderful.
Got to make the trip
This is my fifth year after retirement. I’ve been following the 4% rule thing, but this isn’t really how hard I expected things to be. I still have about $146,000 outside funds in my IRA to invest. Pls how do I take advantage of this?
Now you are retired and depend on your investment, it’s best you redistribute your capital. To simplify the process, you could allocate your resources with the help of a financial advisor.
I think that is a brilliant idea, I tried managing my stock portfolio by myself and I lost 50% of my savings in a very short period. That prompted me to hire a financial advisor. Since then I have made up to $680K in returns.
What great dude.
Affordable?
$350 is affordable? lol
i’d love to get comped at Brandon so I can play it please.
Nothing on this interview about his love of golf. Is he a golfer? Does he play? How often? When did he start?
1:31
Try listening
Id go, but for the beach.
The beach actually sucks. It's usually extremely cold with whipping winds.
Ppl are such whiners. I think when they say affordable, it’s not on playing a single round compared to other public courses (the pebble comparison was not said by him, it was by the Forbes guy), rather the comparison is to private courses that cost $60k-$250k to join and monthly dues over $2k/mo. This course is very affordable if you want to spend $3k on a golf trip and play several rounds of golf. If it was a $20 muni you wouldn’t be able to get a tee time for 20 years.
Rates start at $140 per in January for non residents but who wants to play in 40 degree weather? There is no carts so there goes another $150. If you are staying there the so called reasonable fees become about the same as Pebble Beach all in after a few days. It looks amazing and I will cough up the dough at some point but I'm not buying the benevolence for the common man sub story!
Come on man he's a really nice guy from humble Harvard legacy student beginnings....🤣🤣
Pull carts are free. Average daily high temperatures in winter are in mid-50's.
Private are the best facilities as the membership is obsessed with the conditions of their club
Great video but not exactly sure having a piece done in Forbes screams “affordable”…
“Golf should be affordable” says the man who charges $350 for one round
Love it
TIGER WOODS. MOGUL.
Mr Kaiser wearing a Ballybunion top?
how does he play golf if his hand shakes so much?
Same way Ozzy can sing, but barely speak... It's a different motion.
Medication probably helps him.
Are you serious? Have you no shame?
He started it 25 years ago. Unfortunately even billionaires age.
The Forbes magazine article explains that he was always an enthusiastic if middling golfer. Never professed to be a great golfer. Just loves the game. He has Parkinson’s Disease but can obviously still swing a club.
He looks like Mr.Rogers.
$400 per round during the summer is not affordable for everyone.
I suppose you could start at the local course in your hometown. Think municipal courses until you get a raise. 🤷
@@jackmehoff9819 Snarky but clueless. Mike keeps saying that it has to be affordable golf and then we find out the prices are insanely high. To be accessible to all, like he claims he found in the UK that inspired him, he should have set the model to be much lower in price.....especially since they rake in millions. You can be snarky all you want but 9 out of 10 regular people can't afford a weekend at Bandon so it's just become another Pebble whether Keiser wants to admit it or not.
You might go to their website to view the green fee structure. Summer months and even shoulder seasons can be quite high ($350 is the peak fee for a resort guest), but the price descends into the winter where I believe it is now $110 in Dec. & Jan. Spendy, but not out of range for the average golfer. Courses are playable year 'round with the main winter issue being more frequent rain. I've generally been lucky in Jan.-Feb. with occasionally brilliant weather. When you get that, you feel like you're stealing from the summer guests.
@@jackmehoff9819 🤣🤣 for sure!
@@johncorman8715 I'd be happy to pay... it was $600 at the Kiawah Ocean Course after tip... but that's not affordable for everyone. Definitely our local muni here in DC is $20-$30, but non-resident at Torrey Pines muni is $250-$300. I love golf. Decent player. Hard to make the sport accessible to everyone.
Let’s make it affordable at over $200 a round. That’s ridiculous.
If you want to promote your course, fine. It looks lovely. But stop with the nonsense that it's affordable. I live in a midwest college town and seniors can walk our public course for $20.
$350 tee times aren't exactly affordable for everyone
"Affordable" does not equal $350 a round, bro. My God the ultra rich are so deluded.
That’s affordable?
2-300 rounds are affordable lol
Mark Twain said about ⛳ golf, a good walk ruined.
Affordable golf for just about everybody? BS, this is for people with serious money. $500 for a day at the course isn't going to come from the once a week hacker and his buddies who play on a Muni.
Why would anyone build a resort for the muni hacker? That sounds like a really good way to go bankrupt.
Listen i think its a beautiful area for golf and what hes done is amazing from a design perspective... But when an Oregon Resident is paying $120....IN JANUARY, and nearly THREE TIMES that by April, in what world can you come on here and say good golf should be not just available, but affordable? This has to be one of the biggest removals from reality I've ever seen and further proof that golf exclusivity remains.
$350, affordable my A$$
Nice course but definitely not affordable lol
It is $400 a round in the summer, not sure its nessesarly affordable, but much of the years its cheaper.
About a 2 million profit per year. He will never make his money back. Tough business.
260,000 rounds per year ? C’mon
ala wai a muni golf in Hawaii was once the busiest golf course would do 200,000 easy and that was back in the day. There are more golfers now than ever before. you can't be this simple mike
Have golfed maybe 40 times in my life do not know the numbers. 260k rounds is unreasonable? Or his he exagerrating?
There are 5 courses.
@@thyslop1737 he's not saying himself. He's saying they have 700 visitors a day.
@@rockrugbyref Well, why don't they mention that? Much left out in the interview. Hatch job interview.
That’s not affordable bruh
Wow what a bargain for the average golfer!!! $350 greens fee, REALLY??? How many average golfers can afford $350 greens fee. Good for you sir, but $350 isn’t for the average family guy .
Go in the off season and you can play 2 rounds for less than $200.
To expensive to play there anymore
Affordable Golf at £300 per round?😂
For £900 here in UK a Full 7 Day Subscription & can play every 365 if you wish on a superb course
At North Berwick West in Scotland ranked #38 in The World you Yanks pay $420 Green Fee’s & members pay less than this per year
HAAAA! Affordable? That's a joke right? 260,000 rounds a year averaged over the year at 275 +/- per round. So much for his "Ethos". Greed has once again prevailed. I love what billionaires call affordable. This story is so out of touch with reality. I had to stop watching because of the BS.
7:30pm 8-8-24
Must be a heck of a golf course for 350 million.
there are 6 golf courses on the resort and all are full (generally need to book 18 months in advance). (eg one foursome every 10 min x 6 course= 24 golfers every 10 min at $250 each = $36,000/hr. Plus it's in the middle of nowhere so all golfers are generally staying on site for multiday trips, so they capture all revenue for the stay (food, lodging, etc)
@@LLWCorp Would love to play it someday? To be good you neex to play probably twice a week. Love the game of golf. Problem? I probably play twice a year, if that. My presence there would be an injustice.
LOL AFFORDABLE GOLF!!
F that course, I would never waste the money to spend in that Liberal State.
Affordable to everyone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. I love how out of touch millionaires are!
Lol Bandon is not affordable, not even close
Does it have caddies? You say the private club experience. Go to Asia and every course offers caddies to the players. Don’t be fooled…American golf is a substandard experience.
Yes. Some of the best caddies in the world. The courses are designed to walk and based on caddie program.
$400 to hit a stupid ball around some rolling sand dune..😂 All the more reason to hate golf and golfers 😅
I play golf for about $12/round. It’s 4 hours of entertainment which is a very cheap form of entertainment - plus it’s got the health benefits of being outside and walking (I don’t use a cart).
I think your problem is with expensive rounds, not golf as a whole or golfers in general.
haters gonna hate
Parkinson's?
Yes, I'd heard recently that he has Parkinson's. Wish him well, he doesn't seem the sort to feel sorry for himself.
It’s nice but expensive actually too expensive
Too expensive? The courses are booked 18 months out. Let me introduce you to supply and demand.
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