Yearend budget assessment

[Eldred]

Anyone happy to what you've spent this year?
I was just planning for next year golf budget and can see I need to make a lot of changes base on this year.

50% game (greenfee, trips, food and beers)
40% Equipments (clubs, balls, apperal)
10% Education (lessons, mag subscription, training aids)

It's been a fun year, didn't improve much, I think I need to the beef up on education part to at least 30% and club hoing to 20% of the total budget..

[jvincent]

I think my breakdown was:

90% game
10% equipment
0% education

Looking to keep the same mix next year.

[big mac]

I think my breakdown was:

90% game
10% equipment
0% education

Looking to keep the same mix next year.

Did it help? according to some of the equipment posts it looks like 90% equip and 10% game with a small dash of "try this"

[jvincent]

After stinking up the golf course for the first two months of the season, I managed to lower my handicap from where it started, so I'm going to say yes.

I build my own, so there's a certain amount of tweaking that goes on during the season, but from a new equipment standpoint this year the only NEW clubs I added were two hybrids. I had multiple driver heads break on me this year that needed to be replaced but those don't count as new clubs.

[Hacker]

I'd be about 98.4% Equipment and 1.6% game

[Big Johnny69]

I'd be about 98.4% Equipment and 1.6% game

Stop hoarding Camerons then.

[jeffc]

I have no idea, though I know i didn't take any lessons....maybe a few buckets of balls at the range.

A new driver, wedge, 3 wood, putter....

Perhaps 30/70 equipment/golf though that doesn't count the trip to Myrtle!

[mcgoo]

jvincent; I enjoy your posts, how can anyone, even a good golfer like you,break a driverhead, except out of anger?

[Big Johnny69]

jvincent; I enjoy your posts, how can anyone, even a good golfer like you,break a driverhead, except out of anger?

He swings like a gorilla mcgoo! Just kidding, I think he just got some bad driver heads. It happens every now and then. Hell, I've broken two drivers in my short time golfing. And they weren't in anger.

[mcgoo]

I guess my problem with his post is envy. When I played hockey I could never swing hard/hard enough to break a stick, same in golf.

[Chieflongtee]

He swings like a gorilla mcgoo! Just kidding, I think he just got some bad driver heads. It happens every now and then. Hell, I've broken two drivers in my short time golfing. And they weren't in anger.

You haven't had the time to break 2 drivers. Probably damaged while being shipped.

[Chieflongtee]

If we were all charged for time spent on this and other golf forums we'd all be out of pocket

[Big Johnny69]

You haven't had the time to break 2 drivers. Probably damaged while being shipped.

Busted an Adams on the 17th at Pineview, a crack that almost went from the heel of the club to the toe.

Broke a Golfworks CER 851 TG comp driver. Cracked right along the face and crown weld on the 5th hole at Mountain Creek. That's when I would swing like an aminal.

But made it real easy to decide if I wanted to hang onto them once replaced.

[Chieflongtee]

Busted an Adams on the 17th at Pineview, a crack that almost went from the heel of the club to the toe.

Broke a Golfworks CER 851 TG comp driver. Cracked right along the face and crown weld on the 5th hole at Mountain Creek. That's when I would swing like an aminal.

But made it real easy to decide if I wanted to hang onto them once replaced.

Perfect scenario for the Ho king

[Kilroy]

Now there's and idea!

If we were all charged for time spent on this and other golf forums we'd all be out of pocket

[Big Johnny69]

Please no, I'd be broke.

[NoBack]

Anyone happy to what you've spent this year?
I was just planning for next year golf budget and can see I need to make a lot of changes base on this year.

50% game (greenfee, trips, food and beers)
40% Equipments (clubs, balls, apperal)
10% Education (lessons, mag subscription, training aids)

It's been a fun year, didn't improve much, I think I need to the beef up on education part to at least 30% and club hoing to 20% of the total budget..

Hmmmmm

98% golf, beer and bets
2% balls

[jvincent]

jvincent; I enjoy your posts, how can anyone, even a good golfer like you,break a driverhead, except out of anger?

As Geoff mentioned earlier, simply head defects. My driver SS is in the 100-105 mph range, which is closer to chimpanzee than gorilla.

Two of the heads I cracked were right on the weld line between the face of the club and the sole. This was a known issue with that particular head design and that model has been discontinued and is being replaced with a new design.

I had one crack on the face itself. That one really surprised the manufacturer since it was the first they had seen.

I will note that all heads were replaced free of charge with no hassle at all.

[Eldred]

Hmmmmm

98% golf, beer and bets

25% of the beer cost wetn as tips to cart girls I suppose?

The silver plated TW belt buckle I picked up this year really cut into my beer fee.
(Hmmm...I just realized you're not a big fan of Eldrick)

[NoBack]

25% of the beer cost wetn as tips to cart girls I suppose?

The silver plated TW belt buckle I picked up this year really cut into my beer fee.
(Hmmm...I just realized you're not a big fan of Eldrick)

TW ??? Too Wide???

[Eldred]

TW ??? Too Wide???

touche

Speaking of TW, he's just put a punched wedge shot to a couple of feet from the pin currently on the golfchannel...

[BC MIST]

I was just planning for next year golf budget...

2007 Golf Budget Estimate

Golf Membership - $0
Equipment - $0
Golf Balls - $0
RCGA Fee - $17 ??
Tournament Entry Fees $700
Incidentals - Power carts, Occasional Green Fee, Clothing, Mens' Night, etc. - $500

[big mac]

^^^^You forgot the Spring Forum Day!

[Kiwi]

Golf - $1200
Travel - $1200 (Myrtle Beach)
Equipment - $0 (hopefully)
Fees - $199 (Ottawa Golf)
Education - $500 (OAC Golf School - 06/07)
Balls - $120
Food/Drink - $0 (gotta drink/eat anyway)

Looks a little "admin" heavy when you lay it out like this, but this may be the last year for the golf school. Was shooting in the 105 range when I took up the game two years ago. Two years at the OAC have got me down to the high 80's. 25% of my games were in the 80's, half were in the low to mid 90's with the others being ugly. Took my handicap from 24+ to as low as 15+, and have settled at 18.6. Think the school helped some, along with the time on the course.