By:
Josh Sens
November 15, 2022
You possibly can play Pebble Seashore… for a worth.
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There are some issues that cash can’t purchase, like, as an illustration, a tee time at Augusta. However entry to different programs on GOLF’s newest High 100 Programs within the U.S. record is an easy matter of economics. Pay, and you’ll play. Listed below are the six programs that cost probably the most (word: all costs are peak-season charges).
Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, Nev.
U.S. High 100 rank: 76
$1,000
Right here within the land of slot machines and sleight-of-hand artists, plenty of cash can change possession rapidly. At this Tom Fazio-designed Shangri-La, $1,000 transfers out of your pockets to the professional store in trade for passage to the primary tee. That doesn’t cowl your caddie or your room at an MGM property, the place you will need to keep to ebook a time.
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra, Fla.
U.S. High 100 rank: 50
$840
The PGA Tour has been spending boatloads on elevated purses and participant incentives. With dynamic pricing at its flagship TPC, the oldsters in Ponte Vedra stand to make a few of that again. Simply this week, on GolfNow, a foursome at Sawgrass was fetching $840 per head. Caddie companies offered individually.
The eleventh gap at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course.
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Pebble Seashore Golf Hyperlinks, Pebble Seashore, Calif.
U.S. High 100 rank: 11
$595
In 2012, a seaside manse behind the tenth inexperienced that when belonged to Gene Hackman went in the marketplace for $79 million. For that type of scratch, you would play 132,773 rounds on the nation’s most fabled public course.
Whistling Straits, Straits Course, Haven, Wis.
U.S. High 100 rank: 54
$485
The late Herb Kohler of Kohler faucet-making fame was the driving pressure behind this exhilarating Pete Dye course alongside Lake Michigan. In comparison with the value a WC transform, golf right here comes comparatively low cost.
Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst, N.C.
U.S. High 100 rank: 12
$470
Already a bunch of extra big-time tournaments than we are able to tick off right here, this Donald Ross masterpiece has been chosen as a U.S. Open anchor web site, that means it’s going to stage a number of iterations of the nationwide championship within the years forward. Below a latest coverage change, you will need to keep on the resort to play No. 2, so greens charges are sometimes bundled into stay-and-play packages (the height is $390), though a rack price can be $470.
Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks, Hilton Head, S.C.
U.S. High 100 rank: 63
$450
Well known for the red-and-white lighthouse behind its 18th inexperienced, this clever course performs host to the RBC Basic. Just like the Tour professionals who compete right here, you’re required to take a caddie. Okay, a forecaddie. The resort price is $420 however it could actually go as much as $450 in case you aren’t staying on property.
Josh Sens
Golf.com Contributor
A golf, meals and journey author, Josh Sens has been a GOLF Journal contributor since 2004 and now contributes throughout all of GOLF’s platforms. His work has been anthologized in The Finest American Sportswriting. He’s additionally the co-author, with Sammy Hagar, of Are We Having Any Enjoyable But: the Cooking and Partying Handbook.