RG is fantastic playing there Sunday.
I did something similar 3 years ago after moving back to Philly from Austin joining HVCC. I live in south philly now so admittedly the trip up on the weekdays can be pretty brutal but the course and membership is fantastic. It’s pretty inexpensive prior to 37 assuming you are a single member. There are a fair amount of late 20s to late 30s HVCC guys that live around me in the city which has also been great. If you have questions let me know!
Your pics always make me smile… And the golf ones are good too!
Your ‘hitting off of hook lies’ game must be incredible. There’s not a single flat lie that I found on the first 8 holes at HVCC.
First 9 holes ball above your feet, finishing 9 holes ball below your feet. It evens out haha
Just played Glen Mills for the first time. The fog was pretty crazy this morning and you couldn’t see your ball land until the back 9, but even then I loved the layout. Some hero shots, carries, interesting tee shots, it’s awesome. The guys I played with said that the conditioning had gone downhill since the school closed and I could see it a little bit, but not a reason to avoid the course. That and Wyncote are 1 and 2 in my book for the best in the area
Also just played there today as well. Conditions definitely went downhill after the school closed, bc the kids at the school worked on the course and kept it nice. It’s still pretty damn nice though. School definitely needed to be closed though, if you know the story of why. Bad stuff
Whats up guys! Relatively new to the refuge, so figured I would check in. Have lived in the Philly burbs for almost 10 years now. Currently, a member at Kennett Square, and wouldn’t have a problem trading some rounds to meet new golf buddies.
Hey! We are definitely going to get a big Philly meet up going in 2021. Stay tuned.
Awesome! I saw you mentioned a Philly area chat in a previous comment. Is that something that’s open for everyone to join?
Sorry, been MIA on here. I’ll DM you the link.
Can I get in on this too? I posted in another thread I’m always looking forward Philly area playing partners.
I would love to get in on this too
In big time demand over here @swade
I’d be in as well @swade
If anyone’s interested I’ve got 3 open spots for 11:30 at Jeffersonville on Saturday. Was originally booked for 3 but 2 of the group have their kids this weekend so they’re out. Weather looks good, figured I’d put it up here before I ask the pro shop to try to group me with someone else.
Well, to follow up on the country club search, here’s a list of clubs I got pricing/info from:
Philly Cricket
Whitemarsh Valley
Green Valley
Rolling Green
Llanerch
Huntingdon Valley
North Hills
The 1912 Club
ACE Club
LuLu Country Club
The only one that’s absurd cost-wise is the ACE Club, which makes sense since it’s a corporate-owned facility that probably doesn’t need individual members. I broke the rest of them into 2 buckets based on affordability.
The “Not So Affordable” group:
Philly Cricket (duh)
Whitemarsh Valley (duh)
North Hills
Llanerch
The “Affordable” group:
Green Valley
Huntingdon Valley
The 1912 Club
Rolling Green
LuLu
I felt like I was on The Bachelor, whittling down my list of candidates based on price, distance (I live in East Falls), the golf courses themselves, extra amenities, etc. The final 3 for me were LuLu, Green Valley and Huntingdon Valley. And after much deliberation, I’ll be going to Green Valley this week to check things out and hopefully start the membership process.
Has anyone ever played Green Valley? It looks like a quality place - Flynn-designed 6800 yard course, driving range/100 yard practice facility, all the good stuff for a young guy looking to get better at golf.
Send me a message if you want any more info on any of these places - the one thing I found was that all of them will send you the pricing info with a simple request.
I’d love to have the pricing information for each of these. Thanks!
Funny enough, I live in East Falls too.
A work friend was a member for a year at green valley a couple years back. Can’t say too much about the membership side of things but the course was pretty solid. Huntingdon and Rolling Green are head and shoulders above in my opinion though. How much difference are the prices?
My neighbor was a member at Rolling Green and is now a member of Philly Cricket. He described the monthlies as very similar (except that he gets a lot more at Cricket). Are you solely going on the initiation fees or the monthly costs?
Huntingdon, Rolling Green and Green Valley are basically the same when it comes to monthly fees. Rolling Green has a much higher initiation than the other two. Actually Huntingdon is the cheapest. For me it came down to location, location, location - it’s 35 minutes to HV without rush hour traffic and a big priority for me was getting to a course ASAP if I log off work at 5:00.