Welcome to the gang man. If you wanna join our roost, reach out @RolandOfGilead.
There are quite a few of us we play out here. Mostly around the Central Valley and the munis. We will have to get out sometime.
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I’m in the mean streets of Chandler so we will have to get out.
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Welcome, Denis! Glad to have you here and looking forward to future rounds. Where do you play most of your golf?
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Thanks guys!
I just moved so I haven’t settled on a “home” spot yet.
Have played, we-ko-pa, papago, lone tree, southern dunes, and red mountain ranch so far.
So far with the Phoenix city card, I think Papago is where I will spend most of my time.
Just trying to chip away and play as many places as I can before my daughter is born.
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Welcome! I am in Gilbert as well, would love to get out and play sometime! Definitely check out the local roost and the Dry Heat GC thread to #getinvolved
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Greetings from Philly. Have a question for the group. I’m coming in for the NIT and looking at options for push carts at Dobson. They only have a few available and I don’t want to fight with others. I was thinking about ordering a cheaper option on Amazon and donating to the first tee after the event, but if anyone is interesting in buying it for 50% of what I paid after I use it for 2 days, feel free to reach out and I’ll let you know what models I’m looking at. Figure it’s a win-win
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Crossposting from the Dry Heat channel. @arturojvj
Hey Denis!
I live in Gilbert too right next to the greenfield lakes golf course on Warner and greenfield. If you ever need to hit balls or play some courses on trackman I own Dryvebox Phoenix, the mobile golf simulator there.
Let me know and I’ll give ya a good Nest member discount. Ha Use code: Nestmember
That goes for everyone else too.
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I actually met you at GFL a few weeks ago (it’s the range closest to my house). Got your card in my wallet 
You noticed my NLU stuff and asked if I was a member and mentioned there was a good host of guys in this area. Was the final nudge I needed to rejoin after many years away.
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Welcome! My former hometown. Would recommend the Thompson Golf Group loyalty card too. Longbow in Mesa, Power Ranch in Gilbert, & Dove Valley Ranch in Cave Creek. As a former employee, they are doing it right. Family-owned, not trying to job you, great conditions.
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Tis the fucking season. Headed back home for a few days early Nov, $188 for Papago time fresh off overseed. Yikes.
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Looking at GCU Friday the 8th. Anyone interested? Would love to catch up with @Jpop942 if you’re free. Luckily GCU isn’t a track that will require too much searching for my tee balls. Will be walking as well.
Open to other courses as well just have a soft spot for GCU and saw basically every time available
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Golf claps all around for the reason that 2024 will be the third straight year I will have played less than half of my rounds in Arizona, the state where I live
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It sure is expensive here compared to when I lived in Sav, GA or ME. It’s crazy hard to get used to.
Was surprised GCU rates weren’t higher. I think last year I paid like $160 but that was in January. I’m assuming they’re not overseeing greens again? I thought they were fine dormant last year. Hopefully not too soggy 10 days after reopening
I don’t think they have ever overseeded the greens at GCU since the renovation?
It has just gotten completely absurd. It used to be that, sure, TPC (Stadium) was expensive, but the kind of expensive where if you kept an eye out you could snag a good deal here or there, and definitely get a good price in the summer. That’s a joke now. When the typical rate is $450 or whatever the could come off it by 50% and it’s still stupid. The same thing goes for places like Troon North, where you used to be able to get good summer 36 hole deals, and all the other high end spots.
Of course the real issue is that this is one place where trickle down is happening. If Troon can charge $300, Camelback figures they can charge $200 and somehow Orange Tree figures they should then charge $125. That’s the real joke. Orange Tree is the kind of course that should never cost more than $35. I don’t mean to pick on OT, it’s close to me and thus an obvious example but Phoenixx is full of courses just like it. Courses that frankly kinda suck and are massively overcharging customers just because they can. Realistically, if they can’t stay open charging a $35 green fee because of what water and labor costs now, fine, they should close (or try not overseeding for a season or two).
But this is the real reason I end up playing so little. You can find tee times if you want to play. And I will tell myself, “Eh, you haven’t played in 3 months, suck it up and pay $175 if you must.” but I simply cannot pay $175 for a shitty course when I paid less than that to play Bethpage, or barely more for Chambers Bay.
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Yep - my plan is to use the money I was spending on my membership in GA/ME to put towards a net and nice mat at the house. Then I can have a little higher per round budget and comfortably afford when I want to play vs. searching for GolfNow Hot Deals only etc. to keep it under $100 bones.
Playing 5-10 rounds a month in PHX* at ~$100 adds up real quickly.
I’m possibly down for an afternoon round. I would need to work at least part of the day but guessing I could sneak out in the afternoon. Would love to tee it up with you.
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If your GCU plans fall through, I should be open to an 11ish tee time at Cave Creek. I have to work some in the morning, but also have to be done by 4 to pick up my kid and get him ready for soccer game at 5.
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@Broth @saintjunior09 @haddad be aware: this is our annual major event. Would love for you to join us!
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