Save Big With Discount Golf Passes

Discount golf passes can save the frugal golfer big time! AND, they are more available than you might think.

Think about it! Golf courses maximize their revenue whenever all of their teetimes are filled. Naturally, the elite courses don't have any problem with this, selling out their teetimes days, weeks, & sometimes months in advance. But most public & semi-private courses find many of their teetimes go begging, some even on the weekends.

The smart courses find ways to fill more of their vacant teetimes. Although these courses tend to put some restrictions on discounts offered (after all they want to keep full price for the teetimes that normally sell out), the frugal golfer will find many opportunities to save on greens fees 7 days a week!

Check the sports pages in your local newspapers (Mondays can be a good time). Courses tend to place discount greens fees advertisements here to drum up business during slow times of the year. Subscribing to a course's e-mail listing (check a course's website) can also result in discounts.

Many courses will subscribe to one or more discount golf pass programs. The courses listed in these programs typically offer $10 to $30 discounted from their greens fees, 2 for 1 greens fees, limited free golf, or some combination. Individual courses will restrict their offers, but these restrictions vary greatly from Monday thru Thursdays, to hourly restrictions for teetimes, to weekday anytime PLUS weekends with an hourly restriction, to anytime. If you are very limited with the times you can play golf, the restrictions can be an annoyance. Otherwise, you should be able to find many suitable courses.

Discount golf pass programs generally cost between $20 & $70 per year, but this cost can be recouped with 1 to 3 rounds of golf. There are national golf pass programs covering thousands of courses (e. g. playerspass.com ), as well as numerous regional and local programs. Just do an internet search on on "discount golf pass programs" + your state, and you should come up with a number of possibilities.

It's likely that there are a number of national, regional, and/or local discount golf pass programs where you live. Since the programs do charge a fee, you probably will want to purchase only one or two. One way to help you choose among them is to approach some of the courses you play often or others you would like to play and find out what discount pass programs they subscribe to. If the local pro or counter person doesn't know or doesn't want to share that information with you (although it is in their interest to do so), ask to speak to the business manager.

A great benefit to using the discount golf pass programs is the incentive you have for checking out a large variety of golf courses. Over the last several years, my main golf buddy and I have played literally dozens of courses that we would not have tried were it not for one of our regional discount golf passes ( the mid-Atlantic TeeTime Golf Pass ).

Discount golf passes are just another example of how the frugal golfer maximizes his fun as well as his golf dollar.

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