Virginia
Providence returns with its 2010 Player's Pass. Here are the details:
- 1st Round FREE
- $7.00 Off Your Rate Every time you Play
- Every 9th round FREE
- FREE Range Balls Every time you play
- 1 Guest Receives $7.00 Off Their Rate
- Preferred tee times
- FREE 2010 VSGA Handicap
ONLY $325.00
Let's break this down. We'll use the weekend prime-time rate of $52/round and $4 for a small bucket of balls...
While a "public option" is a source of much consternation when it comes to the federal government's health-care debate, Richmond, VA area golfers are all benefiting from the Federal Club's new public option. As in opening up to public play.
Independence is at it again with their 2010 annual pass program. I've tried committing all my golf to a single course, and I wound up with a huge case of buyer's remorse. 14 day advance tee times are nice, but $20 cart fees are a bit much in my opinion. The adult pass is $2,500. That's 50 rounds (50 walking rounds) to get yourself to $50/round. Good on you if you get to play once a week like that. Maybe some day...
Back in 1998, I used to ride by what is now Providence Golf Club every day on my way to work, thinking "Man what a waste of land this is. Someone should put a golf course on it." I had no idea that this was the old Pocoshock Golf Course, or that it would be reopened as Providence.
Lester George did a great job on the redesign, getting every bit of his moneys-worth out of the land he was given. While not the longest course in the world, Providence provides enough variety to keep players coming back week after week.
