MD/DC/VA Golfers - Twelve Monkeys Mental Divergence

[top.h]

> @aiyyer said:

> This Fall goal was to cross Bulle Rock, Nemacolin and the Highland Course off the list - Top 100 courses in this area.

> BTW, for the young dads and dads to be, budget $5000/kid for soccer and $16,000 for SAT classes.

 

I will personally tutor your children for less than $16,000 on how to work the SAT. I cannot teach your children soccer. There are some logic games you can play with the SAT for questions you have no idea how to answer to break them down to 50/50 chances, and often even better odds if you have a better grasp of math/vocab than i did.

[FAbb]

Brown is beautiful.

[misplacedtexan83]

City... preach

 

We have been playing defense for the last 3 months. Country club life the green is better. However, he skipped water one day and the greens had some bounce and so did the fairways.

 

Prefer that but as you mention... if it’s not green it’s bad. That’s why so many courses are bent

[ceejay81]

National Golf Club in Murrrland is the second schittiest course I've ever played. Thankfully it was a free round when I played there. Penderbrook in VA will always be the top S-hole on my list.

 

I'd definitely choose Worthington or Blue Mash to play forever out of the courses I've played in MD. Usually they are in really good shape with lightning quick greens. I can also spray and pray like HBD.

 

[SullGolf]

$16,000 for SAT classes? Holy moly. A library card is free.

[FAbb]

*sees green golf course

Golf Bro: This place is so purina, brah!

 

I think that is a direct quote from the Brodie-PJ play bethpage from the tips YouTube video.

[siegel159]

I mean, I'm not in a position where it impacts me one way or the other, but I imagine buying a few prep books and possibly doing a prep class at a local college would be sufficient. And that can't cost more than $1,500 from the 30 seconds of google searching I just did.

[top.h]

> @FAbb said:

> *sees green golf course

> Golf Bro: This place is so purina, brah!

>

> I think that is a direct quote from the Brodie-PJ play bethpage from the tips YouTube video.

 

as much as i dislike brodie... i watch a lot of brodie.

he's not a terrible golfer...

[ceejay81]

> @TheCityGame said:

> Pet peeve :

> So, two weekends ago, we played Worthington. It was firm, fast, sort of getting brown. I loved it. I love hitting shots off that. Fairways are tougher to find, but giant bounces are fun, and you get more distance. You have to think out your approach shots. You can pinch wedges off it.

>

> So I mention WM to a guy on the range the other day. He had been there about the same time as our Club Champ. He goes, "what a dog track. It's all burnt out. Etc etc etc."

>

 

Firm, fast, and brown describes every great course in Scotland. What a maroon.

 

When courses are firm and fast, you can play a different variety of shots. It's more golfy. When it's wet you basically have to fly everything to your number.

 

[SullGolf]

If I combine the $16,000 from not paying for SAT prep, with the $200,000 I save from the kid not getting in to any fancy private schools, I could go join a few clubs on the Maryland top 10 list.

[TheCityGame]

@aiyyer said:

> $16,000 for SAT classes.

It's better to be born rich than smart.

 

 

[SullGolf]

My favorite conditions in the entire area are the dormant fairways at Blue Mash. They get all browned out and super plush. It's amazing to hit from.

[baddomes]

Exactly what kind of prep course costs $16,000? Is that USD? Or like, Zimbabwe Dollars?

[mizuno player]

> @SullGolf said:

> $16,000 for SAT classes? Holy moly. A library card is free.

 

It's about $4k per kid. I just paid $4k for one kid at Huntington. He gained 100 points. I saw no return on that investment but the kid did. It's all a Scam in my opinion.

[gregh729]

I thought my kids took a SAT course at their school. Maybe on a few weekends. I know we bought a huge, f'ing book. That worked pretty good. They both got into VT, both majored in engineering, and I spent all my money on tuition and need to more years. Win-Win!

[baddomes]

OH my god new old look has come back. What is different?

[baddomes]

I like how every post has a red "NEW" on it, even after you've visited and read the same page multiple times.

[Sterling_247]

I was wondering what just happened

[bayrat88]

Rick Singer didn't even charge 16k for a perfect score

[aiyyer]

> @"top.h" said:

> > @aiyyer said:

> > This Fall goal was to cross Bulle Rock, Nemacolin and the Highland Course off the list - Top 100 courses in this area.

> > BTW, for the young dads and dads to be, budget $5000/kid for soccer and $16,000 for SAT classes.

>

> I will personally tutor your children for less than $16,000 on how to work the SAT. I cannot teach your children soccer. There are some logic games you can play with the SAT for questions you have no idea how to answer to break them down to 50/50 chances, and often even better odds if you have a better grasp of math/vocab than i did.

 

If you take care of the SAT, I could probably afford Lakewood which is a mile away from my house.

As you just got married check with your wife first though..

[Gmen1204]

 

[TheCityGame]

They didn't add the NEW to any of your pictures?

[SullGolf]

4k per kid doesn't seem as crazy I guess. Actual tuition isn't that different for any private university, whether that's MIT or Joe Blow's College of Philosophy, but the outcomes are much different (not necessarily for pure education, but for connections and resumes).

 

The key here is to not have 4 kids. I've got that partly covered, but a few other's here aren't as smart as me.

[davechen]

The old look was so long ago that I don't even remember what it was.

 

$4k for SAT prep seems like a lot. When I was a kid, I just bought a book and took practice tests. My co-worker's son did one (Kaplan, maybe?) and it didn't seem much more than that. So, yeah, I'm dubious, but we'll probably do that for our kids. That's what folks do these days, I guess.

[baddomes]

> @TheCityGame said:

> They didn't add the NEW to any of your pictures?

 

Yeah they did to mine

[FAbb]

$4k for a kid to play soccer, or for sat prep?

 

PASS

[ceejay81]

Finally there is some contrast on the page. Better late than never, I suppose. Not sure how this took eleventy months to deliver, but whatevs.

[gsrjc]

Whoa. Just checked the website on my phone. I like it.

[SoloShot84]

What is the core problem that drives expansive SAT prep school or elite sports program to get in good college scholarship?

 

Socio structure that only values life with good degree and school network?

 

People don't promote any other industry other than STEM?

 

I think because American Dream is dying out

 

American Dream used to give people many opportunities, options and chances.

 

Now, social structures leaning towards extreme capitalism that you want to minimize risk and maximize profit in your life.

 

you put into crazy amount money in those program to maximize the chance of opportunity. that opportunity might not be available again if you fail first time.

 

It is capitalism: Rich gets richer. Money makes money.

 

 

[FAbb]

My kids told my wife this morning that they want to buy a Halloween costume for me, but keep it a secret. I'll happily go around the neighborhood in a poop emoji costume or whatever ridiculous thing they end up picking. They're gone have to work quite a bit harder to convince me to drop $4k on playing soccer for a season. I'm very sour on where youth sports have gone in general.