Driving Range Prices

[djw10788]

A driving range near my house has been doing heavy renovation and has opened a new 15- stall grass driving range, three new practice greens, and a couple of new holes. I was talking to an employee today and he said their would be a couple of packages:

 

199 per month would get you a 1 large buckett (matts only) , allow you to chip, and play the par 30 9 hole course- daily

299 per month would get you unlimited range balls of the grasss, unlimited chipping, ulimited play, and 10% of in the shop.

50 would allow you all the benefits of the 299 membership for the day.

 

What do you think of the price points and do you think it is a good idea. By the way, the grass range would only be open to people with the 299 or 50 dollar package and chipping will cost 8 dollard w/o a membership, but there will be two public putting greens

 

Thanks

[cartboy21]

way too expensive for me..

[TourPro]

That sounds expensive. I belong to a practice facility that has unlimited balls, indoor hitting areas, outdoor year round grass tees, covered, heated hitting area (mats), 2 Crenshaw putting greens, a short game area, and a lighted par 3 course for $65/ month. I have visited several centers comparable to this one across the country during the season and none of them were that expensive. Many of the guest fees I have paid have been around $15 to $20. I realize yours will have a nine hole course, but still sounds too pricey.

[djw10788]

I agree with you guys, just wanted a couple of more opinions

[slicer90]

I think that it depends on where you are located. here in NJ our season isnt very long. so for driving ranges to offer grass doesnt make sense because they cant grow grass all yr round. I know of one driving range that has grass near me. they have package deals too but $25 gets you access to the whole facility for a day, range, green, 2 chipping and pitching greens. only package holders can use the 3 practice holes. not many courses that i have played around here have grass ranges, they all use mats.

[Haplo]

Is there any kind of directory with practice facility listings? Anyone know of a nice one in the north Orange County CA area? The best I have is 100 balls off mats for $3.50 and a tiny putting green, at least it's 5 min away though.

[ezra76]

Yikes. That's crazy. I'll just go play for that price.... twice even. Range I go to has heated booths and about 150yd. long, 50yd. deep area of grass hitting. I go over there and hit wedges back and forth 30-40yds. at an empty bucket. Tokens for large buckets run $20.... for 5.

[mrq]

most of courses here in DFW area offer PDP(Player development program) Usually around $40, which includes unlimited range balls, short game/ putting green area. Also 10% off non-sale items at the shop plus cart fee only after 2pm or so...

[drpino]

like slicer90 said, it really depends on the location.

 

my dad and i hit balls tonight at the Chelsea Piers driving range (only place in manhattan) for ONE hour for $25 each (1hr of unlimited balls on Sundays after 6pm February special). normal rates below:

 

Ball Card Rates

Value Off-peak Peak time

$20 118 80

$25 148 100

$30 186 126

$50 323 220

$100 676 460

 

the only other accessible driving range for me is Randall's Island and that's $12 for 119 balls. they have a new grass area only open during the season but that's like $15 for 80 balls.

[NPVWhiz]

That sounds very similar to one of the deals they have going on here where I live.

 

Pay about $200 a month, and you get unlimited range balls and use of their practice green/chipping area and practice bunker area.

 

But, you also get to play any of the three 18 hole championship courses they own (one of which hosted a USGA national championship last year) with 14 day advanced reservations. That's a deal if there ever was one...

 

There is a lot of geographical variability I'm sure, but where I live in the Midwest, you can buy an "all you can hit" range pass at a nice grass tee facility for $300 for the year, which is usually good for 9 to 10 months of the season.

 

For another $150 a month, you could join the local TPC (with an equity initiation fee) and play all the TPC golf and practice on their magnificent range and practice area (which hosts a Champions tour event).

[sheppy335]

Most ranges were i live are buy a bucket and get access to everything. To me that is crazy.

[TheBUNKY]

That's steep.....

 

At my club, $200 gets you a year of unlimited use of our facilities, which includes unlimited range balls. We have three practice greens. Bunkers on one of them. We can get 50 golfers on our practice tee very easily.

 

If you aren't a member of the range club, a sack of balls is $5. The sack holds probably two dozen balls give or take.

 

I thought $200 a year was high. After seeing the prices above, I feel a little better about paying our range club dues.

[djw10788]

I know I left out the location, if it helps it is in the bay area

[puresurfr]

is that mariner's point in foster city ???

[jamesduncan]

bay area adds alot to the equation.

 

i always consider prices for the bay area sorta in-line with NYC, so thats a pretty good deal if you compare it to chelsea piers. especially having access to grass that is fairly near a major city.

 

(just to add: i like randalls too (i tend to go there over C.P., based on my location) but they dont let you chip around that short game area..which is understandable, but a real pain!)

[Grimace45]

That is still a lot of coin for a practice facility, even in the Bay area. It is cheap in my area for practice facilites since we have some great semi-private clubs with good facilities and the range add ons are very reasonable.