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Darren Ramowski

Just been asked this question by National Club Golfer via twitter @ncgmagazine

Joe's 20 and played 40+ so far.   I'm 34 have played 8 years on and off and have played around 50+

So what about everyone else ?  not looking for the most, JP would prob win but just a general idea for all the Golfshakers on the forums.  Anyone younger than Joe broken 50+ ???

Obviously tracking your scores on Golfshake is a great way to track courses played online not just for the stats, analysis or golf handicap but for a record of your acheivement.  Just make sure your wife's not checking if you upload a round for a date when you were **on a training course**  

David Lythgoe

I did this about a year ago and listed over 200 English courses, over 50 in Scotland, Wales & Ireland together, plus another 50 worldwide. That is over 300.

I do know that by 21yrs old I'd past 50 courses.

TheLyth

Tim Hawkins

Roger Marsland

Wayne Santorini

Colin Stephens

20 - as a rough guess ! 

and I would like Darren to resolve my Society board problem !

sorry to cross threads / but I'm getting a little frustrated ! 

Ray Lawlor

5.

Two of which are 2 courses in the same complex. 3 out of 5 are 9 holers.

I guess i'm only getting started!

Alan Davison

John Standing

In the five years as a member of Golfshake i've  63 course favourites. So minus a couple of doubles 50 + ish i think.

Does that qualify for golf gypsy status?

Be good to get to 100!

Danny Brant

I'd say about 100.

Tim Hawkins

Loud Mouth b.a.

Very very few, but recently over a two year period I have competed in England, Scotland, Eire, Italy, France, Sweden, Canada and the USA. 

Part of the secret to funding such trips is to fly with Continental Airlines. Very often as one waits to board there is an announcement:

"We are over-subscibed on our seat sales. Would anyone like to sell us back their ticket and get on the next flight?"

Last year on my USA trip I consecutively sold back twice on the same return journey and gave myself a total delay of 11 hours. In return I got $750. and $500. (USA dollars) to spend on future flights.  So I got paid over $100. per hour for the wait plus two free meal tickets for spending at the airport.  That day alone covered a large part of the cost of two more USA return trips. Trips do however have to be taken within a subsequent 12 month period when funding flying with compensation vouchers.

Team Zimmer refuses to be handicapped by lack of funds!

Tim Hawkins

Loud Mouth b.a.

John Pettitt

I can remember doing the same thing at St.Louis airport when the flight was overbooked to London. I stayed till the next day, with luxurious overnight hotel accommodation and a very nice evening meal together with a system wie return for two to any destination on their schedule.

I later used these two tickets for one way for myself and wife to San Francisco returning out of LAX Los Angeles. I could have gone to Hawaii but I felt the long flight time would not have been good for my heart.

Colin Stephens

Darren 

Surely an appropriate time to publish from the site two things

1 - Total average courses played per member (simply as a matter of interest)

2. - And maybe of more interest to members top 10 % of what those courses are by virtue of "Favourite Analysis" - per the site ? and of course there will be regional influence

but what the hell ? let us see what comes out on top after all we all travel to a degree !

Loud Mouth b.a.

Colin,

Good idea.

I would also like to see a list of best deals for on-line booking.

Any courses offer a round of golf for £10. or less, bar Peewit of Ilkeston which I've tried?

Too optimistic?

Colin Northmore

Back on topic, I have played 44, will be 45 on Saturday after playing Norton (Teeside) in the TGA Society. Most have been in the last 4 years in Societies and with a mate.

Prior to that (and prior to my 5 year hiatus due to serious back problems) I was largely a one club man 

Tim Hawkins

Loud Mouth b.a.

Thanks Tim,

I'll bear that in mind when I next visit relatives in Derby. When running for Derby & County Athletic Club our main local rivals were the Allestree Woodlands club. I also visited friends there every two weeks.

I think that my 1970s Ilkeston boss played Ormonde Fields as his home club. A couple of years ago I telephoned him for a chat (first for  25 years) only to find that he had died 3 weeks earlier. Sad.

Once I secure a job  my first port of call will almost certainly be my old club Erewash Valley, albeit it will likely cost far more than £10.

Wayne Santorini

If you sign up (email address only) to www.teetimes.co.uk you get a email every thursday with offers from as little as £4 a round and in many cases 65- 70% off the normal green fees.

Places like Wychwood Park for £10, instead of £30 etc

Loud Mouth b.a.

Wayne,

Brilliant. Will do. Thanks for that.

Wayne Santorini

This is a link to courses available tomorrow within 20 miles of me and thats just asking for availabilty not member rates

http://www.teetimes.co.uk/search-results?PHPSESSID=a1361736cdf89affa845dffe
834c2a09&PostCode=WN2+3UJ&Distance=20&StartDate=23-Jul-2010&Days
ToDisplay=2&TimeOfDay=&StartTime=&PriceFrom=0&PriceTo=100000&
;NumberOfPlayers=&defaultSearch=PostCode&x=34&y=18