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Am I the only one who is anxiously awaiting my retirement (35 yrs from now) so I can work as a starter at a course and play for free?

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

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I will hold the job for you. Looking at retiring in 2 to 6 years depending on offers.

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Am I the only one who is anxiously awaiting my retirement (35 yrs from now) so I can work as a starter at a course and play for free?

I'm younger than you are and looking to retire sooner than you are too. Seriously, you're planning to wait until 67 to retire? I'm hoping to have that option by 50, although I don't necessarily plan on taking it at that time. But yes, as much as I enjoy my line of work, being able to spend a lot more time at the golf course is highly desirable for me.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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I retired 3 years ago, and already had that starter job lined up. I was signed on at the course 2 days after my last day of real work. I don't get free golf though. That went away at my home course many years ago. We get greatly reduced rates though ($6 per 18 holes to walk + $8 for a cart if you ride). Also free lessons by any of the pros, free range balls, cost plus 10% for anything we buy, and no restrictions about when we can play. All that and with our 3% raise, I make $7.73/hr now.

Rick

"He who has the fastest cart will never have a bad lie."

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35 years is too far off for me to even imagine. Ive got too many things I want to accomplish and too many places I was to see before I retire.

Whats in my :sunmountain: C-130 cart bag?

Woods: :mizuno: JPX 850 9.5*, :mizuno: JPX 850 15*, :mizuno: JPX-850 19*, :mizuno: JPX Fli-Hi #4, :mizuno: JPX 800 Pro 5-PW, :mizuno: MP T-4 50-06, 54-09 58-10, :cleveland: Smart Square Blade and :bridgestone: B330-S

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35 years is too far off for me to even imagine. Ive got too many things I want to accomplish and too many places I was to see before I retire.

Retirement doesn't mean you go live in a retirement home. It means you can - or do - give up your job without financial worries for the rest of your days.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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I'm younger than you are and looking to retire sooner than you are too. Seriously, you're planning to wait until 67 to retire?

nope, but I really do plan to stay in my field (orthopedic surgery) until I can't do it anymore - I really enjoy it. If I do decide to work until I'm 67, would that bother you?

I'm hoping to have that option by 50, although I don't necessarily plan on taking it at that time.

exactly

i was simply making the point that I'm eager to retire to play free golf despite my retirement being a ways off, and did others feel the same way...

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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Shindig Incredible Member

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nope, but I really do plan to stay in my field (orthopedic surgery) until I can't do it anymore - I really enjoy it. If I do decide to work until I'm 67, would that bother you?

Not at all! I love my field - research and teaching - very much and can easily see myself doing this for 50 more years. But I'd love the option of working fewer hours and putting more time into putting.

i was simply making the point that I'm eager to retire to play free golf despite my retirement being a ways off, and did others feel the same way...

I figured. Sorry if I seemed argumentative. That wasn't my intent.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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no worries, Shindig - i was being unnecessarily defensive

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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Fourputt Incredible Member

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did your salary decrease? because i remember hearing about colorado being the first state to ever lower its minimum wage.

No. we got a 3% raise this year. And I'm not on salary, just hourly. My pay isn't affected by minimum wage laws because I'm part time, as are all of the course's seasonal employees. My advantage over some is that as a starter I'm at least still an active (on call) employee all winter. Many seasonal positions are laid off at the end of the season, then rehired the next spring. As a result, most of them lose the golfing perks during the off season.

By the way, I haven't heard anything about lowering the minimum wage here... it might have happened, but if so I didn't read about it.

Rick

"He who has the fastest cart will never have a bad lie."

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10 years 7 months 25 days for me.
I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted.

In my bag todayâ¦.
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19d Hybrid4-SW:2008 FP 58/10 Mizuno MP T-10Putter: White Hot XG Sabertooth
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I consider myself semi-retired, but all that means is I am sitting around waiting for work. It will probably happen like it happens every year. in March everyone with a bent or broken race car will go oh s**t and tow it to my shop. Since the season starts in april I will not be free to play golf probably until the middle of May.
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