Biggest problem on the golf course today?

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by phillyk

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Originally Posted by sean_miller

Sounds like you're talking about being coached on how to interpret the brochures and answer typical FAQs.  I'm sure there are a few guys who have actual knowledge and can speak beyond what the OEM's want you to say.

Sounds exactly like Golf Town.

Maybe so, but if what you say is true, that "few guys" know this knowledge, then I'll assume that the knowledge I have of our product is more than enough.

I think you're absolutely correct. I think Golf Town is a good place to shop for golf equipment and the staff have as wide a range of playing experience as the regular customers with a bit more knowledge and training thrown in. It seems to work (around here anyway).

And I think we can all agree that Walmart should not be part of this discussion because other than tees the occasional box of distance ball for a scramble, nobody who really takes their golf seriously is shopping for equipment at Walmart.

[phillyk]

Originally Posted by sean_miller

I think you're absolutely correct. I think Golf Town is a good place to shop for golf equipment and the staff have as wide a range of playing experience as the regular customers with a bit more knowledge and training thrown in. It seems to work (around here anyway).

Golf Town, Golf Galaxy, pretty much any store is a good bet, because they have a wide selection.    But, with more variety comes lower knowledge of a specific brand.  Golf course pro shops typically have low variety, but more knowledge of their specific brands.

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by phillyk

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Originally Posted by sean_miller

I think you're absolutely correct. I think Golf Town is a good place to shop for golf equipment and the staff have as wide a range of playing experience as the regular customers with a bit more knowledge and training thrown in. It seems to work (around here anyway).

Golf Town, Golf Galaxy, pretty much any store is a good bet, because they have a wide selection.    But, with more variety comes lower knowledge of a specific brand.  Golf course pro shops typically have low variety, but more knowledge of their specific brands.

Well there's knowledge and then there's knowledge. Having intimate knowledge of the message an OEM is trying to put out to the consumer and how to answer FAQs within that OEM's marketiing structure is not necessarily helpful. It isn't necessarily wrong either, but if someone is telling me all the reasons Brand X is great and they're wearing a Brand X shirt and hat, then I take their knowledge with a grain of salt.

[Spyder]

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[MrSandman]

Originally Posted by Spyder

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[GatorCallaway]

Originally Posted by MrSandman

I would love to play the courses in Colorado, and you are probably right.  Unfortunately, I enjoy making a lot of money so I live in New York City.  Occupy my bank account, bitches!!

Wow!!!! Way to live up to the perception of New Yorkers buddy.

[Mattplusness]

Anything detrimental to my game is the biggest problem.

That being said, I could care less if people are smoking crack and doing drug deals over the fence so long as they keep pace and replace divots/ball marks.

[caniac6]

The fact that the cup isn't as big as a five gallon bucket. My putting has been bad.

[onlybereaved]

Slow play is my pick.  But the kind of slow play that isn't caused by the golfers, but the courses for over-booking to make as much money as possible.  It's not enough that we get gouged hard and pay 50$ to golf 18 holes at a course that should charge $30...But we have to play over-booked courses all of the time.

I wish golf wasn't so popular to be honest.  In Niagara, I have to golf before 7:30am just to be able to get a round in without having to wait at every tee.

I have been exclusively been golfing in the USA lately, because I pay $40 on average to golf courses like Hickory Stick, in Lewiston, NY for example that are $105.00 at home (Grand Niagara, Ontario for example).

I understand that courses where I live can, will, and do charge more because the demand is there and people continue to pay it.  So be it...but they have taken it a step further, and jam pack the course with so many people that it takes 5 hours to play for people who have a good pace.

Bastards.