Friday, May 23, 2008 Garcia: Green Fees? By Imee Garcia
THIS week, my topic is about green fees.
For the ones who do not know anything about golf, a green fee, is a fee that is not red, blue or yellow. Haha! Okay, seriously now--a green fee is "the amount of money a club charges to play the golf course. The green fee often varies depending on time of week, time of day and status of the golfer." Simply put--if you want to play in a golf course, you pay the green fee.
If you are the type who sticks to playing in just one golf course, I am sure you don't know how much the green fees are on the other courses. If you get a call from a friend, a relative or a business associate and he says he is coming to town and he wants you to take him golfing, you need to know how much the green fees are so you'll know how much you're going to spend. Playing during weekdays is cheaper in some courses. Playing with a member is also cheaper. If your friend is not a local, be prepared to spend much more.
I just realized, golf makes use of many colors--green fees, blue tees, red tees, yellow or gold tees, white stakes, red stakes, yellow stakes, etc. If you faint because of too much heat, you "black-out." If you get hit by a golf ball, you get "black and blue." So who says golf is dull? Absolutely not!
Here is a list of green fees from the four golf courses in Davao.
Apo Golf Club
Local Guest --1,120 weekday or weekend/holiday
Foreign Guest--1,680 weekday or weekend/holiday
Guest accompanied by member--560/weekday 672/weekend or holiday
If member of Lanang or Matina Golf--560 weekday or weekend/holiday
Lanang Golf Club
Foreign Guest--1,500 weekday or weekend/holiday
Local Players and Foreign Guests with ACR--890 weekday or weekend/holiday
Filipino national and has membership in Apo Golf or Matina Golf--560 weekday or weekend/holiday
Matina Golf Club or Davao City Golf Club
Local - Guest of Member or Non-Davao Residents--350/weekday 500/weekend or holiday
Foreign Guest--650/weekday 650/weekend or holiday
Rancho Palos Verdes Golf Club
Visitors/Non-residents/Tourists--1,500/weekdays 2,500/weekends or holidays
Guests (tourists) accompanied by member--1,000/weekdays 1,250/weekends or holidays
Guests (local) accompanied by member--700/weekdays 850/weekends or holidays
Reciprocity (Sta. Lucia built Golf Courses)--550 weekdays 650/weekends or holidays
Congratulations to the winners of the APEXMINES Open Golf Tournament held last May 17-18 at the Lanang Golf & Country Club.
Overall Gross Champion--Roland Revelleza
Overall Net Champion--Bobby Salvador
Class A Gross Champion--Amay Lao
Class A Net Champion--Elvie Naranjo
Class B Gross Champion--Vic Hofilena
Class B Net Champion--Bobby Plana
Class C Gross Champion--Mayolito Pellerin
Class C Net Champion--Franz Sugiyanto
Congratulations also to the winners of the 5th Palos Verdes monthly medal tournament held last May 17-18.
Overall Gross Champion--Paul Larrabaster
Overall Net Champion--Hermie Martin
Class A Gross Champion--Hyo Sung Lee
Class A Net Champion--Bobby Wee
Class B Gross Champion--Marlon Hager
Class B Net Champion--Dominic Choi
Class C Gross Champion--Jun Canedo
Class C Net Champion--Elindo Lo
Class D Gross Champion--Allan Reyes
Class D Net Champion--Nap Liloc
Seniors Overall Gross--Joe Marfori
Seniors Overall Net--Milton Liu
Seniors Net Champion--Nonoy Llamas
Seniors Net Runner-up--Louie Brodeth (Louie, senior ka na pala! hehe)
Ladies Overall Gross Champion--Carmelita Hamaguchi
JunGolf 11yrs old & below--Khalik Samanodi
JunGolf 12-17 years old--Kurish Samanodi
