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by smcl 1882 days ago
Just wanted to provide a bit of an international perspective on golf as I think it might be interesting. Golf isn't considered a stereotypical wealthy persona activity everywhere. Many towns and villages in Scotland have a local golf course that's inexpensive to play on with a scruffy clubhouse basically becomes the village pub. There are places which are for the wealthier among us, as you can imagine you can't just show up unannounced to Old Course at St Andrews and pay a few quid for a round.

It's not really my cup of tea, though.

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Does that few quid also cover clubs, though?
Probably not, so you’d either be renting them or (if you’re into golf) you’d have a set already. I just looked up my old local course (which is in a reasonably well-to-do town) and it’s about £20 for a round for one person. So a little more than “a few quid” as I’d originally said, but in Scotland at least, it’s definitely quite accessible. Now whether you’re actually into golf and would want to, is another thing entirely :D

https://montrosegolflinks.com/broomfield-course/