Much Golf Could Be Played For $500 Green Fee At Exclusive Florida Golf Course
Bill Neff was a customer service representative of the former Merchants National Bank and past president of the Rea Park Men’s Club before he retired 12 years ago. Like many avid golfers Bill, along with his wife Susie, packed up and headed for Bradenton, Florida., where he still resides and manages Braden-Castle, a retirement community.
From time to time, Bill keeps this writer informed as to what’s going on as it pertains to golf in his particular area of the sunshine state. It seems the big news these days in Bradenton Florida is the grand opening of a luxury golf course named the Concession Golf Club and Residences.
At first, the name “Concession,” conjures up the thought of hot dogs and cold drinks at the end of nine holes, but that’s not the story of this particular “Concession.”
The two men who collaborated to build the Florida golf course are none other than Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin, who makes his home in Bradenton.
The course is a memorial to Nicklaus’ sportsmanlike act of conceding a two-foot putt to Jacklin on the 18th hole of their Ryder Cup match back in 1969 at Royal Birkdale in England. The result was a 16-16 tie, with the United States retaining the Ryder Cup.
To say the “Concession” is difficult may be a masterpiece of understatement. The Florida Golf Association gave the 7,470-yard layout a slope rating of 155 and a course rating of 77.6 from the back tees.
If you’re interested in buying a lot located in The Concession community, you’ll need $1.6 million for a “lot.” Excuse me, I didn’t mean “lot”; they are homesites. You will have the opportunity to pick your floor plan from homes priced from $2.5 million to $3.3 million. There is, however, a silver lining that accompanies purchasing your home in The Concession neighborhood. You will have a free membership in the Florida golf course, thereby saving $150,000.
I always recall one of Groucho Marx’s lines when writing about extremely exclusive Florida golf clubs. Groucho claimed, “I am not prepared to join any club which would be willing to have someone like me as a member.”
If you don’t care to join The Concession Golf Club, you may still play 18 holes for $500, making it more expensive than the hallowed fairways of Pebble Beach.
We, here in the Wabash Valley, seem to do quite well with courses such as Rea Park, Hulman Links, Idle Creek and Country Club of Terre Haute. A short drive delivers us to Clinton’s Matthews Park and Geneva Hills; Brazil’s Oak Ridge and Forest Park; Sullivan’s Elks Club course; Marshall’s American Legion Course; Rockville’s Parke County Golf Course, and Paris’ Sycamore Hills Golf Club, all Florida golf courses. In addition, don’t forget Stu’s as well as Mark’s predominantly par-threes.
That $500 to play The Concession would go a long way in providing green fees or golf merchandise in Terre Haute and vicinity. I think I’ll spend my “Golf Allowance” locally at another Florida golf course.
From time to time, Bill keeps this writer informed as to what’s going on as it pertains to golf in his particular area of the sunshine state. It seems the big news these days in Bradenton Florida is the grand opening of a luxury golf course named the Concession Golf Club and Residences.
At first, the name “Concession,” conjures up the thought of hot dogs and cold drinks at the end of nine holes, but that’s not the story of this particular “Concession.”
The two men who collaborated to build the Florida golf course are none other than Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin, who makes his home in Bradenton.
The course is a memorial to Nicklaus’ sportsmanlike act of conceding a two-foot putt to Jacklin on the 18th hole of their Ryder Cup match back in 1969 at Royal Birkdale in England. The result was a 16-16 tie, with the United States retaining the Ryder Cup.
To say the “Concession” is difficult may be a masterpiece of understatement. The Florida Golf Association gave the 7,470-yard layout a slope rating of 155 and a course rating of 77.6 from the back tees.
If you’re interested in buying a lot located in The Concession community, you’ll need $1.6 million for a “lot.” Excuse me, I didn’t mean “lot”; they are homesites. You will have the opportunity to pick your floor plan from homes priced from $2.5 million to $3.3 million. There is, however, a silver lining that accompanies purchasing your home in The Concession neighborhood. You will have a free membership in the Florida golf course, thereby saving $150,000.
I always recall one of Groucho Marx’s lines when writing about extremely exclusive Florida golf clubs. Groucho claimed, “I am not prepared to join any club which would be willing to have someone like me as a member.”
If you don’t care to join The Concession Golf Club, you may still play 18 holes for $500, making it more expensive than the hallowed fairways of Pebble Beach.
We, here in the Wabash Valley, seem to do quite well with courses such as Rea Park, Hulman Links, Idle Creek and Country Club of Terre Haute. A short drive delivers us to Clinton’s Matthews Park and Geneva Hills; Brazil’s Oak Ridge and Forest Park; Sullivan’s Elks Club course; Marshall’s American Legion Course; Rockville’s Parke County Golf Course, and Paris’ Sycamore Hills Golf Club, all Florida golf courses. In addition, don’t forget Stu’s as well as Mark’s predominantly par-threes.
That $500 to play The Concession would go a long way in providing green fees or golf merchandise in Terre Haute and vicinity. I think I’ll spend my “Golf Allowance” locally at another Florida golf course.
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