re: The Oaks is trying to get enough members to go private again..

$275 a month is not that bad, if it includes everything.

Just for comparison, at Oakbourne in Lafayette, these are the fees for a Junior member (age 35 or younger):

$165/month - member fee
$90/quarter - food & beverage minimum
$30/quarter - range plan
$15/cart rental for 18 holes (as a member, this is the biggest beef I have with OB)

Also, guest green fee is $75. What will be the guest fee at The Oaks?

You make good points. The land was appraised in 2011 for 3.2 million. We definitely will be negotiating with the bank to pay less than 2.7.

Regarding CCL, the fee to join today is 25k and 550 per month. Definitely a different ball park.

B, I hope it works out for those willing but with more and more people moving away from that side of town it's going to be an up hill battle. About 15 yrs ago it was a great club.

Well that's a crappy attitude, when's the last time you played the course? It's still a great course, better than most Baton Rouge courses anyway

It's been several yrs since playing SFCC. Like I have said my family were members in the late 90s, very early 2000s. As I have been exposed to better course around the country SF is not a good course. It is a course crammed into a very small plot. Playing on a course where you could hit it 3 fairways over and still have a play is not normal. This is the same reason I never liked BRCC either.

how many commitments do you have Snatchola? 400 seems like quite a lot. seems like most BR people are used to playing different courses. do you think there will be critcial mass close enough to the course? Seems like that is the real value of being a member somewhere is proximity to the course.

Could they plant some trees to guard fairways?

MSU course is pretty open but they planted a bunch of trees recently that will make the course much much harder in the future.

We have several commitments as is now. There is a segment of the golfing community that prefers to price shop and alternate which course they play. I understand that and respect it. But, that's not who we are targeting. We are looking for a person who sees value in belonging to a private club. Being able to show up on a Tuesday at 1 Not needing a tee time. Not having to worry about tournaments everyday of the week. We are also looking for the person that sees the value in saving an area that will be run down if this doesn't happen.

I can tell you this....I'm on board.

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But that is most courses in Baton Rouge

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I agree, BR does not have very many good courses.

dude, you have tripled your post count in the last three days talking about this stuff