On course food/drink prices?

[PiratePenguin]

Curious how consistent the price drinks and snacks are from the beverage carts around THP world.

Most courses around here you pay $2-3 average for a Gatorade type drink and $4+ on the high end, crackers and candy bars are in the $1.50-2.50 range, sometimes as high as $3+.

But yesterday I played a course where you could get a half-sandwich (with plenty of meat, lettuce, and tomato), crackers or candy bar, and 24 oz fountain drink for a flat $5. Best deal I may have ever gotten on a golf course - and it was at a high end private club where I normally see higher prices. I need to go back - it was a good sandwich.

 

[Griff]

I am pretty cheap when it comes to this sort of thing. Drinks and snacks I carry in just like the movies. On occasion I will buy a hot dog, that's about it. That $5 deal sounds pretty good though.

 

[Golf 'N Gator]

My home course does not price gouge on any products. Gatorade - bottled water $1.50, fountain pop (24oz) $1.25, canned beer $2.25, bottled beer $2.50, draft beer $2.00 (16oz mug), wine coolers $2.75. Most candy bars $1.00, same on chips, crackers, cookies etc. Grill items like a hamburger $2.25, Cheeseburger $2.50, double cheeseburger $3.25, ham & cheese $3.25. You can get a six pack (limit) for the course in a small cooler w/ice for $8.00.

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

My home course does not price gouge on any products. Gatorade - bottled water $1.50, fountain pop (24oz) $1.25, canned beer $2.25, bottled beer $2.50, draft beer $2.00 (16oz mug), wine coolers $2.75. Most candy bars $1.00, same on chips, crackers, cookies etc. Grill items like a hamburger $2.25, Cheeseburger $2.50, double cheeseburger $3.25, ham & cheese $3.25. You can get a six pack (limit) for the course in a small cooler w/ice for $8.00.

Wow those are great prices! My home course gouges for sure. $3 gatorade, $2 candy, $2 chips, $3 hot dog, $5 sandwich. So I try and carry in when I remember.

 

[lcsmrtn]

Our course got new management last year and they've made an effort to lower prices which is great, considering it's a high end course. It's a trend I wish was more prevalent. You pay a steep green fee and cart fee, don't make it worse by gouging further at the snack stand.

3.50$ sandwiches
2$ gatorades
1.50$ hot dogs

 

[tee it high]

That flat $5 sounds like a great deal! It used to annoy me how much snacks cost at the golf course but I realized after being on my club exec for a couple of years that most snack shops are just making a enough revenue for it to be profitable to run the snack huts and the snack carts on the course. I don't look at it any differently than the snack counter at the movie theatre. It is a convience service that you don't have to use but if you do it is a benefit to the facility. A lot of private clubs have a monthly bar tab minimum that you must pay whether you use it or not.

It sucks having to pay $3 for a bottle of gatorade but at least by doing so it keeps the snack cart on the course so that when I really want a gatorade I can get one!

 

[Dent]

At my home club:

Drinks - Free
Chocolate Bars - 75 cents
Chips - 50 cents
Hot Dogs - $2.00

Just the basics. I get a discount on everything.

 

[mariusvt]

The last time I was on a course at the time of day the beer girl was still rolling around the course, I think it was $3 for beer, $3 for hotdog, 1.00 for soda, 1.50 for water, 1 for candy.

But I usually play twilight hours and most courses have stopped the beverage cart by 4.

 

[Golf 'N Gator]

Wow those are great prices! My home course gouges for sure. $3 gatorade, $2 candy, $2 chips, $3 hot dog, $5 sandwich. So I try and carry in when I remember.

Another reason why it is great to live in rural America, where the course owners consider themselves close personal friends with all the members, and friends never screw their friends.

 

[Dmorris2321]

Curious how consistent the price drinks and snacks are from the beverage carts around THP world.

Most courses around here you pay $2-3 average for a Gatorade type drink and $4+ on the high end, crackers and candy bars are in the $1.50-2.50 range, sometimes as high as $3+.

But yesterday I played a course where you could get a half-sandwich (with plenty of meat, lettuce, and tomato), crackers or candy bar, and 24 oz fountain drink for a flat $5. Best deal I may have ever gotten on a golf course - and it was at a high end private club where I normally see higher prices. I need to go back - it was a good sandwich.

That's agreat price, my home course that would run 7-8 bucks. I recently played in laughlin at the Avi and I was waiting out a hail storm and ordered a double Jack. I paid with my debit and the guy goes you need a $10.00 min, and I told him to leave it open. The hail let up and I ordered a beer to take me over the 10 and he goes, sorry you need to spend 10 dollars, I was amazed as this would of been at 13 at home. Ended up getting another beer all for $11, I was almost knocked over that I could get a double and two beers for that price.

 

[aces13]

our restaurant is pretty cheap but still has a big menu...

i love calling from the 8th green and having a Caesar wrap and fries ready to eat when i get to the club house. :clapp:

 

[biggsy]

Those are good prices for sure.

The other prices you mentioned are the norm I have seen.

 

[lindy72]

My home course does not price gouge on any products. Gatorade - bottled water $1.50, fountain pop (24oz) $1.25, canned beer $2.25, bottled beer $2.50, draft beer $2.00 (16oz mug), wine coolers $2.75. Most candy bars $1.00, same on chips, crackers, cookies etc. Grill items like a hamburger $2.25, Cheeseburger $2.50, double cheeseburger $3.25, ham & cheese $3.25. You can get a six pack (limit) for the course in a small cooler w/ice for $8.00.

[B]
Good prices...My 2 courses are owned by the same family...Domestic Beer $3, $18 for 6 pack with ice and insulated bag, Soda $2 (20 oz bottle at one and 12 oz can at the other course)Gatorade/Powerade $2, Snack shop: Sandwiches $5, hot dogs 3.50 ,,,A little pricey, but the guy is all about making $$$.....Back in "99 I played a private course in Davie Fl (Grande Oaks, the old Rolling Hills where a lot of Caddyshack was filmed) and back then beers were $8....Unbelievable....[/B]

 

[MattyKrack17]

Average for a canned beer and hotdog is about $550, but atleast they are quater pound hotdogs

 

[ddxu]

i can get a sandwich (or hotdog) chips and fountain soda for $6. Usually the canned domestic beers are $3, but if you buy 5, the 6th is free. Usually the guy playing the worst in the group gets the beer.