jyamada;842146933 said:
Shocky.....do you have any idea how much it's going to cost you to play all 100 courses?
hey jyamada, when i finished the world top 100 quest in march of 2012 at nine bridges at jeju island in south korea (following an extensive tour of japan including hirono, nauro, kawana & toyko golf), the editor of golf magazine south korea flew down from seoul the next day to interview me (along with his very cute assistant who laughed at all his jokes & smiled at me a lot)
the editor also asked the question re: the total cost
as a golf digest & golf magazine rating/ranking panelist for both publications, i'm comped on pretty much every golf course in the world which means i seldom ever pay any green fees
so the real costs involve travel and the last few yrs i've included my current 1st wife & kids on numerous foreign holidays/walkabouts
there are 464 candidate courses for the world list & to give you an idea of the travel involved this yrs 5 new courses are:
***shanqin bay, hainan island, china
***rye, southern england
***royal melbroune (east), australia
***cabot links, nova scotia, canada
***trump intnt., aberdeen, scotland
i played the trump course this morning which means i have now played the world golf lists for the years 2001-2013
the total cost thus far would be approximately $800,000 usd
i'm not a trust funder, i grew up in middle class family with 2 loving cal grads as parents who told both my sister (who has ridden her bike across the united states, competed in the iron women in hawaii and also does volunteer work at the local prison-podiatry) that we could do anything we set our minds to in life
i caddied at san francisco golf club during hs & during summers while at cal...the knowledge gained there of people & social situations along with a cal degree (hass undergrad biz school) have opened a lot of doors in life
a cal degree is truly the smartest 50 yr decision a young person could ever make in the relentless pursuit of their dreams in life
ar said it best, "cal is a dream school"
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world