Golf Geeks lets buy a course!

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

Forest Meadows Golf Course - California Outdoor Properties

@edjr @jerryskids @bostonlager @Bier Meister

Ill run it, Bier can help turn it into a winery as well (I am told there is some good grape soil there) Ed can design the course layout

its barely 1 mil, and yes I am serious about exploring this

[Bier Meister 1,655]

conceptually, i like it.

i could set up food and beverage, then likely hold shares and find my replacement for operations once sops are in place.

 

for me to continue operations, my ideal locations would be either coastal (warm/tropical), or mountains.

[Alias Detective 1,388]

Why so cheap?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

5 minutes ago, Alias Detective said:

Why so cheap?

It’s probably a losing proposition is why by at 14k per acre for California land the valuables there alone.  I’m assuming fire insurance and water might be quite high.  The closest moderately big city is about an hour away. 
 

for comparison I bought 5 acres in the desert for 150k 

[Bier Meister 1,655]

4 minutes ago, Alias Detective said:

Why so cheap?

it is east of stockton

[supermike80 1,794]

Id be fearful you'd embezzle from it to fund your only fans accounts   

[Bier Meister 1,655]

3 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

It’s probably a losing proposition is why by at 14k per acre for California land the valuables there alone.  I’m assuming fire insurance and water might be quite high.  The closest moderately big city is about an hour away. 
 

for comparison I bought 5 acres in the desert for 150k 

a positive is that it is over the hill from sonora and tuolome which are nice

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

I’m going to be in NorCal in a few weeks I’m going to go look at it at least 

[Bier Meister 1,655]

Just now, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

I’m going to be in NorCal in a few weeks I’m going to go look at it at least 

what part of norcal?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

Just now, Bier Meister said:

what part of norcal?

Weed/big springs 

[Bier Meister 1,655]

1 minute ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Weed/big springs 

let me know if you have time to grab a bite or drink on your way up.

 

I've been once. nice, but very quiet

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

4 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

let me know if you have time to grab a bite or drink on your way up.

 

I've been once. nice, but very quiet

I shoot straight up the 5, how far is that from you?

 

[Bier Meister 1,655]

I am closer to 101 (west of 5)

I am a little bit of a detour for you. 
probably 30-40 minutes from 580

[BunnysBastatrds 2,303]

 What would we name it? 

[Mike Honcho 5,080]

5 minutes ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 What would we name it? 

Well, considering the way I play, how about "The Rough Life".  

[5-Points 3,385]

20 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Weed/big springs 

Can't get much more North than that.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,303]

5 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Well, considering the way I play, how about "The Rough Life".  

The Bogeys

[Bier Meister 1,655]

2 hours ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

The Bogeys

we know you would want to call it the bunny ranch

[BunnysBastatrds 2,303]

13 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

we know you would want to call it the bunny ranch

 Yes I would and all the drinks girls offer blow jobs at any hole on the course of course 

[Alias Detective 1,388]

I’m in for 1% ownership

[jerryskids 6,546]

1 minute ago, Alias Detective said:

I’m in for 1% ownership

1% I might do.  Something like 25%, probably not.  I have PTSD from an investment gone bad in a remote property, and I'm not likely to do it again, certainly not something as risky as this.

I will say that it is an intriguing apparent value for the land the price.  But it's in the middle of nowhere.  It's hard to believe that a 9 hole course could survive so far from a customer base.  Which appears to be the case, given it's sale and price.

That being said, I would come up and play a round or two to meet bunny's drink girls.   

[TheNewGirl 1,339]

I've been to Murphy's and it's a nice little town, this seems like it would be pretty cool. I don't golf tho. 

[jerryskids 6,546]

4 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

I've been to Murphy's and it's a nice little town, this seems like it would be pretty cool. I don't golf tho. 

Wanna be a cart girl?  

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

so I got the financials for 2023

that year it lost 234k

2024 lost 12k

 

[TheNewGirl 1,339]

6 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Wanna be a cart girl?  

Nobody wants a short, grey haired 50 year old lady selling them beers, hahahah! 

[Mike Honcho 5,080]

6 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

Nobody wants a short, grey haired 50 year old lady selling them beers, hahahah! 

Excuse me....BRB

[Mike Honcho 5,080]

Murphy seems to be a town where you stop and get gas on your way to your real destination. 

Murphy CA

[Bier Meister 1,655]

18 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

Nobody wants a short, grey haired 50 year old lady selling them beers, hahahah! 

our very own silver vixen!

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

12 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Murphy seems to be a town where you stop and get gas on your way to your real destination. 

Murphy CA

Mercer Caverns looks awesome

 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,303]

40 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

Nobody wants a short, grey haired 50 year old lady selling them beers, hahahah! 

 Not only wood I,  would on the second hole

[TheNewGirl 1,339]

1 hour ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Mercer Caverns looks awesome

 

I went to them last year. 

it's interesting getting there because it's down this really long, tiny, residential street. Then you pull into this parking lot, not very big either. The entrance to the caverns is this very steep, skinny, winding staircase. I don't think my husband (6'8" and 290) would fit. But the tour is pretty cool, very low ceilings, walkway is also very narrow. 

[TheNewGirl 1,339]

1 hour ago, Bier Meister said:

our very own silver vixen!

I mean, I am not ugly. But I don't know that I'd sell more than someone half my age with much perkier boobies. 

[GobbleDog 976]

Golf once a year with buds. My all-time World Record... 122.  Would be worse without the double-par rule.  I look like a golfer - clean cut middle-aged white guy, but I stink.  I've watched Youtube vids, drank alcohol... nothing helps. I think part of the problem is I don't cheat - it goes 1 inch, I count it.

If only the hole size was increased to about a 10 gallon bucket, I might break 100.

[Maximum Overkill 1,738]

On 4/15/2025 at 10:19 AM, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Forest Meadows Golf Course - California Outdoor Properties

@edjr @jerryskids @bostonlager @Bier Meister

Ill run it, Bier can help turn it into a winery as well (I am told there is some good grape soil there) Ed can design the course layout

its barely 1 mil, and yes I am serious about exploring this

I have a 100 acre ranch in Georgia that I'd love to sell you. 

[Reality 3,092]

I got 5 on it.

[Fnord 2,049]

I agree with Mark Twain on golf, but that area is spectacular. If you guys go through with this I'll come and buy lots of food and drinks if I ever get back to that area.

[WhiteWonder 2,674]

1 hour ago, GobbleDog said:

Golf once a year with buds. My all-time World Record... 122.  Would be worse without the double-par rule.  I look like a golfer - clean cut middle-aged white guy, but I stink.  I've watched Youtube vids, drank alcohol... nothing helps. I think part of the problem is I don't cheat - it goes 1 inch, I count it.

If only the hole size was increased to about a 10 gallon bucket, I might break 100.

a lot of golfers shoot higher than they say if they were really counting everything. I think its pretty common to hit a ball into the woods / fescue / marsh etc where there are no hazard markers, drop where you think it went in and give yourself a one shot penalty (or none) when in reality its 2 shots OR stroke and distance which no one does to save time. Same with out of bounds stakes. 

plus what you mentioned about  1 inch duffs etc. 

[Bier Meister 1,655]

1 hour ago, TheNewGirl said:

I mean, I am not ugly. But I don't know that I'd sell more than someone half my age with much perkier boobies. 

looks and wisdom can go a long way. 

[WhiteWonder 2,674]

better off buying or renting a decent sized building and creating an indoor golf space. Trackman simulator bays or private rooms. Putting / chipping green in the middle. $80/ hour for non members, $40/ hour for members. $100 / month membership fee with 24/7 access, a few free hours per month that can roll over.  BYO food and alcohol. Have mini fridges in each room or by the seating areas behind each open air bay.  Same with TVs that people can tune to whatever they want to watch in the background.  If you wanted to you could go liquor license and set up a bar area in the middle with a "cart girl" to go around and take orders.... BYO is simpler though, imho.   Little golf shop area at the front check in desk to sell balls, tees, gloves, and other accessories... stuff golfers will impulse buy on their way out knowing they have a real round the next day. 

the biggest cost of the buildout will be the trackmans, computers needed to handle it, projectors and impact screens. A little more expensive to go individual rooms over open air but the one I go to by me it's just nice to have a private room and only hear your group and what game you have on.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

3 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

better off buying or renting a decent sized building and creating an indoor golf space. Trackman simulator bays or private rooms. Putting / chipping green in the middle. $80/ hour for non members, $40/ hour for members. $100 / month membership fee with 24/7 access, a few free hours per month that can roll over.  BYO food and alcohol. Have mini fridges in each room or by the seating areas behind each open air bay.  Same with TVs that people can tune to whatever they want to watch in the background.  If you wanted to you could go liquor license and set up a bar area in the middle with a "cart girl" to go around and take orders.... BYO is simpler though, imho.   Little golf shop area at the front check in desk to sell balls, tees, gloves, and other accessories... stuff golfers will impulse buy on their way out knowing they have a real round the next day. 

the biggest cost of the buildout will be the trackmans, computers needed to handle it, projectors and impact screens. A little more expensive to go individual rooms over open air but the one I go to by me it's just nice to have a private room and only hear your group and what game you have on.

I’m not looking at it to make a fortune. I just think it would be fun and being outdoors is better than being locked in a building all day