Prime First-Tee Freebies That Are Turning Heads on the Course
By Jason Scott Deegan, GolfPass
There’s no higher feeling than stepping onto the primary tee of a golf course you’ve at all times dreamed of taking part in.
It will get even higher when the starter arms you a shock present. After a post-Recession decline within the follow, high-end resort and daily-fee golf programs are as soon as once more showering their {golfing} visitors with swag to make a particular expertise really feel much more memorable. A few of these gadgets are consumable, whereas others are primarily free souvenirs.
I’ve been fortunate sufficient to play a 3rd of the world’s prime 100 programs, and roughly half of America’s finest programs. I’ve received all kinds of free trinkets from these rounds, just a few which are photographed under. Let’s have a look:
Cookies
Cabot’s rising empire is a formidable mixture of resort programs (Nova Scotia’s Cabot Cape Breton, France’s Cabot Bordeaux and Florida’s Cabot Citrus Farms), public programs they personal (Fortress Stuart and the brand new Previous Petty) or handle (Lofoten Hyperlinks, Cascata, Rio Secco, Grand Bear and Chariot Run) and a non-public escape (Cabot St. Lucia’s Level Hardy Golf Course). All of them besides the managed properties provide complimentary cookies on the first tee. I can attest that the “CrackerJack” cookies manufactured from oatmeal, coconut and cinnamon at Cabot Cape Breton in Nova Scotia are past scrumptious. Once I performed The Nest, the resort’s enjoyable quick course, after lunch sooner or later, I wasn’t that hungry. I correctly tucked a cookie in my bag for later. Different Cabot properties serve chocolate chip, shortbread and sugar cookies. “The cookies got here from this Michelin restaurant thought of shock and delight. It’s the Cabot method of welcoming you to the primary tee,” mentioned Ben Cowan-Dewar, Cabot’s founder.
Bag Tags
I’ve written rather a lot about bag tags over time. They make a lot sense for the golfer (“Look the place I’ve performed!”) and the golf course (free advertising!) that they’re mutually helpful to each events. Two thumbs up for any golf course that spends the capital handy them out.
