Just about every adult has, at one time or another, held an entertainment book in their hands. You know the one — chock full of discounts to restaurants, theaters and other miscellaneous vendors throughout the region. A 2-for-1 entree at Black Angus might be opposite a free popcorn at your local AMC theater. If you’ve never owned one, I can all but guarantee that your parents did.
Some families always go out to eat at the same places. Not us — when I was a kid, we almost never went to the same place twice in a given year. When we wanted to go out, Dad would take out the entertainment book, flipping past the tattered remnants of deals he’d already cut out, and announce that tonight was going to be Italian, because some new place across town was offering free dessert with your entree purchase. That’s how I ended up trying rum for the first time at the age of eight, in a particularly soaked tiramisu.
The fact is, though, it was fun to check out new places all the time, and those books saved our family a lot of money. Twenty-percent off here, a free entree there, a free admission to a local museum … add it up and, by the end of the year, we’d easily saved more than we spent on the book itself. Dad bought the new one every year when it came out, and we always looked forward to flipping through it to find the best deals.
At CG HQ, we had the same feeling the first time we got our hands on the new 2017 Northwest Golfers Playbook. Packed from cover to cover with over 100 deals to local golf courses, retailers and other golf-related businesses, it’s like an entertainment book specifically made for Northwest golfers. We’re talking 2-for-1s, 4-for-3s and other savings at courses like Chambers Bay, Wine Valley, Palouse Ridge, Suncadia, Semiahmoo, Gold Mountain, Trophy Lake, McCormick Woods and dozens more, plus discounts to places like Puetz Golf, the Clubhouse Golf Center and other local businesses.
Add it all up, and it’s nearly $5,000 in golf savings, to more than 90 courses, for just $39.95.
Of course, no one could ever use every coupon (though it’d be fun to try), but consider that if you use just one 2-for-1 at a course with a $40 greens fee — just one! — then the book has already paid for itself. Everything after that, Dad would be quick to point out, is pure profit.
With the holidays coming up, the Northwest Golfers Playbook is a perfect gift for your Mom, Dad, brother, sister, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, cousin, boss, Secret Santa, best friend, worst enemy (hey, keep ’em close, right?) — anyone you know who loves playing golf, and saving money. Books are available online at www.nwgolfersplaybook.com, and in any Puetz Golf Superstore. Readers can also use the discount code “SAVEBIGONGOLF” on all online orders to save an additional $10.
So where will you find CG staff playing in 2017? Let’s crack open our 2017 Northwest Golfers Playbook and find out.
