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Green fee

What a golfer pays to play a round — the primary revenue line at a public or daily-fee course.

Usually tiered by time of day, day of week, season and resident status, with a separate cart fee. Municipal courses often carry a resident rate set by ordinance, which is a political number rather than a market one.

Twilight rates exist because the last two hours of daylight are inventory that expires.

Fairway is built by people who had to learn all of this.