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Originally Posted by nfotiu
This is not a contest I want to win, but I have a hard time imagining a sport can be more expensive than junior golf. Tournaments requiring are 3 days plus practice round, so usually about $2-4000, and average about 12 of those a year. Coach is relatively cheap (about $180/month average). Equipment is heavily discounted, but still $1000 per year for replacing wedges and shafts. He's got a great deal on a nice course membership for $250/month. Then there's the unexpected costs of going through 2-3 gloves per week ($200/month), wearing out grips every 3 months ($100/month), wearing out shoes every 2 months ($100/month).
I wouldn't recommend going down this path to anyone who isn't either rich, or willing to make some financial sacrifices. I do enjoy hanging out on golf course a lot more than baseball diamonds and soccer fields though. It is a very stressful sport for a parent.
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Good god. I thought ski racing at the FIS level was bad. I think I was in it for $20k+ after registration, travel, gear, etc etc. I hear ya on the stress and frustration though. I was a human ATM, sending a kid all over Western Canada only to watch him crash 30 seconds into his first run and get DQ'd for the remainder of the day.
Was also super fun to watch a kid race his entire life, do a year of FIS, and then walk away COMPLETELY from skiing and grab a snowboard. I do however have a sea can full of skis I will never use. Maybe I can recoup cost making shot skis.