Wooky
Assistant Pro
I know there are a lot of these threads, but please bare with me as I would value any opinions given.
My current club is ok. (my 1st ever golf club) & is only 10 mins form home.
The course is a reasonably tight & tricky par 70 which plays exceptionally well throughout the year, we rarely have temporary s or close, (if we do, it means everywhere else is totally flooded)
The members are a great bunch & I have some good friends there.
That is the good bits.
The bad bits are that the course does lack a bit of character & is without any signature holes or fairway bunkers.
Also, the clubhouse is very poor & as such it lacks atmosphere, as people tend to play golf, have a quick drink & go home.
The fee's are due on 1st April & I expect them to be around £850.00
I live in a big city, with plenty of choice regarding golf courses / clubs, but in reality my choice is limited by the horrendous daily traffic congestion we have to suffer. (I don't want to spend an hour or more sitting in traffic to go golfing)
So it comes down to the choice of around 6 courses / clubs including my own.
I ruled out 5 as I either don't like the course or it's a corporate type course with too many societies trampling all over it.
The one I like is an extra 10 minutes travel time from home (extra 6 miles in distance)
It is a lovely course / club, really interesting to play with some testing holes.
The clubhouse is fantastic, with plenty of social functions going on.
They are a turn up & play course Mon - Thurs, & a internet booking system on Fri, Sat, Sun (8 days in advance)
My current club is a turn up & play only (comp bookings on Sat's)
The other really cool thing I like about this club is that they have really nailed it as far as the diary is concerned, it looks as though they run comps right though the year & they are all published on the diary page, on the internet. (I like playing in comps)
The only downer, is that I hear that it gets very boggy in winter?
Which is a bit odd, seeing that they have a full calendar of events right through the winter?
The other thing that bothers me, is I have been told that they use temporaries in the frost (my current club doesn't)
The course is a Par 72 & I can join it for around £100 more than my current club.
I am thinking that the only way I will know for sure, is to play it a few times during the winter & see how it plays, with maybe a view to joining it in the Spring if it plays ok?
My current club is ok. (my 1st ever golf club) & is only 10 mins form home.
The course is a reasonably tight & tricky par 70 which plays exceptionally well throughout the year, we rarely have temporary s or close, (if we do, it means everywhere else is totally flooded)
The members are a great bunch & I have some good friends there.
That is the good bits.
The bad bits are that the course does lack a bit of character & is without any signature holes or fairway bunkers.
Also, the clubhouse is very poor & as such it lacks atmosphere, as people tend to play golf, have a quick drink & go home.
The fee's are due on 1st April & I expect them to be around £850.00
I live in a big city, with plenty of choice regarding golf courses / clubs, but in reality my choice is limited by the horrendous daily traffic congestion we have to suffer. (I don't want to spend an hour or more sitting in traffic to go golfing)
So it comes down to the choice of around 6 courses / clubs including my own.
I ruled out 5 as I either don't like the course or it's a corporate type course with too many societies trampling all over it.
The one I like is an extra 10 minutes travel time from home (extra 6 miles in distance)
It is a lovely course / club, really interesting to play with some testing holes.
The clubhouse is fantastic, with plenty of social functions going on.
They are a turn up & play course Mon - Thurs, & a internet booking system on Fri, Sat, Sun (8 days in advance)
My current club is a turn up & play only (comp bookings on Sat's)
The other really cool thing I like about this club is that they have really nailed it as far as the diary is concerned, it looks as though they run comps right though the year & they are all published on the diary page, on the internet. (I like playing in comps)
The only downer, is that I hear that it gets very boggy in winter?
Which is a bit odd, seeing that they have a full calendar of events right through the winter?
The other thing that bothers me, is I have been told that they use temporaries in the frost (my current club doesn't)
The course is a Par 72 & I can join it for around £100 more than my current club.
I am thinking that the only way I will know for sure, is to play it a few times during the winter & see how it plays, with maybe a view to joining it in the Spring if it plays ok?
