Do you feel welcome?

[funkyfred]

Got so say that my place is pretty laid back about things.
Last year my nephew played with me and we had to walk in after 10 holes as the heavens opened and they gave him ALL his money back. And another time I walked in off the 18th in pitch darkness and the owner opened up the bar so that we could get a drink.
Must say I agree with the no hat in the clubhouse rule, got pulled up on this myself last year when I pop into the clubhouse to get a score card. We have a lot of visitors to my place and I think they get pretty well treated by most people.

Just a question? could the club in question with the two price lists not have a till/cash register that calculates the discount? so they show the two different prices, just a thought.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Except for a few of the older members who cast the odd sideways glance (I don't think they like my hair or something) I feel quite at home at my place. The barstaff are great, the pro and assistant pros are very friendly and in general the membership are normal, working class people.

 

[splashtryagain]

Some very thin skins here, if you've paid your fee then treat the place like your home club as that is what it is on that day. Old duffers looking across is probably down to jealousy that you can actually play golf and not just duff it about and have a chat for 4 hours. Best welcomes I have had were at Turnberry and Mere (both prestigious clubs) at mere they even cleaned my clubs for me and provided towels etc for the showers afterwards - top class. Worst service is usually at little courses where the pro can't be ars*d and just grunts at you. Follow the rules of the club - you do at your own - and all will be fine, if you don't like the dress code play elsewhere.

 

[alister]

warkworth golf club in northumberland made my daughter and myself very welcome, member showed us around the clubhouse and where to sign in on our day to play all in all a very frendly club

 

[19th]

I have been fortunate to play many 'top' golf courses and have never, to my knowledge, experienced outright snobbery.

I would suggest that golf is a bonding element and many golf club members, in another situation, could very well be 'snobby' but this game levels all of us!

I can offer exceptional golf club welcomes at, for instance, Wilmslow GC (an introduction from a member on a Belfry napkin,where we had just met, was all it took) - Cruden Bay GC, walked to the first tee by the Vice Captain and the pro (Harry Bannerman) and liquid welcome back in the clubhouse to follow - Madeira GC, only looking at the course just before their televised open, invited into the clubhouse for morning coffee and a look around.

I would suggest the forgoing is more in keeping with the world of golf than an isolated non welcome, from a club member, having a bad day with his piles, pox or pleurisy!

 

[HRC99]

If you put money on your card, there's 20% off at my club but if you pay cash there's no difference in the prices for members and visitors.

Change where you like too.

I've played a few places where they look down their nose at you but many more that welcome you with open arms.

 

[Smiffy]

I think the worst club I have ever visited for "snobbishness" has been Walton Heath. Not on the Ping day, that was exceptional. But I played there with a group of friends some years ago and we were treated (in the bar at least) as distinctly second class citizens.
Piltdown in East Sussex is another course where I remember we were given short shrift in the clubhouse and by the pro.
Tyrells Wood in Surrey is high in my estimation as a welcoming club.
I can't think of any clubs in particular (other than the two above) that have been particularly unwelcoming.

 

[forefortheday]

Played a course in Warrington (I think, it was a truly unmemorable course).

The Pro was one of the snottiest people I have ever had the misfortune to encounter at a golf course.

It went bust a couple of years ago, I can't say I was sorry.

On the other side of the coin Stuart C's course Lee Park give a great welcome, had 2 for 1 vouchers given back when it's been raining and the club house is friendly.