Golf Random Irritations

[IanM]

Or just a figure you made up….or do you have maths behind it? Or is it just visitor green free, which if it is, then makes the maths easy to calculate the membership fees!

Sorry, but you're either being argumentative for the sake of it, or demonstrating your lack of understanding.

The clubs accounts will demonstrate how much they "need" to charge, based on their operating model (profit making or cost covering) and their cost profile.

I don't have the "maths" for that club above as I'm not a member or their accountant. You stated it was an arbitrary figure, when is almost certainly isn't

 

[Viewer]

OK….just an arbitrary figure then.

The maths is quite simple - how much you need to run the club/number of members is the subs. Anything else on top is a bonus (except if you are a tourist course).

 

[IanM]

No, not in the least bit arbitrary. It is a function of what they need to charge, relative to what the market will support.

Third and last attempt to have a reasonable conversation, made more ironic by you repeating some of the maths refuting your original point.

 

[Viewer]

No, not in the least bit arbitrary. It is a function of what they need to charge, relative to what the market will support.

Third and last attempt to have a reasonable conversation, made more ironic by you repeating some of the maths refuting your original point.

Ok - if you can’t see it then don’t worry chap. Your argument is up a different tree.

 

[Imurg]

OK….just an arbitrary figure then.

The maths is quite simple - how much you need to run the club/number of members is the subs. Anything else on top is a bonus (except if you are a tourist course).

A very short-sighted view.
The majority of clubs need visitors and Societies to help the finances.
A club that relies on membership subs is treading on very thin ice.
My club loses 40 to 50 members per year through a variety of reasons, fortunately we have a healthy waiting list but it wasn't long ago that we didn't.
That 40 or 50 members equates to 100k in lost income.
That's got to be recovered somehow.
When economic times get tough Golf can be seen by some as a luxury they can't now afford...so subs have to go up and more people will not renew as a result.
You need a healthy balance between members and visitors and if that means marrying up groups into 4 balls then so be it.....

 

[rulie]

A very short-sighted view.
The majority of clubs need visitors and Societies to help the finances.
A club that relies on membership subs is treading on very thin ice.
My club loses 40 to 50 members per year through a variety of reasons, fortunately we have a healthy waiting list but it wasn't long ago that we didn't.
That 40 or 50 members equates to 100k in lost income.
That's got to be recovered somehow.
When economic times get tough Golf can be seen by some as a luxury they can't now afford...so subs have to go up and more people will not renew as a result.
You need a healthy balance between members and visitors and if that means marrying up groups into 4 balls then so be it.....

Agree with the bolded parts above. Annual membership dues do not cover most clubs' total expenses (may be so at Augusta National and a few other very private clubs).