SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Doesn’t seem right.If they said all vouchers not spent in six months goes to captains charity I suppose most folk wouldn’t mind. But they know exactly why and where it goes.
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The Squirrel
Well-known member
I get this. If you do somehow absolutely nail a tee shot there’s something intrinsically very satisfying about the length of the walk striding down the fairway.
Mandofred
Well-known member
Oh well.....medal for tomorrow delayed for 2 weeks. Can understand....going to be a bit cold and windy tomorrow.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Stresses me out. There is only one reason why there is a six month span on the vouchers and that is because when they expire the club pro gains by pocketing the money that has not been spent.
I think next season may well only enter comps by putting in a supplementary card.
As Citizen Smith said “ Power to the people “
All seems very poor management by the club
It’s very simple for us
Two methods -any voucher that is won goes either onto your bar card or into the pro shop
The pro then puts it onto your pro shop account
But the pro can’t claim the money back from the voucher from the club until it’s used
If the club is giving the pro the money before the voucher is even spent then that’s poor club management
Tashyboy
Please don’t ask to see my tatts 👍
So I have had a response from
The club.
Thank you for your email.
For stock control and cashflow purposes as a business, there has to be an expiry, otherwise people would be using vouchers that were a few years old.
As a matter of interest, how long would you like it to be?
My reply was I think a year should be fine.
The club.
Thank you for your email.
For stock control and cashflow purposes as a business, there has to be an expiry, otherwise people would be using vouchers that were a few years old.
As a matter of interest, how long would you like it to be?
My reply was I think a year should be fine.
KenL
Tour Rookie
Now that is hard on your back.Sorry but you really shouldn’t be wasting the Doctors time doing this,if you can’t play golf without a buggy and need a doctors note to get one,take up another pastime.
I play snooker in the winter,I don’t like the cold
Every voucher I've ever won has an expiry of 12 months. You need an expiry but 6 months is too short, I agree with you.
KenL
Tour Rookie
PCC.
Medal on NYD. Horrendous wind. Our course is an out and back links. I was one over front 9 and nine over back 9.
Winning net score was net 72 and the course rating off the tees we used is 70.3. The was PCC was zero. Surely the PCC should have recognised that the “playing conditions” were harder than usual?
Pic shows the wind for the day.
Medal on NYD. Horrendous wind. Our course is an out and back links. I was one over front 9 and nine over back 9.
Winning net score was net 72 and the course rating off the tees we used is 70.3. The was PCC was zero. Surely the PCC should have recognised that the “playing conditions” were harder than usual?
Pic shows the wind for the day.
RangeRat
Newbie
Won a voucher in a senior pairs open at a club in Worcestershire in September, expiry is 4 months….
Have to spend it by next week, got in touch as I’m not able to get there asking if they can post me something.
Sure they say, but you will need to post us the actual voucher back as they need it?
Shan’t bother playing there again, why do they make it so difficult?
I’m ok with 1 year after the event for opens, that way you can play in next years event and spend your voucher then.
Have to spend it by next week, got in touch as I’m not able to get there asking if they can post me something.
Sure they say, but you will need to post us the actual voucher back as they need it?
Shan’t bother playing there again, why do they make it so difficult?
I’m ok with 1 year after the event for opens, that way you can play in next years event and spend your voucher then.
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Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
My comp winnings go into my pro-shop account with no expiry at all.
The longer you keep unspent winnings the more it benefits the pro, as you are not earning interest on it and prices for stuff does tend to go up. So the pro is happy with this.
I like building up a huge stash and then buying something big, though. So I am also happy with no expiry for winnings.
Why is it necessary to have an expiry date for pro-shop credit?
KenL
Tour Rookie
I don’t understand why the proshop would have a time limit for members.
But, am ok with clubs issuing prize vouchers to away members. Time limit should be a year.
But, am ok with clubs issuing prize vouchers to away members. Time limit should be a year.
From a business point of view the pro needs to know where they stand money wise. If vouchers are getting called in 2-3 years after being handed out, how does the business know where they stand? It makes it too uncertain, too complicated from an accounting point of view.
KenL
Tour Rookie
But, the money in a member’s account is not their money for accounting purposes.
PaulMdj
Well-known member
Out Pro Shop credit for 2’s Pot is 12 months (season to season) everything else has no expiry date.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Pro shop shouldn’t get any money until the voucher is spent then they claim back on the club
If it can only be spent in the pro shop then it's coming from them at some point. Think of it like writing a cheque and never knowing when someone will bank it. They need some level of certainty.
If a pro doesn't put an expiry date on a voucher that's up to them. I fully understand why they would though. The question then is how long, which started this debate off.
Lucifer MorningStar
Well-known member
The voucher thing is an odd one I do think they should have an expiry but a year is ample time to spend it so that works perfectly well imo.
People stating why should they have expiry etc, end of the day it’s a business and the business is entitled to make the decision on validity of vouchers length. They want footfall and money spent in the business not held aside in credit where they can’t then account for this years income. I buy a lot of Experience vouchers for family and they all have a years limitation no issue because it’s states it up front and means the company money then gets released to them upon cashing the voucher.
I see golf vouchers as no different to gift cards or high street vouchers all this also have expiry dates on them and stating the small print when they expire and how to extend them if possible. Why would a pro shop be any different to a main stream vendor. If they don’t get spent in that time that’s not the shops fault that’s ours as the person holding onto it.
People stating why should they have expiry etc, end of the day it’s a business and the business is entitled to make the decision on validity of vouchers length. They want footfall and money spent in the business not held aside in credit where they can’t then account for this years income. I buy a lot of Experience vouchers for family and they all have a years limitation no issue because it’s states it up front and means the company money then gets released to them upon cashing the voucher.
I see golf vouchers as no different to gift cards or high street vouchers all this also have expiry dates on them and stating the small print when they expire and how to extend them if possible. Why would a pro shop be any different to a main stream vendor. If they don’t get spent in that time that’s not the shops fault that’s ours as the person holding onto it.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
I don't think the pro views this as "uncertainty".
For him, it is more like certainty. All that dosh sitting there will be spent in his shop at some point. Guaranteed turnover.
And the pro has a good idea of how much pro-shop credit in total will enter those accounts during the course of a year. More certainty than uncertainty in that as well.
AussieKB
Well-known member
Went out with the boys today in 32C and did not hit a shot......drank a few beers though
Just waiting to hear the results of the MRI on Tuesday about my knee.
Just waiting to hear the results of the MRI on Tuesday about my knee.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Yes the way I played last year it took me 12 months to get enough credit for a cap.
