Golf Room 101

[Orikoru]

Why?

This is Room 101, why would you not want to get rid of joining fees??

 

[3 jabber]

This is Room 101, why would you not want to get rid of joining fees??

It just seemed strange to me that someone agrees to pay a joining fee then expects to get it back if they leave.

 

[IanM]

This is Room 101, why would you not want to get rid of joining fees??

Even though they are a barrier to entry (and a pain) they can serve some purposes. A source of revenue or reserves for clubs. Equally, stops more transitory folk joining and adds stability.

E.g in South Wales we had a group of about 15 phoning clubs and trying to negotiate big discounts in subs. The following year, they'd be off to be lowest bidder again. They were told to "go forth" from our place!

 

[Orikoru]

Even though they are a barrier to entyr (and a pain) they can serve some purposes. A source of revenue or reserves for clubs. Equally, stops more transitory folk joining and adds stability.

E.g in South Wales we had a group of about 15 phoning clubs and trying to negotiate big discounts in subs. The following year, they'd be off to be lowest bidder again. They were told to "go forth" from our place!

All well and good, but my memory from watching 'Room 101' on TV was that the concept is selfish by nature and you don't need to give consideration to the grand scheme of things. Just whatever benefits you.

I'd chuck joining fees in as well.

 

[patricks148]

Extortionately high greens fees for open and top 100 courses, rendering it now making these courses no longer viable for the ordinary golfer, ie not just rich tourists.

 

[ADB]

It just seemed strange to me that someone agrees to pay a joining fee then expects to get it back if they leave.

Why?

 

[3 jabber]

Why?

You are entering into a contract, you agree to the terms when you do so.

 

[Billysboots]

Ludicrously long pre-shot routines.

I’m all for having one. But lining up, taking a stance, having a couple of looks, a couple of waggles and then a couple of full practice swings? Before then doing it all again for real?

It’s just not necessary.

 

[evemccc]

I’d put two things into Golf Room 101:
Other golfers that I don’t like
Any golfer who is better than me

 

[Eesat 90210]

I'd put in all handicaps above 24 for male golfers.

Making a mockery of club comps.

 

[ADB]

You are entering into a contract, you agree to the terms when you do so.

Obviously

I’m saying there must be a better way of engendering loyalty and helping club finances than a money grab at the start.

 

[YandaB]

Possibly controversial but halfway huts. Happy to fill up a waterbottle during a round on a hot summer's day, but surely people can last a few hours without having to stuff their faces?

 

[Eesat 90210]

Obviously

I’m saying there must be a better way of engendering loyalty and helping club finances than a money grab at the start.

I had to pay a joining fee recently and hated it.
But looking at the other viewpoint (not sure if that is allowed on here) for a decent, busy club I couldn't think of a better way of raising that extra bit of income and making members more likely to stay at least a handful of years.

 

[Backache]

Any golfer who is better than me

For me it's an exclusive group and to be honest I don't mind Scottie Scheffler.

 

[fenwayrich]

Aimpoint
Distance Measuring Devices
Par/Bogey competitions - the best shot you hit can potentially count for nothing. What's that all about?

 

[3 jabber]

Obviously

I’m saying there must be a better way of engendering loyalty and helping club finances than a money grab at the start.

If you can come up with a solution you could become a very popular guy

 

[sunshine]

Thread asked what you'd put in Room 101. Not your opinion of what someone else did!

(yep, I did it too)

But in the Room 101 show, guests were challenged on their choices, and if they couldn't justify it with a coherent argument it was rejected.

Unless you are referring to the Room 101 in 1984. You had no choice what went in there

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Aimpoint
Distance Measuring Devices
Par/Bogey competitions - the best shot you hit can potentially count for nothing. What's that all about?

Ah - but as was discussed in a thread some time ago - IIRC under WHS a Par/Bogey competition qualifies for handicap purposes and so players do have to play out a hole even when they've lost it (to the course) - so your best shot can count. Back in pre-WHS days once your nett score for a hole couldn't beat par you just picked up.

I used to be very anti DMDs for (internal) club competitions - but since I started using one I find myself (far too) dependent on it.

 

[ADB]

If you can come up with a solution you could become a very popular guy

How about building up credit based on money spent in the clubhouse up to the value of your joining fee over the first three years of membership. It doesn’t have to be much - pennies in the pound. If you don’t get to the total value in 3 years you don’t get the money back - if you do it offsets annual subs year 4

 

[kp17]

Wow does your club still use them? I thought they were a thing of the past.

Thankfully not no. Hopefully never again.