Goodbye membership - £125 increase is simply too much!!

Fish said:
Our membership has increased by £50 taking my renewal to just under £1200 for 6 months of competitive golf and 6 months of social golf due to a shortened course over winter, I'm just waiting on a phone call but I'll be swinging my clubs for the last time on Saturday at my existing club.

If my move goes ahead, as it should, it doubles the amount of qualifying comps I currently get, no use of mats or temps in the last 24 months as its a Heathland course and only closes due to snow, is no further to travel, and will save me £400 a year, its a no brainer really.
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Where you going to Robin?
 
Wow, that's quite a hike James - I don't blame you for not renewing.

You are always welcome at Pyecombe - PM me when you are free and we can sort a game out :thup:
 
Bloody hell, you boys in the south east are slaughtered for membership. I really didn't realise you guys were paying that much. My current club (Tenby) and pervious (Pennard) are shy of £700 for the year for 365 days golf, only time they are closed is for snow. And yes I know we do have to live in Wetest Wales for the "privilege" of this. I now remember why I didn't play golf when I lived in London.

£125 is a sharp rise when your paying that much already! I really do sympathise with that. We are trying our best to encourage Members with what I think is a great deal of six month membership package with full playing rights April to October which is 50% the annual rate, trying to generate the interest for those who only like playing in the warmth.

hope you find a better deal elsewhere and that someone in your current club committee reads this thread and the negative comments.
 
I guess cost boils down to disposable income and time to play. I could afford a 1k a year course but only playing 3 or 4 times a month and thats at weekends makes it not good value. Wish I was ble to work Rick Gargs hrs tbh but then again I need another twenty years on me :D.
 
In times when Clubs are trying to keep and increase membership, a 10% increase s a lot unless the club is fortunate enough to have a waiting list.
 
Can't fault you for packing in. Doesn't matter how much it works out per day or per round,10% rise is bang out of order.
 
How would you feel if you lobbed out £1000+ pa and heard your steward had just taken the club for £35,000 because he was virtually unsupervised?
 
We are relatively cheap compared with like for like memberships in a 20-30 miles radius and were are 1600 or so. Much more for the bigger names. I wouldn't be hanging around if I was a member of James's club and it was in poor nick last year and now going up significantly
 
JustOne said:
Membership fees have gone up to £1250 this year from £1125 last year - and that's the straw that broke the camels back.

No membership for me this year, going to take some time out and just play a few 'friendlies' with fellow forumers that invite me for a game. How it's possible to put the prices up (over 10%?) when the course has been unplayable for approx 5 months is simply beyond me. In the Summer they let the rough grow so high the course is practically unplayable and the rest of the year it's a bog. The pro is the friendliest guy you could ever meet. Shame.
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I know how you can play for free. Get a bit of baby powder in the hair to grey it up a bit. Walk around with a fag in your mouth calling everyone geezer. Hit the ball half as far as you do with twice the dispersion. No one at Crowborough will know the difference...:D
 
Billysboots said:
I have every sympathy with those whose fees are rocketing in order to plug the finances of clubs hit by the poor weather.

But spare a thought for our members as well. Our course benefits from being sand/gravel based, and as such drains extraordinarily well. The impact is a course which never closes, and one which has consequently become increasingly popular with visitors when most other courses within a 30 mile radius are either shut or bogs.

The management continue to beam from ear to ear, whilst the loyal members struggle to book tee times. And just to really rub our noses in it, using the laws of supply and demand the club have recently hiked the drink and food prices yet again, knowing that they will still get visitors through the door as there is nowhere else for them to go.

Our management do not care about their membership - whilst our fees have not gone up, we are paying through the nose elsewhere and all because, somewhat perversely, our course is always open.
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So what would you like the management to do then? How are they to balance the books?
 
Captainiron
"Holy smokes! Have the members taken a 9 iron to him yet?"

It's only just been openly acknowledged after months of rumour and members kept in dark.
AGM this week!
 
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Hacker Khan said:
So what would you like the management to do then? How are they to balance the books?
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I'm not really sure you read my post properly. Either that or you misunderstood it.

The tills have been ringing all winter at our place because of the huge number of visitors we have been getting, so there was absolutely no need or justification for hiking the bar prices. It was done because of management greed - they knew they would still get visitors paying the extortionate prices because most other clubs in a 30 mile radius haven't been open.

That's nothing whatsoever to do with balancing the books, and everything to do with greed.
 
Mail Man said:
When you say its a £125.00 it may sound a lot but its only really £2.40 a week a mere £0.34 per day which is less than the price of a bag of crisps.

I am sure there is a reason for the increase and that your club need the members to support them.
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Over a 10% increase in subs would likely mean that any money gained from members would be lost by those quitting. It makes 0 sense.

James if you ever fancy a day in South Wales give me a shout, ill gladly play a round with you.
 
Hmmmmm my local course has an offer on for first time members £599 for the year, no joining fee for a 7 day membership

Very tempted at that price
 
My club hasn't raised the subscription cost for the second year running however they have now started adding on capital investment funds.

£30 last year and £60 this year, any other clubs out there doing a similar thing?
 
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