Have you ever avoided paying for a round of golf?

i fail to see why the OP started this thread - was he expecting everyone to say "well done" because his conscience was kicking in, or just confirmation that no-one will recognise him next time.

and, No, i have never done it.
 
I haven't avoided paying but let a guest do it once but in my defense it was with good reason.

We were there to play the mid week open comp before work. Booked a tee time got there and shop wasn't open.
I said we'd just record scores on my phone and go in after the 5th. Still wasn't open!! Again, wasn't open after 9!! and by the time we got to the 15th they were still shut.....our rounds had both gone to the dogs by then and decided to skip the last few and head onto work......

There has been a few times that the shop hasn't been open in time for first few tee times in the Saturday comps (including some of the bigger ones like presidents day)
 
I have never not payed the green fee, but I have walked out without paying for lunch. Oops. Remembered half way home. Left PNWokingham to pick up the tab. Thanks mate!
 
i have never not paid but i have gone back after 3 holes and asked for my money back because the course was a disgrace and not worth the £55 they wanted,it has since gone bust and the new owners charge £12 which is about rite.
 
A strange array of reactions to my confession. I will pay retrospectively when I return and tell them I forgot. I love playing golf and thoroughly enjoy meeting a truely diverse set of characters through the sport. I am left wondering however if I really am so alone in having done a bunk (once!). I stress my crime was isolated and my absent green fee was a one off. Some of the holier than thou attitudes are a bit sad and I suspect paint a less than accurate picture of the posters concerned. There must be loads of golfers on here who have had a sneaky round yet judging by some of the right wing attitudes displayed towards me I can see why they are keeping shtum.
 
I think you should always pay after a round, that way you have the upper hand if you need to complain about temp greens or bad conditions that you weren't made aware of.

Let's face it, in a restaurant you very rarely pay prior to receiving the food.

I have yet to find a club with the same thinking though...:mmm:

CK
 
papyt said:
i have never not paid but i have gone back after 3 holes and asked for my money back because the course was a disgrace and not worth the £55 they wanted,it has since gone bust and the new owners charge £12 which is about rite.
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ive done taht before but it was after 8 holes
 
Following on from Steve in Espana. In florida the system in all cases has been pay in pro shop, receive a receipt and present it to the nice man waiting on the first tee. Hard to see how you could cheat the system.
 
daymond said:
Following on from Steve in Espana. In florida the system in all cases has been pay in pro shop, receive a receipt and present it to the nice man waiting on the first tee. Hard to see how you could cheat the system.
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It also adds another wage onto the payroll though which I would imagine the majority of clubs can ill l afford at this time.
 
DCB said:
Some of the smaller, more rural courses up here have honesty boxes at the first tee. I worked with a guy who having put his £10 in the honesty box, started off and after 3 holes the heavens opened. He returned to the honesty box complete with screwdriver and long-nosed pliers to get his money back :)
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That made me laugh Dave but I could name several folk that I know that would be liable to do the exact same!!Brilliant.:rofl:
 
Out of interest when you say you went out early before the shop opened, what do you define as early. Most of the pro shops I know around here and when I worked as a very assistant mars bar seller, they are open at 7.00 and in some cases even earlier in the summer. If the club has a lot of green fees going off and not paying a part of me says it needs to get its house in order and get someone in to take the cash. If however golfers ar going put at silly o'clock then not a lot they can do
 
It's laughable at my local municipal, people hiding in the car park waiting for the pro shop to close so they can play for free, others crawling through hedges at the far end of the course away from the clubhouse. These will probably be the first people to complain if Birmingham City Council sell the courses to save money.
 
papyt said:
i have never not paid but i have gone back after 3 holes and asked for my money back because the course was a disgrace and not worth the £55 they wanted,it has since gone bust and the new owners charge £12 which is about rite.
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Which course was is it?
 
thecraw said:
It also adds another wage onto the payroll though which I would imagine the majority of clubs can ill l afford at this time.
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Actually Craw, I do believe that most courses in the USA have the same system here in Spain. Marshall's are volunteers and they get FREE golf (and buggies) for working a couple of days a week.

I am trying to get a marshalling job out here with the return of free golf as and when I want.
 
At my club it was suspected that some pay and players were going out early and not paying when finished.

They asked one of our members to take on marshaling at weekends, and in the first 2 Saturdays he collected over £250. I'm sure some would of paid anyway but bet plenty would not have.
He started in the summer and told me the other day that he has collected well over £2000.

He makes us laugh as he's not the sort of bloke you would mess with. In one instance he questioned a guy about paying and he took offence and gave him a load of mouth saying, "What are you gonna do about it?
He said, "Put it this way mate, you can either pay me and carry on playing, or, .... off, and if you talk to me like that again you'll end up in the pond over there".

So with not much cost to the club, he has made them a lot of money.

Oh, and the guy paid his money and is now the best of friends!
 
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