How many members do you know.

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Most of the people I know are quite happy to play in their own groups week after week and this got me thinking. How many people do you all know at your club? I don't just mean a nod and a good morning but someone you could walk up to and say "come on lets have a game". My last club of which I was a member for 3 years I could probebly do this to about 10. My new club (of 4 months) 3 people! Note to self, must intergrate more!
 
There are 8 or 9 that were mates before I started playing golf and I joined my current club because they were there. The sad thing is that since then there are maybe 4 people that I could call upon for a game that I have met since.
 
Hard to put a figure on it. Our saturday swindle has between 20-30 every weekend who I now know well enough and I knew another 4 members before I joined as I worked with them before I took up golf. Through the drawn comps I have also got to know another 20 odd people I could easily walk upto and join. So that takes the number to 50-60 all since June.

I knew the club I joined was right for me when I was playing the course on a late Saturday morning in May before I was a member and the group in front was a 3 ball. One of them hit their ball right so they waved me through. As I approached they asked if I wanted to join them(1st fairway) and I did. They were a right friendly bunch and introduced me to people in the clubhouse after we had finished the round. I now always speak to the 3 before a comp and they have recently asked me to join them to play other courses as well. There is only 1 person I have played with who I could not join for a game and hes a right grumpy sod(Ex-Captain)
 
GB72 said:
There are 8 or 9 that were mates before I started playing golf and I joined my current club because they were there. The sad thing is that since then there are maybe 4 people that I could call upon for a game that I have met since.
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About 30 to 40 I could ask, although most of them would find an excuse not to play with me.:whistle:
 
I don't have a regular playing partner or group.
Our club uses the BRS booking system so I just put my name down where there's a space and the time suits.
Doing this I've got to know quite a few members but I've never phoned anybody to say "do you fancy a game at X o'clock".
Now I've reached the point where I can mostly find a spot where I know the people playing and if not then it's some more new faces to meet.

So not quite the criteria in the OP but I'd say I know 30 or 40 people on a much better level than a nod and a good morning.
 
Although we are only allowed 40 guys in our Saturday swindle, last year we had 80 on the books. I probably have known 70 of them for 3 or more years. I know about another 50 odd minimum, in terms of chatting to people and previously having played a bit with them. I probably know another 100 or so that if they were going out and I was fishing, I'd expect to get a game with. We are a very social club, with a lot of swindles.

I could play in either of two swindles on Sunday, but we have a little group of six, which we try to get a regular 4 ball out of. Sometimes it is still nice to play with your closest mates.

I never have problems finding another two to play comps with, although I do sometimes put my name down as. Single to see if I get anyone new. It is nice to mix it up, and sometimes I play better with strangers, as they have no expectations of how I will play.
 
Probably a hard core of 40-50 that play in various swindles that I can get a game with anytime. You can probably add another 10-20 I've partnered in monthly medals or stablefords that I know. Trouble with me is I'm rubbish with names and a lot of time someone will go "morning Martin" and I'll know the face and remember playing with them but can't for the life of me remember their name. I tend to just call everyone mate or pal and get around it that way.
 
Probably about 40 to 50. Those who I dont play golf against are generally the old local guys who I played football with.


Chris
 
Clubs should have drawn competitions instead of allowing people to choose there playing partners week in week out.Not only is the system fairer and less open to abuse,it also encourages/forces members to interact/play together.There are several people at my club who i enjoy playing competitions and social glof with,but i wouldn't want to play with them everytime i laced my golf shoes.
 
My Club, just joined Jan 2011, I play regularly within a 3 ball, and often rotate within about 6 of us.
There are NO drawn comps ( could be 1 ... ?? ) therefore most people play in their own groups every week.
I have met several new people in the last year, and could confidently say I could call upon about 18-20 I could tee up with

My previous club, member 8 years, probably the friendliest club in the county, no snobs, no chips on shoulders, no attitudes, just golfers, you could turn up and if playing alone 90% of players would ask you if you wanted to join up, made lots of friends, and could probably call upon 70-80 to tee it up with, ( and be happy to do so )


I guess it all depends on your own personality, ability to 'mingle' in new company, and the type of club you are a member of.
Neither of these 2 clubs had many drawn comps, so I suppose it would be even easier to meet new people if they had a policy of regular drawn competitions and were playing with different people every weekend...??
 
By playing in nearly all the comps including the winter fourballs, foursomes, I reckon I have played with the majority of the active members in the club over the last four years. It is rare I play in a competition when I haven't played with my partners before. When I joined the club I made a big effort in the first year to get to know as many people as possible, playing in roll ups and club comps.
 
Probably about 40-50.

I would go as far as to say i could get a game with somebody on every day of the week without a worry. (Summer time)
Due to working nights I am free every weekday afternoon and early evening, so can generally get a game with someone whose off work for the day/holidays/finished early etc etc.
 
Mungoscorner said:
Clubs should have drawn competitions instead of allowing people to choose there playing partners week in week out.Not only is the system fairer and less open to abuse,it also encourages/forces members to interact/play together.There are several people at my club who i enjoy playing competitions and social glof with,but i wouldn't want to play with them everytime i laced my golf shoes.
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All our competitions are drawn. In the Summer we have medal rounds on a Wednesday and Friday night. We make 2 draws, the 1st at 6pm and the 2nd at 6.20pm. You just turn up, put your name in and then the cards are drawn out at random so you always end up playing with a different person. For competitions at the weekend an entry sheet usually goes up about 2 weeks before hand. When the draw is done we try and make it so there is a low handicapper, a mid handicapper and a high handicapper unless it's a seeded draw. This and the fact we are a small club in a small place means everyone knows everyone else. Makes for a good atmosphere in the bar afterwards.
 
Probably 40-50 if not more. I'm quite happy to put my name down on a Wed night and play with who ever is daft enough to put up with me. Been there about 25yrs
 
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