How much?

robinthehood said:
It is indeed up to them. Another club I looked at had a more reasonable 1050 per year but wants a 1600 joining fee! And then they want you to be proposed, seconded and have an interview.... then the bloke on the phone said don't worry about any of that! If that's the case why bother with it, it hardly makes for a welcoming look !
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Went through the exact same process without knowing anyone in the club and all went well there was a bit of a wait but I got in, I'm £1200 over 3 years for membership and £835 green fees pa, worth every penny
 
Ours has a £400 joining fee over 3 years and subs are £1100 for platinum membership. It’s privately owned and is constantly being improved.

Ours is a busy course but always manage to find a tee time. Granted I don’t usually play Saturday due to work. On the odd occasion I do. I woudk have to book a week in advance for a preferred tee time.
 
Jacko_G said:
My opinion on joining fees is simple. I ain't paying one. No Sir, you can shove your joining fee and I'll go elsewhere is my answer.

A lot of these clubs are short sighted and will eventually end up reducing or waiving the joining fee in time. It will come as their membership gets older and dwindles away. It may "buy you loyalty" in the short term but long term all the potential members you have turned away could bite you. For every member that you sign up on joining fees you are loosing at least 15 potential members. That figure came from a friend who is a golf course managing secretary. His club has now done away with their joining fee and has seen a considerable rise in the percentage of enquiries converted into actual memberships.

I play at a Scottish Open venue and they didn't charge me a joining fee. I sure as heck am not going to be paying one elsewhere. Too many backward thinking clubs up here.
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I find this interesting. There are 3 clubs in the top 100 in my area. All 3 have a joining fee and all 3 are full with waiting lists. The joining fees range from £1000 to £2500 and the annual subs from £1600 to £2000. Only 1 club in the area has closed down in the 12 years I've lived here, it didn't have a joining fee.
 
We have a £300 joining fee which you can spread over 3 years and annual subs are up to £525 for next season.

Not bad for a top 100 course.

Very fortunate to live and play golf in this area.
 
drive4show said:
I find this interesting. There are 3 clubs in the top 100 in my area. All 3 have a joining fee and all 3 are full with waiting lists. The joining fees range from £1000 to £2500 and the annual subs from £1600 to £2000. Only 1 club in the area has closed down in the 12 years I've lived here, it didn't have a joining fee.
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Good comment you make. I think generally it is still true that if you live in a fairly populated area with a well known top course for that area, then there will be enough demand to charge a joining fee, as the course stands out from the normal.

Can think of a few courses in Essex like that, Thorndon, Orsett, Chelmsford (none being top 100, Thorndon does go in and out of top 100). Though times are changing even for these courses, as once upon a time they used to have a long waiting lists and now not so long or none.

Don't know that many courses in Shropshire, but don't think any of those have joining fees. Quite lowly populated area in comparison to Essex.
 
drive4show said:
I find this interesting. There are 3 clubs in the top 100 in my area. All 3 have a joining fee and all 3 are full with waiting lists. The joining fees range from £1000 to £2500 and the annual subs from £1600 to £2000. Only 1 club in the area has closed down in the 12 years I've lived here, it didn't have a joining fee.
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I have not got a clue where you reside so if I'm generalising I apologise in advance. London has a population of roughly 8.2 million.

Glasgow has 1.6 million.

Huge difference in numbers, also a huge difference in wealth. Huge difference in wages. Lots of demographic differences and factors.
 
Jacko_G said:
I have not got a clue where you reside so if I'm generalising I apologise in advance. London has a population of roughly 8.2 million.

Glasgow has 1.6 million.

Huge difference in numbers, also a huge difference in wealth. Huge difference in wages. Lots of demographic differences and factors.
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I'm in the Bournemouth/Poole conurbation, population approx 400k and served by 9 or 10 courses depending where you draw the line.
 
Jacko_G said:
I have not got a clue where you reside so if I'm generalising I apologise in advance. London has a population of roughly 8.2 million.

Glasgow has 1.6 million.

Huge difference in numbers, also a huge difference in wealth. Huge difference in wages. Lots of demographic differences and factors.
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there must still be some demand though down there Jacko, WG, Troon, Prestwick, Glasgow Golf Club (Killermont) and Pollock all still have waiting List and Joining fee's, don't they? was a while ago But Fabians place had a waiting list as did Kilmarnock Barrassie
 
Not sure Glasgow has a waiting list now. Also as far as I'm aware no waiting list at St Nicks, Bogside, Barassie.

Prestwick & Troon plus Western are premium clubs which "should always" have a waiting list. I don't know about Pollok but I would be surprised if they have a waiting list however it is a very pleasant golf course. Just been informed that Pollok have no waiting list and have also dropped their joining fee!

I'd need to double check St Nicholas tbh.
 
Jacko_G said:
Not sure Glasgow has a waiting list now. Also as far as I'm aware no waiting list at St Nicks, Bogside, Barassie.

Prestwick & Troon plus Western are premium clubs which "should always" have a waiting list. I don't know about Pollok but I would be surprised if they have a waiting list however it is a very pleasant golf course. Just been informed that Pollok have no waiting list and have also dropped their joining fee!

I'd need to double check St Nicholas tbh.
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Killermont bit does as my mate John has just gone on it and he was a member before. Are you sure about Pollock as a guy i know who a member at Dornoch joint Pollock this year and was complaining about the joining fee last time i played with him.
 
drive4show said:
I find this interesting. There are 3 clubs in the top 100 in my area. All 3 have a joining fee and all 3 are full with waiting lists. The joining fees range from £1000 to £2500 and the annual subs from £1600 to £2000. Only 1 club in the area has closed down in the 12 years I've lived here, it didn't have a joining fee.
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Would be interesting to know if any of these Clubs have members who are not locals or ex-locals and moved away, but keep their membership.
Roughly how many members do these Clubs have?
 
I have also been informed that Paisley GC have a small waiting list.

However that to be honest doesn't surprise me in the slightest as it's a tremendous club now. They have invested heavily in the course, they have a tremendous professional team and now have an excellent swing studio.

Best condition and probably best run course in Renfrewshire by a long way. Good to see, however I assume that it'll just attract members from other nearby clubs which are not run as well or in as good condition. Which ultimately makes them weaker.

As I said previously, survival of the fittest.
 
patricks148 said:
it says temporarily suspended not there isn't or wasn't one and at some point or won't be again
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There isn't one simply because like the huge majority of Glasgow Clubs they are struggling for numbers. They are below their membership limit, they couldn't fill it with the joining fee in place. It's a play on words, but simply put they don't have one.
 
I think our current committee have it in their plans to re-introduce one but not until certain things have fell in to place, unfortunately one of those things is the possible closure of a couple of local clubs.
 
pauldj42 said:
Would be interesting to know if any of these Clubs have members who are not locals or ex-locals and moved away, but keep their membership.
Roughly how many members do these Clubs have?
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I don't know the breakdown of full/country/dual membership at any of the clubs but according to our handicap list we have 550 people listed. I believe Parkstone has nearer 700 and not sure about Ferndown. I've heard Parkstone members complain about difficulty getting on the course though.
 
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