boondi
Club Champion
still joining fees round my area,although alot have been halved etc....can see it happening even more over the next few years...there has always been clubs in my area with big waiting lists...not as much now tho.
Joining fees... Have you got round them?
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One Planer
Global Moderator
Our club doesn't have them. You just pay a flat rate of which ever section you fall into (Senior, Junior etc)
They do, however, have a capped membership in place at the minute, I believe at 265 members.
They do, however, have a capped membership in place at the minute, I believe at 265 members.
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Half a mile from your door & Perfect in every way for a 1 off payment of £400? pay it , where is your next nearest option & how does it fair & how much in fuel over the year to get there ? ok negative is the £400 , positives (1) Its perfect (seemingly) (2) 2 mins from your house your not up or on your way mad early before your round , & you can be home in a couple of mins after it (3) you fancy 6 or 9 holes in the evening , 2 hours to get there play & get home , more positives than negatives but hey its your dosh not mine 
it depends on where you are and the demand.
In Inverness There is still a club that had a 7 year waiting list and you can't even get on the list till the next time its open which could be another couple of years.
My club has a waiting list and a joining fee though not if you are under 30, which i don't agree with myself.
Royal Dornoch has one for the championship course and you have to be a member of the Struie for at least 2 years before you can even be put forward for the championship course and pay a joining fee.
In Inverness There is still a club that had a 7 year waiting list and you can't even get on the list till the next time its open which could be another couple of years.
My club has a waiting list and a joining fee though not if you are under 30, which i don't agree with myself.
Royal Dornoch has one for the championship course and you have to be a member of the Struie for at least 2 years before you can even be put forward for the championship course and pay a joining fee.
Nothing wrong with asking if they'll drop it, discount it or defer it. But as has been said by many, if its the perfect club and on your door step its a no-brainer really.
Don't forget, by the time you've got hooked on the weekly comps and the odd few holes of an evening you'll have saved the £400 in a year.
Don't forget, by the time you've got hooked on the weekly comps and the odd few holes of an evening you'll have saved the £400 in a year.
Scottjd1
Tour Rookie
Why shouldnt they charge a joining fee, they are a business and by the sounds of it run a really good course/club.
Plus as has been stated you can hack of loyal long-standing memners if you drop your fees, and it would seem that a lot of courses do get more loyalty with this tyoe of fee, if you just pay year on year then nothing stopping you going elsewhere.
On the one had we all want great courses/clubs but then we dont want to pay joining fees/be loyal and have choice.
Seeme like you cant have it all......
If it was me I would pay up and join and enjoy the golf on my doorstep, good luck with whatever you go with.
Plus as has been stated you can hack of loyal long-standing memners if you drop your fees, and it would seem that a lot of courses do get more loyalty with this tyoe of fee, if you just pay year on year then nothing stopping you going elsewhere.
On the one had we all want great courses/clubs but then we dont want to pay joining fees/be loyal and have choice.
Seeme like you cant have it all......
If it was me I would pay up and join and enjoy the golf on my doorstep, good luck with whatever you go with.
thegogg
Head Pro
Got to ask, what does "Struie" mean?
I'm with the general consensus on here that although not ideal £400 is a small amount to pay for a perfect course right on your doorstep, it certainly wouldn't put me off.
The Struie, is the other course at Royal Dornoch, it used to be the Ladies course, but they changed it and added a few new holes and tee's further back. nice course still and tough at times depending on the wind that day.
mouth
Assistant Pro
£400 is a fair amount IMO. I'd be asking them to split it or add it on to green fees over a couple of years. Works out at £4 a week if they let you do that
My brother and his 5 mates managed to get the £250 waived at their club when they joined in November with free green fees until April then £600 a year. they had to pay the £600 in November instead of April but that was effectively 18 months membership.
My brother and his 5 mates managed to get the £250 waived at their club when they joined in November with free green fees until April then £600 a year. they had to pay the £600 in November instead of April but that was effectively 18 months membership.
MadAdey
Money List Winner
A lot of people are moaning about clubs still charging a joining fee. The fact that a club can charge a fee and still not struggle for members, even though other courses have dropped theirs, say a lot about the standard of club. My club is a 5 mile round trip, I love the course, the members fantastic and friendly, has great practice facilities so well worth the £600 I had to stump up in joining fees 2 years ago. I could have joined somewhere reasonable without a joining fee but would have been an extra 45 mile round trip every time I wanted to play.
So take the last week I was at the club 5 times, so that would have been an extra 5 gallons of fuel if I had not joined the local one that is £35 in just one week. I look at it that after I have travelled 120 times to my club that will have covered the joining fee, I have easily done that and now in credit after only 20 months.
So take the last week I was at the club 5 times, so that would have been an extra 5 gallons of fuel if I had not joined the local one that is £35 in just one week. I look at it that after I have travelled 120 times to my club that will have covered the joining fee, I have easily done that and now in credit after only 20 months.
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SyR
Challenge Tour Pro
My joining fee was reduced by 50%. I can understand why it wan't more discounted as they were almost at the membership limit at the time. A member I played with a few weeks back joined in the 70's when they had a 3 year waiting list.
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Nothing wrong with joining fees, it promotes loyalty to the club and is beneficial in the long run. All the decent clubs in my area have one and all the ones that don't are struggling.
bigslice
Tour Winner
ive joined my new club, was wanting to join join 2014 but they halved the fees , so job done. im no going anywhere till they scatter my ashes over it.
munro007
Tour Rookie
You keep on drinking all that vinegar, and it will be sooner rather than later they will be scattering your ashes big yin. lol
DaveyG
Challenge Tour Pro
I think its a definite I will join but if you dont ask you dont get. We are both paying upfront and I
think every single person would take a no joining fee instead of a £400 payment for the club they want to join.
think every single person would take a no joining fee instead of a £400 payment for the club they want to join.
