Joining fees

[Parmo]

Anyway all I hope you enjoy your rounds this weekend and it seems the predicted wind has dropped so good will golfing to all.

 

[Smudge]

and to you parmo

 

[bulldogoscar]

Bulldog, have you thought about Lytham Green Drive? I believe it is a nice parkland course and very close to you. I am intending to play it in the next couple of months.

Yes i looked at it..they spending a lot of money on drainage this year...unfortunately its like a building site at the moment,it suffers alot from the bad wet weather.

Played north shore on monday and it was in great condition.

 

[grumpyjock]

Our little outing this year is again to Blackpool,
If L G D is like a building site we may have to change.
Have you had a look at Fishwick Hall nice parkland course and right close to the M6 at Preston.

 

[bulldogoscar]

Our little outing this year is again to Blackpool,
If L G D is like a building site we may have to change.
Have you had a look at Fishwick Hall nice parkland course and right close to the M6 at Preston.

If im was coming to blackpool for a trip i would look at st annes old links...really good links course,great condition and they do some good deals on their web site.

 

[mboy1980]

What happens to those members who paid joining fees last year or the year before to find that they have now been abolished. If it were me I would be annoyed to say the least and looking for a refund. Has this happened to anyone or caused any problems.

I'd guess that dropping the joining fee was something with was raised(and voted in) at the club's AGM, so any members against the idea would have had a chance to vote against it?

 

[evita4]

bulldogoscar, they are a thing of the past, clubs now realise that golfers will not pay excessive joining fees and people (except the mo' brass tha brains) can not justify throwing cash away then being asked to pay the same amount in subs.

There will always be clubs who have to charge huge amounts of subs to keep the numbers down, but over time they will have to change with the times. Moor Allerton GC has dropped its joining fee of a grand this year, the subs are £1350 and £804 if you are under 31 (I turned 32 in Nov grrr), so for a top class course its just over £100 a month which is justifiable and enough to keep the numbers down, and to me that’s the why forward.

I am unable to find a club within 30 minutes travelling time from home with a joining fee of under £500. Looks like joining fees may be being phased out where you are Parmo but they are alive and well and living in Lancashire.

 

[ColinR]

I just shelled out £1.9K in Joining fees. OK, it hurt at the time, but I am very happy to be playing at what I think is a great Golf Club in Berkshire.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

ColinR

Which course?