Joining fees

[golfdub]

I know these topics have been spoken about a million times before but i have just read that loch lomond has a joining fee of £75,000, that is absolutely craziness !

Anyone else know of a absurd joining fee

 

[Ethan]

That is cheap. Try joining Queenwood in Surrey.

Sebonack, which held the US Women's Open recently is reputedly $300,000 to join. Liberty National which held the first FedEx event is similar.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

I wonder how much you'd have to put behind the bar there....

 

[Ethan]

I wonder how much you'd have to put behind the bar there....

Dunno, but I think you would probably bring a security guard along to carry it.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

I know these topics have been spoken about a million times before but i have just read that loch lomond has a joining fee of £75,000, that is absolutely craziness !

Anyone else know of a absurd joining fee

That's a huge amount of money, but all things are relative, to some people it's a days pay, presumably they don't encourage changing your shoes on the heli pad!!

 

[Deleted member 17920]

I know these topics have been spoken about a million times before but i have just read that loch lomond has a joining fee of £75,000, that is absolutely craziness !

Anyone else know of a absurd joining fee

£75,000 small time.
Now I don't know if anyone else was watching it on CNN (Living golf) but I was amazed at a new course in fife. St Andrews international. Had a joining fee of .......£500,000 yep!!! Now reduced to £250,000 private members course opening next year. LMFAO at that one.

 

[HotDogAssassin]

There are a LOT of very rich and famous people that play golf. They are going to want to go somewhere where they can relax away from the riff raff like most of us. I'm sure those that are members can readily afford it and are happy to pay it. Unfortunately, unless things change on a future Friday evening, I won't be one of them.

 

[Jdb2005]

Archerfield is £30000 I believe

 

[palindromicbob]

Playgrounds of the rich and famous. Oh well.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I suppose it's one way of getting rid of the ten bob millionaires that occupy most courses

 

[SaintHacker]

Blimey, and heres me thinking £3000 and 3 years subs up front (£9000) for Celtic Manor 2010 was excessive!

 

[lyden]

I wouldn't pay it even if I had it, I'd rather have a cheap club membership for handicap purposes and spend the 75k on green fees at top courses.

 

[Foxholer]

Blimey, and heres me thinking £3000 and 3 years subs up front (£9000) for Celtic Manor 2010 was excessive!

You were right!

Some of those JFs are tradeable - I know Queenwood's is - so not totally lost money. It certainly sifts the 'desirables' from the 'undesirables'! Quite a lot of US Golf Clubs are like that - even to the stage of having to supply Bank Manager's contact details for reference. Heard of one where members had to have $1M in free assets to join and cost something like $120K/year.

There's a place for this type imo - either for those who want privacy and no hassle or those (idiots imo) who want to show off!

I know there's another Queenwood style one opening in 2015 in the Surrey/Hampshire area.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

There are plenty of top notch courses in the UK that don't ask for silly money up front and to be honest I would rather play one of these than a uber private (and in my opinion) snooty place like Queenwood etc

 

[Foxholer]

There are plenty of top notch courses in the UK that don't ask for silly money up front and to be honest I would rather play one of these than a uber private (and in my opinion) snooty place like Queenwood etc

Have you played Queenwood?

 

[duncan mackie]

Have you played Queenwood?

naughty........

 

[Deleted member 1418]

If I had the money then I would quite happily pay it!

 

[Coatsy79]

One of the Wife's uncles places in Canada, Magna, is $250,000 joining fee, but there's only 150 odd golfing members

I think the national, which is his other place is $150k

 

[PNWokingham]

Dunno, but I think you would probably bring a security guard along to carry it.

Although no cash used anywhere at the club!! Everything on members account - pro shop is the only place guests can spen money - but has to be plastic!

 

[golfdub]

One of the Wife's uncles places in Canada, Magna, is $250,000 joining fee, but there's only 150 odd golfing members

I think the national, which is his other place is $150k

How do you explain that one to the wife ? My misses is questioning me spending £900 on a years membership. I can imagine her coming home while I'm packing the boxes as iv sold the house to hit a ball around a quite field.