Senior (age)

[Leftie]

60 years old at our club, but the average age of our members is 64. (Down from 74 when I joined ten years ago!).

Sounds like you have found the secret of eternal life Clive

 

[williamalex1]

Our North District scratch comp is 55 too, was asked to play it this year for the first time as i was 55 in March

You could've easily sneaked in years go .
It varies club to club, a few are over 50, but most are 55+ some 60, the odd one 65 and over [ on the day of the comp ].
Usually 4 prizes in each age category , plus a scratch prize and the overall winner. I qualify for them all

 

[williamalex1]

OK so 5 quid is only 5 quid so not worried about that... ?
But why do guys have to pay 5 quid on top of their fees?

Because you usually can't win £100 in you weekly medal.

 

[Bigfoot]

Golfers wear out much faster up there! Probably due to playing in all sorts of weather and 'hunching as protection from the wind and rain' becomes the natural stance!

I have experienced those conditions around Scotland many times ! Probably weighed down in extra layers too.

 

[Refurbished2020]

Golfers wear out much faster up there! Probably due to playing in all sorts of weather and 'hunching as protection from the wind and rain' becomes the natural stance!

I think it more likely the kilt chafing the knees

 

[Foxholer]

I think it more likely the kilt chafing the knees

Only because of the bits of lead (surely not coins!) sewn into the hem to keep it doon!

Btw...Welcome aboard!

 

[Blue in Munich]

Ours dropped from 60 to 55 recently, much to Mrs. BiM's amusement as I suddenly qualified. Think they binned of the subs. Of little interest to me purely because almost everything is midweek and I still work full time.

 

[Old Skier]

OK so 5 quid is only 5 quid so not worried about that... ?
But why do guys have to pay 5 quid on top of their fees?

Engraving of a vast amount of trophy’s at our place and to cover entry to team events at county level.

 

[jim8flog]

I remember I jumped for joy when I finally reached 55, of all the guys I played with on a Monday I was the youngest and one by one they left the swindle and started to play in the senior comp instead. It reached the point where I switched to playing on Tuesday to avoid being on my own.

 

[IanM]

It's 60 in Cornwall (I think)

At my club to can join seniors at 55, but if working full time it is 60. Old tradition apparently...seems daft.

All senior opens round here are 55plus

 

[SammmeBee]

50+

 

[bradleywedge]

Ridiculous..ageism.

Yet another reason why I will never join a golf club.

 

[trevor]

55 at ours but you don’t automatically become a senior member then, you need to write a short note saying you’d like to join, enclose a fiver and pop it in the seniors letter box.

 

[rudebhoy]

It's 60 at our place, which is a bit annoying as my PPs are all over 60 and I'm 59!

 

[jim8flog]

Ridiculous..ageism.

Yet another reason why I will never join a golf club.

One of the niceties is that it actually gives seniors a chance to win (those with a 'correct' handicap anyway) when it is a seniors only comp.

The difference between a winning club comp score and a seniors is quite noticeable on many an occasion.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

55 is the qualifying age at my club so finally get there next year. A few more comps per year to enter but all of their matches are midweek so won't be able to play in those too often or I'll run out of leave quickly

 

[balaclava]

Thanks for the helpful replies.
From those replies there's a couple of things that caught my attention (I will separate them in posts for individual replied).
Q1. There are nationally agreed age qualifications for certain events but some Clubs have chosen a different age for local events. My Club uses Intelligent Golf (which I presume is also in 99% of all Clubs) that system classifies everyone as 'Senior' at age 55. Question: Those of you at Club where Seniors are 60 . . . have you amended IG from 55 to 60?

 

[balaclava]

Q2. Membership of the Seniors' Section at some Clubs is via subscription i.e. you are not a member unless you pay an annual membership fee. My Club wouldn't have that saying it would create a club within a club making the Seniors' Section a Society. Those of you at Clubs in this category - was that ever an issue at your Club; is the Seniors' Section a Society with it's own constitution?

 

[Ethan]

Thanks for the helpful replies.
From those replies there's a couple of things that caught my attention (I will separate them in posts for individual replied).
Q1. There are nationally agreed age qualifications for certain events but some Clubs have chosen a different age for local events. My Club uses Intelligent Golf (which I presume is also in 99% of all Clubs) that system classifies everyone as 'Senior' at age 55. Question: Those of you at Club where Seniors are 60 . . . have you amended IG from 55 to 60?

Our club uses age 60, and IG reflects that in telling members whether they are eligible for comps or not.

 

[Hobbit]

Remember when it was 50 at my previous club, and it got moved up to 55. Some of those just coming up to 50 kicked off, and some of the older seniors were chuffed not to have fit 50 year olds pinching the sweep. But those who had become seniors at 50 but weren't yet 55 suddenly found themselves out of it, and it kicked off again.