Should we be EXPECTED to use the clubhouse bar

[Birchy]

Good god. Get the violins out....


What about.............. how dare you disappear at the weekends for 5 hours to play golf with your friends when your poor little baby children are devastated and starved of fatherly love because of the hours you work in the week? You only have the weekends with the poor defenceless darlings so surely, disappearing for a massive chunk of the only time you can spend with the neglected mites borders on the pathologically selfish?!

You utter brute.


Have a word with yourself chap.

Wooooooo What a drama queen :rofl:

I asked a simple question, I don't even have any kids for the record. I was just trying to gauge whether you perfect golf ambassadors could understand that some people have better things to do. Obviously not, we should all follow your example. I bet they have your picture on the wall of every golf club and cheer when you walk in

Often the only proper quality time people have with their kids is weekends so an early round followed by a dash home to go out with them is perfectly understandable in my view.

As is going to work to earn a living.

 

[bluewolf]

Snobbish tripe - LOL - shrugs and saunters off.

What about my other question?

 

[CMAC]

I am not a snob but £800? Must be a right dump!

£800 per course for Gleneagles right now so you're bang on

 

[Pin-seeker]

Agreed

 

[Pin-seeker]

Good god. Get the violins out....


What about.............. how dare you disappear at the weekends for 5 hours to play golf with your friends when your poor little baby children are devastated and starved of fatherly love because of the hours you work in the week? You only have the weekends with the poor defenceless darlings so surely, disappearing for a massive chunk of the only time you can spend with the neglected mites borders on the pathologically selfish?!

You utter brute.




Have a word with yourself chap.

Think you are missing the point Chap. Think the point people are making is they go play their round then go home:thup:
No need to turn it into a drama.

 

[Snelly]

Think you are missing the point Chap. Think the point people are making is they go play their round then go home:thup:
No need to turn it into a drama.

My tongue was in my cheek. No drama.

I get the point and don't share their view. I like to play with people who want to have a beer and socialise after golf. I would not want to play with a car park golfer.

I am with Homer but there is no point debating it. The two views are incompatible. Plus I am not bothered about the debate...

 

[Pin-seeker]

My tongue was in my cheek. No drama.

I get the point and don't share their view. I like to play with people who want to have a beer and socialise after golf. I would not want to play with a car park golfer.

I am with Homer but there is no point debating it. The two views are incompatible. Plus I am not bothered about the debate...

Obviously you are or you wouldn't have joined it

 

[DAVEYBOY]

No and if clubs have silly dress codes in the bar such as tie and jacket then its there own problem when people decide to go and drink in a more relaxed bar. I'm not a drinker anyway so it doesn't affect me much.

 

[Old Skier]

Our club bar opens at 0800 hrs so I can have a pint before and after my round - result.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Two sides to every story.

I used to managed a busy clubhouse.
1,000+ members club at a muni.
We also had a country and western club every Sat night from Oct to March.
We did funerals, weddings, Lions meetings, dances, breakfast meetings etc ......anything that would pull in a buck.

This allowed us to staff the clubhouse well and give a good service to our core customers...the golfers.
Each year we went through the club diary and they were given first choice of the dates.
Once the dates were confirmed we would book out any spare dates to other groups.

No point whatsoever in having an empty clubhouse when it could make £3k in one evening.

 

[Val]

I am not a snob but £800? Must be a right dump!

Really, £800 is top side for fees up here

 

[upsidedown]

For us the social side found in the clubhouse was as important as the course in the decision to join our club.

For the main part we try to attend all social occasions and have at least a cup of tea after a round. When playing in comps like to have a drink with playing partners and understand if folks have to rush off but would probably not play with them too often if that was their normal behaviour.

 

[Snelly]

£800 per course for Gleneagles right now so you're bang on

Is that right? I'm playing at Gleneagles on the 16th and 17th of this month by coincidence.

 

[Snelly]

No and if clubs have silly dress codes in the bar such as tie and jacket then its there own problem when people decide to go and drink in a more relaxed bar. I'm not a drinker anyway so it doesn't affect me much.

Silly dress codes? Do you realise how many of our top courses you are ruling yourself out from with that statement? How much of a hardship is it to look smart and abide by the rules? Not very is the answer.

 

[Siren]

Considering the club makes more from a coke than it does a pint I cant see any reason as to why you would not pop in for at least one drink after a round.

 

[19thagain]

In response to the 'non-users' of the golf club house, it must be appreciated that it(the clubhouse) cannot run without some degree of financial input by all members.
However I think it is a fact that 80 per cent of the spending in a club is done by 20 per cent of the members - now if this is correct you will never change this, so looking to change it is futile.
A thought, have a computer in the pro's shop for playing time and score input and sell off the clubhouse. Have your pint in a local pub and the AGM in a hotel and everyone is then spending .... on golf ... what they wish to spend.
I can now see the Internet site for the clubs home page, welcome to our club, a beautiful snap of their do all computer.
Your fees will then reduce to reflect the non 'club' service that you don't use anyway.
Problem solved.

However others like me who fund the social side every week and also enjoy this area of the sport, which of course allows the rest to enjoy the Captain's Day, Christmas knees up, etc without any input or commitment, other than the cost on the night.

 

[I am Spartacus]

As I posted before I am looking to join my first EVER golf club and some of the attitudes are seriously making me question if I want to.

 

[CMAC]

Is that right? I'm playing at Gleneagles on the 16th and 17th of this month by coincidence.

yes thats right, £2400 for annual membership, what course/s are you playing? the Queens and Kings are in stunning condition just now and the PGA is.........the PGA

 

[Captainron]

Personally I use the bar at my club every time I go, even if just for a coffee. I think the club should be supported by its members off the course too. Whilst not compulsory to use every time, I feel that it should be used more often than not. We have a mandatory £50 bar tab and I have already reloaded this after a month.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

As it happens I took 8 yrs off playing whilst my children were young

Good man. This is exactly what I did. I am 10 years a nomad golfer and my eldest child is 10. This is not a coincidence.

So, between you two, you've denied various golf clubs of 18 YEARS worth of subs, yet you come on here and berate people for not buying a diet coke after a round?

Amazing.