Sky at your Club

[GB72]

The whole 'Sky in the Clubhouse' debate confuses me a little. On numerous other subjects involving the clubhouse (Dress, phones, tablets etc) one of the arguments that is produced is that people do not want their clubhouse to become like a regular boozer. That is all well and good but is it not the case that having the sport on in the clubhouse is more antisocial or disturbing than any of these current clubhouse pariahs. After all, how can you have a civilised dissection of today's round with the rugby blaring out or people cheering on the football.

Personally, I am all for it. I like the atmosphere of a pub and would love that more relaxed approach to be taken in club houses. What I do find is that having sport on the TV is a bit of an anathema to the quiet, contemplative atmosphere that some people feel a club house should be all about.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

... It's part of what you get for being a member and adds to the overall package in helping to make the bar a more lively place to be with some atmosphere. This in itself means people are more likely to have a pint or bite to eat after a game even though they don't even watch TV. It's just a knock on of the place not feeling like a morgue......like so many golf clubs...

I agree with this, I moved clubs this year, the old club didn't have sky the new one does. The two bars are entirely different places to be. In one people go in have a drink after the round and then leave. In the other people come in have a drink, watch the game for, say, until the end of the half, maybe have another drink or food and socialise more.
On a sunday afternoon one is empty the other full.
I can't prove that sky sports is the main difference but I know people at the old place used to go into town for a drink so they could catch the end of a match.
I reckon sport on TV, be it football, rugby, cricket, golf, anything is more likely to make people stay longer in the clubhouse.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

When we have the telly on in our 'spike bar' the sound is down unless those present agree that it can be turned up - and if it is turned up those who want quiet can go into our 'lounge bar' immediately adjacent

 

[mikepops]

We have it. I think it adds some energy to the clubhouse, which otherwise can be a bit quiet.

I do sometimes find it frustrating though when the golf gets turned off for a football match. People never seem to take kindly to the logic that, being a golf club, it might make sense to show it on the tv...

That said, didn't know the costs were in that region, and I could certainly survive without it if the committee suggested a better way to s

 

[full_throttle]

Sky is available at my club, being shared with rugby, football, cricket and netball we get a discount due to affiliation of the RFU

 

[Wayman]

Sky is in my club and it makes the bar packed I think
Makes the club more money go behind the bar

 

[richart]

I can understand Sky in your local pub. You may be able to walk there, or you go in a group with one or two drivers, so you can have as many drinks as you like. When you play golf the vast majority have to drive home. I can only drink one or two pints of fizzy stuff maximum, so if I watch Sky at the Club I don't drink any more. To cover the cost of the Sky you need to sell a lot of extra drinks. Who is buying these drinks ?

I know within my regular fourball, not one of us spends a penny more at the Club because of Sky. It is often turned down or off, because we want to be sociable and chat with our fellow members. Ok big events like the Ryder Cup will attract members to stay at the Club longer, but they are rare compared to the usual dull sport that is on at the weekend.

Personally think £5,500 could be better spent, perhaps on masseuses to sooth my aching limbs.

 

[bozza]

We have it but the problem being is they never have the sound on or it's turned right down and the tv near the bar is tiny and the bigger tv you have to sit in the eating area to watch it so it's not ideal area as you have people sat around trying to eat a meal.