Southport/Crosby course membership costs

[sunshine]

If you need to know you obviously can't afford it and they don't want you.

I recognise this post was tongue in cheek, but the subs at these places are pretty cheap.

 

[Val]

Julian Dicks and Roy Wegerle were very good golfers and both turned pro after their football career.

Jimmy Bullard too iirc

 

[rulefan]

How do you come up with that answer?

Quite possibly they are not wanting new members but as for not affording it who knows if they don't publish membership fee's.

Very outdated type of stereotyping.....

It was a joke. May be old but not outdated. Still applicable at the high end of any market.

"If you have to ask, you (probably) can’t afford it” is a saying used to describe purchases of expensive products, such as homes, cars and jewellery. Financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) allegedly gave this advice to banker Henry Clay Pierce in 1902, dissuading him from buying a yacht. Morgan’s authorship has been questioned; the first known form of the saying dates to only 1926.

 

[davidy233]

Jimmy Bullard too iirc

Roy Wegerle actually qualified for a European Tour event - finished dead last though - he was +3 when he turned pro - had a go at mini tours in Florida for a while but didn't make a living at it. Julian and Jimmy weren't that low as far as I can find out - Julian was scratch from one article I read.

 

[sunshine]

Jimmy Bullard too iirc

I'm making a judgement here... but I bet that was attention seeking bull.

 

[Val]

I'm making a judgement here... but I bet that was attention seeking bull.

Think he played on the Europro tour

 

[davidy233]

Think he played on the Europro tour

Seems to have played one actual tournament on the Europro tour - didn't make the cut.

Also played in qualifying for it twice - reached final qualifying one year but also didn't make cut there

 

[Red devil]

I'm originally from Crosby (parents till there). West Lancs was the nearest course. Reading threads like this im glad I live in Edinburgh now with the prices and difficulty to get in these places!

Yes, you're lucky. I'm just biding my time for this present boom to level off. Not too much so the clubs stay viable but enough to make a space for me!

 

[LCW]

I am a member of hillside and your probably going to be waiting a good while to get in our place.

We’re a full and bustling membership with a pretty big waiting list, like most places a lot more of our members are playing more after Covid due to working from home.
Think we have actually closed off applications now for the next few years.

We don’t advertise our rates or process because we simply don’t have too. I know that can be frustrating but we work off a proposal system. Unless your moving to the area from afar you can write a letter for an un-proposed application but these get accepted few and far between.

Formby is generally pretty difficult to get in due to the low member levels they like to keep. S and A or hesketh are going to be your best bet to get into the club in an area but I believe they are currently full as well.

Generally people join these courses and never leave due to the quality.

 

[IanM]

...indeed, why would you leave a Birkdale, Hillside or Formby etc?