Surrey golf club membership

[jgarry]

I am considering moving to north Surrey area and I would be looking at joining a club. I am wondering if there are any clubs accepting members or have a reasonable wailist in the area.

My strong preference is to join a members club, as opposed to a private club. I actually used to be a member of Foxhills, which is in the area I am looking at. It is a lovely club, but there were way too few comps for members. I think that is like most private clubs.

Any suggestions?

 

[3 jabber]

Private and members club are generally accepted to mean the same thing. Clubs owned by an individual or business are normally called proprietary.
Regardiing your question, sorry cant help

 

[Pathetic Shark]

I was Captain at Pyford in 2020 and can recommend the layout and challenge but now that it's part of Get Golfing, it's rammed to the gills every daylight hour. There are still a lot of times and events for members though.
I think you need to be a little more specific in terms of your actual area than "North Surrey". I can speak for most courses in the county from my time there before I escaped/got transported to Devon.

 

[KenL]

What level of comps do you view as too many @jgarry ?

 

[Yorkhacker]

What level of comps do you view as too many @jgarry ?

He stated there were too few, not too many at Foxhills

 

[KenL]

He stated there were too few, not too many at Foxhills

Oops! My club is the same, not enough comps in my opinion.

 

[jgarry]

Oops! My club is the same, not enough comps in my opinion.

When I was at Foxhills, we had the monthly medal, midweek medal, and some special annual comps. That was about it, so not too much. I checked with Burhill, and they seem the same.

 

[jgarry]

I was Captain at Pyford in 2020 and can recommend the layout and challenge but now that it's part of Get Golfing, it's rammed to the gills every daylight hour. There are still a lot of times and events for members though.
I think you need to be a little more specific in terms of your actual area than "North Surrey". I can speak for most courses in the county from my time there before I escaped/got transported to Devon.

Thanks for the info. I would be based in Addlestone/Weybridge, so interested what else is in that area. Thanks

 

[Pathetic Shark]

Where I used to live
Sunbury is pay and play Crown Golf - short, friendly but not much of a challenge.
Abbey Moor - crap 9 holer.
Foxhills as you say is more corporate and no atmosphere.
Hoebridge is a pay and play special where everyone is rammed in
Burhill is expensive and a lot of a-holes there. Two great courses but the price puts a lot of people off.
St.George's Hill - forget it unless you win the lottery.
Silvermere - same as Hoebridge

I'll think of some others later.

 

[jgarry]

Where I used to live
Sunbury is pay and play Crown Golf - short, friendly but not much of a challenge.
Abbey Moor - crap 9 holer.
Foxhills as you say is more corporate and no atmosphere.
Hoebridge is a pay and play special where everyone is rammed in
Burhill is expensive and a lot of a-holes there. Two great courses but the price puts a lot of people off.
St.George's Hill - forget it unless you win the lottery.
Silvermere - same as Hoebridge

I'll think of some others later.

Thanks for the info. I was wondering about burhill, but I think that you have written what I was thinking.

 

[Patster1969]

West Byfleet might be an option?
Is New Zealand still open, as had heard that it was closing or changing dramatically?

 

[Pathetic Shark]

Forgot about West Byfleet - joining fee and pretty solid membership - tough to get in with the "in-crowd".
New Zealand takes no local members.

 

[Patster1969]

New Zealand takes no local members.

Interesting business model then

 

[Backache]

New Zealand takes no local members.

Do you need to be Antipodean

 

[Pathetic Shark]

Interesting business model then

They have a few artisan members which is how I got to play there as I knew a couple of them. All their other members live over 20 miles away. They have no real competitions. But they make a killing on societies getting in there.

 

[3 jabber]

West Byfleet might be an option?
Is New Zealand still open, as had heard that it was closing or changing dramatically?

I've not heard about NZ closing but I would be very very surprised if that was the case.

 

[Patster1969]

They have a few artisan members which is how I got to play there as I knew a couple of them. All their other members live over 20 miles away. They have no real competitions. But they make a killing on societies getting in there.

That is interesting then - didn't realise that there was a mileage thing

 

[Patster1969]

I've not heard about NZ closing but I would be very very surprised if that was the case.

I'm sure I heard something on the local FB page but it was a couple of years ago & haven't seen anything since

 

[woofers]

Where I used to live
Sunbury is pay and play Crown Golf - short, friendly but not much of a challenge.
Abbey Moor - crap 9 holer.
Foxhills as you say is more corporate and no atmosphere.
Hoebridge is a pay and play special where everyone is rammed in
Burhill is expensive and a lot of a-holes there. Two great courses but the price puts a lot of people off.
St.George's Hill - forget it unless you win the lottery.
Silvermere - same as Hoebridge

I'll think of some others later.

Forgot about West Byfleet - joining fee and pretty solid membership - tough to get in with the "in-crowd".
New Zealand takes no local members.

Not any attractive options in that part of leafy Surrey then?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Royal Ascot isn't too far from the likes of Hoebridge and West Byfleet. New bunkers and improved drainage