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At most golf clubs the backbone of them are retired members aged 60+ with decent pensions. However, thanks to Gordon Brown's tax grab from pension funds, people will be retiring later with far less generous pensions. Whether they will be able to afford golf club membership is questionable! Maybe this may threaten the long term viability of golf clubs, even if they don't get redeveloped into housing estates in the meantime! :angry:
 
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delc said:
At most golf clubs the backbone of them are retired members aged 60+ with decent pensions. However, thanks to Gordon Brown's tax grab from pension funds, people will be retiring later with far less generous pensions. Whether they will be able to afford golf club membership is questionable! Maybe this may threaten the long term viability of golf clubs, even if they don't get redeveloped into housing estates in the meantime! :angry:
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Don't underestimate the imporatance of new affordable housing stock to the working pensioner, although I feel with the right tee-time booking system then clubs should be able to survive this threat to their existence
 
Well if they sell off a couple of holes for housing - needless to say who to - then they'll have enough cash to survive.

Then all they need to do is reduce the length of the current holes so there is still 18 of them and make it economic to cut the rough down more often. And while they are at it, they may as well make putting comparatively easier by increasing the size of the holes! :whistle:

You should be praising St Gordon! :rofl:

And I think you are seriously deluded if you really think it's the Seniors that are the backbone of a club! A couple of declining ones perhaps, but for thriving ones, it's the 2-day members that are the real backbone! If you really want a bodily analogy, Seniors are more likely to be associated with something just a tad lower than the backbone! :rolleyes:
 
Foxholer said:
Well if they sell off a couple of holes for housing - needless to say who to - then they'll have enough cash to survive.

Then all they need to do is reduce the length of the current holes so there is still 18 of them and make it economic to cut the rough down more often. And while they are at it, they may as well make putting comparatively easier by increasing the size of the holes! :whistle:

You should be praising St Gordon! :rofl:

And I think you are seriously deluded if you really think it's the Seniors that are the backbone of a club! A couple of declining ones perhaps, but for thriving ones, it's the 2-day members that are the real backbone! If you really want a bodily analogy, Seniors are more likely to be associated with something just a tad lower than the backbone! :rolleyes:
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Strangely find myself agreeing with foxy, clubs will be better off with more of their members working. Less traffic, less moaning and increased bar profits :thup:
 
Come on guys, be serious! Our club is fairly new so probably has fewer retired people than most, but they still make up about 30% of our membership. Many of them serve on the committee, or arrange matches for the various teams we run, because they can spare the time, whereas younger working age people with children probably can't. Also the 5-day retired members keep the place occupied and running during the week. Otherwise it probably wouldn't be worth operating the kitchen and bar on these days. Can we really afford to lose these people? :rolleyes:
 
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... Also the 5-day retired members keep the place occupied and running during the week. Otherwise it probably wouldn't be worth operating the kitchen and bar on these days. Can we really afford to lose these people? :rolleyes:
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Given that most of them finish their Golf and have a cup of tea (or a Pot between 4) and something like a soup and roll, I'll stick with my 'you are deluded' assertion of my first post!
 
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Given that most of them finish their Golf and have a cup of tea (or a Pot between 4) and something like a soup and roll, I'll stick with my 'you are deluded' assertion of my first post!
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Quite a few of ours have a beer, or a glass or two of wine, with a cooked meal in our clubhouse! And they do pay their subscriptions to the club. :)
 
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Sorry but this is getting a bit silly now

Blaming Gordon Brown on demise of Golf Clubs ?!?
 
Foxholer said:
Given that most of them finish their Golf and have a cup of tea (or a Pot between 4) and something like a soup and roll, I'll stick with my 'you are deluded' assertion of my first post!
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At ours they put a fair bit of booze away and the one group 10-12 have three course meal every weds night plus wine
 
The new drink-drive limit in Scotland is sure to have an impact on bar takings. Just not worth even to have a half pint now.

Additionally most senior members have massively reduced green fees
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Sorry but this is getting a bit silly now

Blaming Gordon Brown on demise of Golf Clubs ?!?
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I blame Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, and politicians in general, for most of what has gone wrong with this country over the last few years. Apparently (according to the Daily Mail anyway), we are paying foreign brick-layers £1000 a week because none of our young people are taught practical skills any more! Instead they go to University to do useless degrees as a way of keeping them off the unemployment register for three or four years! :rolleyes:
 
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delc said:
I blame Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, and politicians in general, for most of what has gone wrong with this country over the last few years. Apparently (according to the Daily Mail anyway), we are paying foreign brick-layers £1000 a week because none of our young people are taught practical skills any more! Instead they go to University to do useless degrees as a way of keeping them off the unemployment register for three or four years! :rolleyes:
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And you ACTUALLY believe the Daily Mail?:confused:
 
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