Value

[HomerJSimpson]

I played a lot less last year than the year before when I was made redundant and had plenty of time to play. Even with my 90 odd rounds and the high membership fees at my club it still works out at about £12-13 per round. Bearing in mind you can just turn up and go out without needing to book a time and includes weekend playing I still think its great value for money.

Add in the time I used the practice facilities, clubhouse and the cost includes my locker fee then I'm pretty happy all things considered.

 

[Mike_j_golf]

Hi,
Just a follow on from the 200 plus rounds in a year post how many people don't play enough at there own course to justify there membership fees about half of my 100 rounds would have been on my own course so it works out at around €17 per round, but I know a lot of guys who play around 20 rounds or less a year at our course so they would be paying €42, at what stage dose it become bad value for money, I know in Ireland there are a lot of open comps so guys make there membership money back by getting cheap rounds at other courses. But if you only pay green fees at other courses if it worth having membership at all.
Mike

 

[SammmeBee]

Well you would say that if the club charged £1000 a year and you played once a week that is £40 a round, plus your competition fees, so me this is only just about viable on a 'value' basis....

I play alot of golf in open competitions, which I would pay for anyway, whereever I was a member, currently I pay £65 a year and then £24 quid every time I want to play, which will be less than 10 times so that I get to keep my handicap and that it is active...

If though you are not a member of a club you, it is not that easy to play courses at the time you want (weekends etc) and you lose the camaraderie (sp?) and banter you get from the club...

Look at it another way - what else can you do for £40 these days?

 

[pokerjoke]

I played over two hundred times on my own course this year as its a council owned course its not the best however its only £260 per year thats just over £1.25 per round what value.Also won 5 comps and won nearly £200 thats what i call real value.

 

[Parmo]

My council season sicket which covers 4 clubs and 5 courses is £362 a year and say I played 90 times is £4.02 per round plus comp entry fees, so about £6 per round.

 

[thecraw]

I don't ever break down my anual fees into weeks or rounds as the bottom line is, I know that I'm getting my monies worth.

Like Homer, I'm lucky enough to be able to almost always walk onto the first tee, there are no tee times unless its a medal and the course is usually quiet, especially during the day which is great for me as I work shifts.

Value wise, yes I make the most of my membership and its nice enough for a meal with the wife and kids as well.

 

[Parmo]

I played over two hundred times on my own course this year as its a council owned course its not the best however its only £260 per year thats just over £1.25 per round what value.Also won 5 comps and won nearly £200 thats what i call real value.

That is good value.

I won 3 trophys & 2 other comps and walked away with about £55 inc sweep money, bit crap as I am Rabbits Champion and won the sweep and a tenner thought it would be £50-£70 as it was my first season. That said for Turkey night I walked away with two turkeys, a bottle of wine and 10 cans of guinness.

 

[richart]

My 80 odd rounds are costing about £15 each,which is good value.Its the extra money in the bar that's going to put me in the poor house !

 

[stevek1969]

As i work shifts i reckon i played over 100 times at my place, so roughly works out at under £5 a game which i think is good value for the type of course it is, considering its average is £60 a round for visitors its not to shabby.
This year i'll play it alot more as my son has joined so what an excuse to play more telling HID that the wee man wanted to go

 

[Imurg]

Last years 70-90 rounds have cost me in the region of 5 or 6 quid each.
My midweek membership costs me just over 500 notes. So if I can play 80 times in the year that = £6.25 each.

Sound pretty good value to me.
A few years back I was made redundant and played even more at another club and they almost paid me to play there.

 

[Bigfoot]

I have played approx 120 times but the membership year has another 6 weeks to run so I should end up paying less than £5 per round. This is excellent value. Shifts makes a big difference - I don't play at weekends just during the week. My wife almost gets jealous as I also see our oldest son there too.

 

[Robobum]

It's probably costing in the region of £7 per round I suppose.

But the "value" associated with doing something i love doing out in the fresh air with (invariably) good mates would make it worth 4 or 5 times more.

 

[Society_Fan]

having only played a few times (12) this year with a society I have been paying between £40 and £50 a round.
However this does include bacon butty, 9 holes in the morning, soup and sandwiches, 18 hole comp with prizes, and a 3 course meal.
So in another way I still think I am getting great value for money for what I am getting.

 

[Mike_j_golf]

Hi,
I don't see many replies from the paid a 1000 but only play 10 times last year, with the value to be had in green fees here now was wondering if some people are getting wasting money paying membership rather that the green fees at the club where they are members plus other clubs for those with the less than 500 a year membership it would be hard to not make it pay.
Mike

 

[algar5]

Played 80 to 90 times last year, so works out at roughly £5 a round.

Just been volunteered/pressganged into attempting 5 rounds in a day challenge in June so will definetly be getting my monies worth that day !

 

[Sponge1980]

Membership at my club was £225 last year which included your locker fee. It also allows unlimited access to the local bowling green (which is part of the golf club)but thankfully I am a few years away from that yet.

 

[SammmeBee]

Hi,
I don't see many replies from the paid a 1000 but only play 10 times last year, with the value to be had in green fees here now was wondering if some people are getting wasting money paying membership rather that the green fees at the club where they are members plus other clubs for those with the less than 500 a year membership it would be hard to not make it pay.
Mike

If you're not a member then you can't play competitions, play when you want, enjoy the 'club' feeling - if I could find a club that was only £400/£500 then I would probably join unfortunately the ones down south all want to charge a fortune (where it doesn't become value) and many still an entry fee!!

It think it really depends, like thecraw says, what value you get added to your subs money...

Just think what the membership fee would have to be if just the ones who got 'value' paid after the one who don't left - they are the type of members golf clubs want...the ones that pay up nicely and then aren't seen again for the rest of the year....

 

[bobmac]

I played over two hundred times on my own course this year as its a council owned course its not the best however its only £260 per year thats just over £1.25 per round what value.Also won 5 comps and won nearly £200 thats what i call real value.

wow thats cheap. Where is that about?

 

[bobmac]

Membership at my club was £225 last year which included your locker fee. It also allows unlimited access to the local bowling green (which is part of the golf club)but thankfully I am a few years away from that yet.

and all the penguin you can eat

 

[TRS30]

If you looked at my pure round per subs then would be quite high, around €20 but as others have said, its all the 'extras'that make it value for me.

We get €150 bar leve as part of our subs, since I don't drink and drive and only had the odd coke after playing, had a large amount left towards the end of the year. Was able to bring three mates to play my course and then give them free beer for the night.