Were You a Member of Golf Club as a Child

[Deleted member 16999]

Simple poll, it’s not did you play Golf or try it, but were you an actual member?

 

[Wilson]

Yes, but not until I was about 12/13, school holidays consisted of Mum dropping me at the club on the way to work, using Dad’s bar card for food & drink, and then Mum picking me on the way home from work - great days!

 

[anotherdouble]

No. Nomad with my grandad

 

[IanM]

Never touched a club till I joined Nat West after Uni.... it was all cricket! Everyone in bank played, so was encouraged to start...

 

[HankMarvin]

No

 

[Blue in Munich]

Started around 15. Public golf courses then society golf & work concessions. Not a full club member until I was into my 40's.

 

[DCB]

Had to put no as the local club, attached to a local muni, had a waiting list even for junior membership in those days :-(

 

[Shooter McPowick]

Yes, Stourbridge GC for a while and then Hagley GC

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Yes
I remember playing 9 holes after school, afterwards using the pay phone to get a lift home. Then going on the chipping green whilst we waited, challenging each other to the most ridiculous nearest the pin competitions(even when it got dark)😀

 

[User 99]

I was just thinking about this reading the Scottish decline topic, golf isn't an elite man's sport at grass routes, it's an old man's game. Most folk I know who play golf ate all ex football players. I grew up in a golfing family but I was never a member til I was in my early 20s, even then my priority was playing futba.

 

[xreyuk]

Yes, was a member at Hillside from about the age of 12 to 16.

 

[Coffey]

Nope, I played a tiny bit when I was younger at the local par 3 course. Maybe twice a year max.

Didn't start playing properly until after uni when i was about 22/23 and then joined my first club when I was 23/24.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

No. First membership was when I was about 15 - Dunkeld & Birnam.

 

[Pathetic Shark]

chrisd and Old Tom Morris joined St.Andrews at the same time

 

[patricks148]

no, didn't start to play till i was in my 40's

 

[Lord Tyrion]

No, early to mid 30's before I even picked up a golf club (I do understand the difference in the question)

I suspect you could see a golfer swing a club and mark who played as a child and who came to the game later on.

 

[2blue]

Nay... was a posh mans game in Bishop in the 60's. Though I played tennis at a very good local-rec Club where the best players were beginning to get golf invites as guests in the late 60's.
When 30 years later, I eventually visited Bishop GC many were members there..... & the Rec. tennis Club was pretty much defunct..... but then again, tennis is still, on the whole, very much an elitist sport.

 

[Hobbit]

Yes. Not allowed in the clubhouse, even into the changing rooms. Had to change my shoes in the corner of the green keepers shed. If a junior wanted a sandwich or a drink they knocked on the door of the steward's flat. His wife would do a sandwich and a glass of pop. Not allowed out in Saturday and Sunday comps. Things have changed massively.

 

[shortgame]

No. Used to play the pitch and putt occasionally but that's it...

 

[SatchFan]

Joined my club at the age of 11. Played every available minute I had until I was 18 and then gave up the game completely. Only took it up again 30 years later.