bluewolf
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I think you missed the word "some" out of that mate! :thup:
Who has the most expensive membership fees ?
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I think you missed the word "some" out of that mate! :thup:
Ethan
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Bearwood lakes full fees have already been posted
I hadn't read the entire thread, but found the post you refer to.
A joining fee figure is quoted, but as others have pointed out, BL operates a debenture scheme rather than a joining fee per se.
stevie_r
Tour Winner
Why would it be unseemly?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
You are quite correct as I did mean to post 'some folk'
For my £1414 (not inc. £100 bar chit) I get 7-day 'turn up and play' membership of a very friendly members club, with an excellent well-draining course; superb practice facilities (so I'm told) - all less than 5mins drive - and a good selection of reciprocals with other clubs in place.
Still bleedin' expensive but no point in me complaining - I don't have to be a member. I choose being a member of a golf club over such as fancy cars, holidays, plasma screen TVs, clothes and golf gear. I live in a very expensive part of the country - but quality of life is good; schools etc excellent. Just a matter of choice - and in such things we can all make our own choices.
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Ethan
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Because, if as some suggest, this thread is about how big one's ahem, you know what, is, then it is unseemly to be so specific as to be boastful but one can't be so coy as to deny it is rather big.
StrangelyBrown
Tour Winner
Talking about money is vulgar, IMHO. It can be wrongly interpreted as a tadger waving competition.
Rooter
Money List Winner
Seems i am quite lucky, currently not a member anywhere, but have a good number of courses i would join as and when i have the time to justify the expense:
Newbury and Crookham (my #1 choice) £1035 + £55 irrigation fee
Donnington Grove £1095
Donnington Valley £995 (although they are offering a 6 month "special" at £373
West Berkshire £870 (although i sneak in under 35 at £610)
Sandford Springs £1385 + £600 joining fee!! and not the best course on my list by a long way!
So all in all, for thames valley M4 corridor golf, Newbury is pretty well priced i think when you compare to going more east...
Newbury and Crookham (my #1 choice) £1035 + £55 irrigation fee
Donnington Grove £1095
Donnington Valley £995 (although they are offering a 6 month "special" at £373
West Berkshire £870 (although i sneak in under 35 at £610)
Sandford Springs £1385 + £600 joining fee!! and not the best course on my list by a long way!
So all in all, for thames valley M4 corridor golf, Newbury is pretty well priced i think when you compare to going more east...
stevie_r
Tour Winner
the whole thread is about subs for god sakes! It would have been a very short thread if the OPs opening post had stated 'I'd be interested to know who has the most expensive subs - but it would be unseemly to ask - so i wont.
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SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Fret ye not Ethan on this - being specific about what you can afford is not the same as being boastful about it. As someone once might have sai
‘And you shall not boast about your wife. And you shall not boast about your house, your field, or your male servant, or your female servant, your ox, or your donkey, or anything that is yours - especially your golf club subs’
StrangelyBrown
Tour Winner
I'm aware of that Stevie.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Mine's £300 for 12 games within the year...want to play more games in one year? Another £300 for another 12 games etc etc
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Have you ever tried getting anywhere around my neck of the woods quickly, especially after work?
West Hill is 7.1 miles from me, try getting there in rush hour it can take half an hour or more and coming back even longer
My old course, a Muni in Woking, is just under 11 miles and regularly took me 40 minutes to get there after work.
I could of course jump on the M4 and head up to the Newbury area but I want to play golf, not sit on the Motorway, I do that for work and I don't want it to take me 30\40 minutes to get to my club
You are of course right, I could go further afield and pay less and in fact I do, I go to RA and pay less than I would if I went to Windlesham (2.2 miles but can take 15 minutes at the wrong time of day) or Camberley Heath (4.2 miles but again in rush hour if the A30 is playing up can take 15 to 20 minutes). With RA I get a decent golf course, not the best but not the worst and improving with age and it never takes me more than 10 minutes to get there, I can turn up and play when I want and there are a good group of guys I play with all the time.
The problem with these threads is those of you who live in less expensive areas see £1500 as expensive, to those of us that live here it's normal, we don't think twice about it. It's all very well saying you'd never pay £1500 to play golf but if you lived here, you most likely would, you'd have no choice unless you wanted a long journey to get there.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Have you ever tried getting anywhere around my neck of the woods quickly, especially after work?
West Hill is 7.1 miles from me, try getting there in rush hour it can take half an hour or more and coming back even longer
My old course, a Muni in Woking, is just under 11 miles and regularly took me 40 minutes to get there after work.
I could of course jump on the M4 and head up to the Newbury area but I want to play golf, not sit on the Motorway, I do that for work and I don't want it to take me 30\40 minutes to get to my club
You are of course right, I could go further afield and pay less and in fact I do, I go to RA and pay less than I would if I went to Windlesham (2.2 miles but can take 15 minutes at the wrong time of day) or Camberley Heath (4.2 miles but again in rush hour if the A30 is playing up can take 15 to 20 minutes). With RA I get a decent golf course, not the best but not the worst and improving with age and it never takes me more than 10 minutes to get there, I can turn up and play when I want and there are a good group of guys I play with all the time.
The problem with these threads is those of you who live in less expensive areas see £1500 as expensive, to those of us that live here it's normal, we don't think twice about it. It's all very well saying you'd never pay £1500 to play golf but if you lived here, you most likely would, you'd have no choice unless you wanted a long journey to get there.
Unfortunately this is so competely how it is around here in respect of subs and getting around - I'd rather it wasn't. I do however think twice about it - once a year when my Mrs asks about my renewal notice (which I try and hide).
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Maybe "Don't think twice about it" was the wrong term. Probably should have said it doesn't surprise us like it does many other folk. I'm lucky in that Mrs H knows what to expect at renewal time, If I said I was moving to Bearwood Lakes she would probably be a little less accepting of it. Mind you, I don't think there would ever be a time when I considered £3K a year an acceptable amount to spend on golf membership.
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£820 a year + annual subs to EGU etc. The course is 100% worth it...one of the only courses around that has not got wet in any way shape or form, and continued to be open throughout the winter with no boggyness. I don't begrudge paying it, however, the fees are too expensive for where the course is located. The local town isn't exactly a wealthy town and so struggles to attract members due to the fees. I believe we only currently have around 450 members...so it is always a yearly struggle to balance the books! Coupled with the fact we don't own the land, it is rented from Crown Estates at (normally) £95,000 a year...
MadAdey
Money List Winner
I would not think you to be boastful Ethan. At the end of the day you are a doctor, so you worked hard at school then followed it up with about 7 years at med school. If you can afford to be a member at an exclusive golf club then you have worked hard for it. :thup:
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
Oddsocks - am at Dulwich & Sydenham Hill. Don't think our subs would get you into the car park at Royal Blackheath.
One thing to lob into the general discussion is that our fees went up by 25% 3 years back - because our lease is up for renewal and we're faced with an annual rent increase of £170,000 for the course - ie an extra £3,269 per week. Round here thats the ludicrous price of land so not surprising that sub are high. Oh, and we're expected to rebuild the club house which will cost about 3 million. We pay cos we have to if we want the club to survive.
Wafty
Medal Winner
It'll Only be £400 a year for me once I join in a couple weeks but I can still get away with a Youth Membership as i'm only 20 
Fairly decent course but almost completely out of action the entire winter pretty much which sucks.
Fairly decent course but almost completely out of action the entire winter pretty much which sucks.stevie_r
Tour Winner
It'll Only be £400 a year for me once I join in a couple weeks but I can still get away with a Youth Membership as i'm only 20
Which club are you joining, if you don't mind me asking?
