hovis
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Put a group of fisherman, golfers and skydivers in a room and imo you will experience three totally different personalities.
Why is work experience important when joining a golf club?
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Put a group of fisherman, golfers and skydivers in a room and imo you will experience three totally different personalities.
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You really judge people like that ? Based on the sport they play ?
Golf is a very social game - you interact socially whilst playing golf - yet you say you won't socialise with golfers ? Do you play in silence ?
hovis
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No but funnily enough the people i play with have the same views as me. I'm just a grumpy man phil!
And i wouldnt say "wont" socialise. Just struggle to strike conversation
backwoodsman
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Very odd and selective some of these private members clubs? And not the sort of people you'd normally mingle with. Our weekend swindle is full of them - out of the regulars, I think I could get my bathroom fitted, plumbed and wired, whilst getting cabbed down to Homebase to get supplies. And whilst waiting for the paint to dry, I could have my accounts done, my housing benefit sorted, get someone arrested, and probably have them sent down for two more years than they should be. I could have my risks managed, my quantities surveyed and my teeth filled.
But the strange thing is, everyone looks the same when they're bending down to pick a golf ball out of the hole...
But the strange thing is, everyone looks the same when they're bending down to pick a golf ball out of the hole...
ger147
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What group do people who both fish and play golf go into?
I don't know any sky divers...
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stevie_r
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chellie
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I know one who has done skydiving and golfs. Only stopped skydiving due to injury. Also someone who fishes and golfs.
Break90
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Having recently joined a new club ( and knowing absolutely no existing members there) I can empathise.
It's a members club based in Cambridge, the land is owned by one of the oldest colleges at Cambridge University, and at my interview I looked at the list of past captains on the board full of Professors, Brigadier Generals, Judges and the like. The place is 110 years old and reeks of tradition.
I am of North London origin, working class with no airs and graces.
Since I joined 1 month ago I have played with 8 different members, and met and spoke to approximately another 10-20 in the clubhouse.
To a man they have welcomed me as a new member, I have been made to feel welcome and encouraged to integrate myself into the club by playing comps and signing up to play in club matchers in the coming season. There have also been enough f's and c's heard on the course (not from me, I'm still on my best behaviour!!) to make me feel at home.
The interview was a concern at the time, but was (as I was correctly advised on here), little more than a formality. I was asked what I did for a living, amongst other things, but it wasn't a big deal.
It's horses for courses IMO, members clubs and their traditions/processes might not be for everyone, and if you don't agree with something, there's plenty of other options to get your golf fix.
It's a members club based in Cambridge, the land is owned by one of the oldest colleges at Cambridge University, and at my interview I looked at the list of past captains on the board full of Professors, Brigadier Generals, Judges and the like. The place is 110 years old and reeks of tradition.
I am of North London origin, working class with no airs and graces.
Since I joined 1 month ago I have played with 8 different members, and met and spoke to approximately another 10-20 in the clubhouse.
To a man they have welcomed me as a new member, I have been made to feel welcome and encouraged to integrate myself into the club by playing comps and signing up to play in club matchers in the coming season. There have also been enough f's and c's heard on the course (not from me, I'm still on my best behaviour!!) to make me feel at home.
The interview was a concern at the time, but was (as I was correctly advised on here), little more than a formality. I was asked what I did for a living, amongst other things, but it wasn't a big deal.
It's horses for courses IMO, members clubs and their traditions/processes might not be for everyone, and if you don't agree with something, there's plenty of other options to get your golf fix.
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Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
I know what you are saying, I've got a group of mates I've known for decades and I need more than the fact we like playing the same sport to become people I'd socialise with.
I also can't understand those couples who go on holiday with people they meet at NCT classes as all they normally have in common is that they are having a baby. Couldn't stand most of the couples in ours and when someone suggested a get together after the births we made sure we were busy that night. Baa humbug.
hovis
Tour Winner
I take it all back. Your my type of person. Fancy a pint in the club house!!!!
chrisg
Head Pro
The single and available group probably
:rofl: my time is torn between family, golf and fishing.... currently fishing is losing, but not always... luckily the sort of fishing I do is winter based, so fits ok with summer golf..... problem is I've played all winter - this weekend was only the second I've missed all winter... the rods are currently gathering dust....
Id like to have a go at skydiving too! I have bungee'd a couple of times though...
G1BB0
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my mum is still firends with some from ante/post natal from when she was expecting, that was 42 years ago!
I get on with a lot at my old club but wouldnt socialise with them apart from a drink after the round.
with regards the OP, I wouldnt be bothered about putting my work history, nowt special but if it was for vetting and I didnt fit their criteria then I would rather know up front and go elsewhere knowing my money was accepted gratefully!
I get on with a lot at my old club but wouldnt socialise with them apart from a drink after the round.
with regards the OP, I wouldnt be bothered about putting my work history, nowt special but if it was for vetting and I didnt fit their criteria then I would rather know up front and go elsewhere knowing my money was accepted gratefully!
ColchesterFC
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I'm fairly sure that I don't look like this when I'm bending over to get the ball out of the hole..............
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richart
Major Champion
Not so sure about that. I play golf with a lot of people that also fish. They are lovely people when they play golf, but I hear they are horrible when they become fisherman.
Don't know any skydivers though so can't comment on them. I imagine they are generally younger, so perhaps it is an age problem.
I do love generalisation though of at least a million fisherman and golfers in the UK.
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
Ah, but. To me you might
Foxholer
Blackballed
I had heard that Gogs were desperate for new members! Didn't realise how desperate! :rofl:
Hope you enjoy it as much as someone I knew from elsewhere (lost contact) enjoyed it. It's the club where a Club Fitter I know, who belongs to several Clubs, reckons would be the last club he'd leave.
@OP. No idea why Work history would be a consideration. May be just a throwback to the days when Members Golf Clubs were for 'like-minded' folk.
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palindromicbob
Tour Winner
If you did look like that then it wouldn't be too long before you needed one of these.
and a pair of these.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
It would be cool to think they're interested in work experience because they actively offer discounted subs in exchange for skills & services that members have i.e a website designer, maybe re-tiling the locker room, accountant, maybe even a former green-keeper looking to join etc etc...
... would hate to think its to assess membership suitability (& they'd never admit that anyway)
If the former I'm sure the questionnaire/application would be worded differently to simply saying give us your work experience
... would hate to think its to assess membership suitability (& they'd never admit that anyway)
If the former I'm sure the questionnaire/application would be worded differently to simply saying give us your work experience
cleanstrike
Assistant Pro
Tell them that you are not permitted to divulge such information unless they have level 10 security clearance and you could mumble a mention of the Official Secrets Act being involved as well.
