Membership for the Occasional Golfer

As part of the Club’s general strategy to modernise the way we do business and particularly maintain a healthy membership level, your Committee aims to introduce a membership package that will cater for the occasional golfer. The model favoured by Committee is one that offers full membership through payment of a reduced annual subscription together with payment of a concessionary green fee prior to each occasion of commencing play.  

The price structure being proposed is 50% of the appropriate annual subscription and a concessionary green fee of:

£20 per round at weekend during the season (April through September);
£15 per round at all other times;
£5 per ten holes.

The above model will provide a financial benefit to those who play less than 26 rounds a year and should have a positive effect in recruiting members with competing work and family commitments as well as retaining existing members who can’t justify a full subscription for as often as they now play. The model also provides a “pay as you go” element which may appeal to some regardless of any financial saving.

Committee noted that such an approach offers the following advantages:

• Easy to understand, implement and police;
• Full Membership is retained so allows competition golf;
• Provides a “one size fits all” solution and thereby avoids a plethora of categories.
• Doesn’t restrict play, as members can play as often as they want but sets a threshold which,
  if exceeded, will involve paying more than the full membership fee;
• It follows a model already approved by members at AGM. (“Distance Membership”)
  

Further details are posted in the Members’ Section of the club website under “Notes of Policy Sub-Committee Meetings”.

To implement such a change will require approval of members at the AGM and details are being circulated well in advance to obtain members’ views and address any concerns.
Keeping you posted,

Dave B

Hon. Secretary.