Whats The Cheapest Form Of Membership?

O.P.H

I don't want a handicap and I don't want any vote or say in how the club is ran, all I want is to be able to go out on the course without having to pay green fees everytime. I know most clubs charge like approx €7000 to join with a few hundred a year and this gets you full membership and there are student membership deals and so on, but if your not a student whats the bottom of the barrel, most basic deal you can get and generally what would it cost? Cheers.

slumped

Hollystown have three options - www.hollystown.com

Three nines (27 holes) and a good layout.

S

O.P.H

I live in Galway but the way this Club does it, as in offers 3 types of memberships, is that comman practice with other Golf courses around Ireland. I'd pay a few hundred quid a year to cover green fees etc but I dont want to shell out a few grand to become a member of a club when I'll never bother to play in comps or ever go to AGM's etc

Mister Sifter

I'm not sure about Galway, but there are a few such offers at clubs around Dublin. I read a feature on Hollystown recently and it was saying how Hollystown was set up to allow people to make golf more affordable for the people around Dublin. I'm sure if you have a look about the internet at courses in and around Galway you might come across something similar.

O.P.H

Well I checked the course I usually play on and these are the membership options it has -

Single Membership (Male / Female) - approx €4000 + yearly fees of like €600

Country Membership

Pavilion Membership

Junior Membership

Overseas Membership

Now the only price I know is the full membership, I havent a clue what the others intail or how much they are, any ideas what they mean

Mister Sifter

I'm fairly sure it will mean something like this...

Country Membership - you have to live a certain distance from the course and probably have to be a member of a club elsewhere. There's a chance playing times will be limited to weekdays. Different clubs vary.

Pavilion Membership - Not 100pc sure on this, but probably give you access t othe club / facilities. More or less a social membership... i.e. you join, but don't play golf.

Junior Membership - for under 18's. Not an option for you.

Overseas Membership - if you live abroad you will get a reduced rate as you will probably not play too much. not really an option for you.

Scobius90

OPH if you live in Galway why don't you look at some of the county GCs such as Athenry, Tuam, Loughrea and Ballinasloe to name a few. Some of these don't charge a sub, only annual membership of ca. 400 - 600

in fact am playing Athenry for the first time tomorrow and have heard good things, really lookin fwd to it

O.P.H

Athenry is where I always play but I have to pay green fees, they charge a sub of like €4000. Its a very nice course, quite low lying not too hilly, alot of tall trees which makes the place look amazing around some of the holes (16th green), greens are in good nick at the moment and they just finished their new club house. Tells us what you think.

Scobius90

any tips or advice before I head out?

Scobius90

Well, played Athenry yesterday and has OPH said, its a low-lying and relatively flat course with plenty of mature and semi-mature trees which line a lot of the fairways. The fairways were cut very tight and were in excellent condition and the rough was forgiving. The greens were very fast and in really excellent condition with plenty of protection from really well maintained bunkers. All in all I would suggest that this course is a reasonable and very enjoyable test, although on my round yesterday I am certainly no expert :mad:

However they do need to update their website - FYI Greens fees are €40 mid week (€15 student) and €50 weekend; €10 above the published prices.

O.P.H

Ya I noticed that aswell, they do need to update the website. I figured thats what you'd think of the course. My only problem with Athenry is that its a little too straight forward, I like it when a golf course has alot of unusual holes with alot of hasards that force you to use your imagination etc. A course in Galway that opened up a few weeks back, Cregmore GC, gave me one the most enjoyable rounds of golf I'd ever had. Its new so the greens will take time but they are still smooth and true, just a bit hard and fast but they are extremely well shaped with very hard slopes etc and generally surrounded by great bunkers. Fairways well maintained and is good a firm so the ball runs well. Rough is quite difficult and the course is surrounded by heavy gorse grass, they've planted alot of trees so in years to come it will look incredible. Every hole has alot of well placed hazards and great slopes through the fairways, its also a low lying course. €35 green fees, small but nice temporary club house, definitly worth a look if your playin in Galway again.

Scobius90

looks good and not far from the city.
will definitely have to give it a go.
Tanx OPH

O.P.H

Ya just head out the Monivea Road and about 4 or 5 miles out from city theres a small sign on the right of the road, we missed it first time and drove 6 miles past it, the sign is right after Egans Bar, then its a left and its just a few hundred yards down the road, they've planned a huge hotel to go up there but at the minute its like driving into the back of someones home, hope ya enjoy it

Scobius90

I know the road and turn-off well .... must take a gander when am headin home for the weekend that way again

outta interest do you know how long its open?

*****Sorry scratch that I've just re-read your previous mail :-)********

Golf Ninja

check out http://www.golfdublin.com

Hope it helps you out.

Mister Sifter

Golf Ninja wrote:

check out http://www.golfdublin.com

Hope it helps you out.

Bit of a treck from the other side of the country!:D

O.P.H

Sure if the price is right