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What is normally included in a country membership?

  • 08-04-2013 7:36pm
    #1
    Rippeditup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 444 ✭✭


    Hey,

    So looking at different golf clubs and I am wondering what is normally included in a country membership?

    Thanks
    James


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  • #2
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    Rippeditup wrote: »
    Hey,

    So looking at different golf clubs and I am wondering what is normally included in a country membership?

    Thanks
    James
    Depends on the individual club, but afaik it's includes everything except voting rights at the AGM.


  • #3
    stockdam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    You get a plate of sarnies and a Bud.

    Sorry, normally you get the same as a full member but have no vote. At my club I'm "not expected" to play every Saturday in competitions (but that isn't a problem for me).


  • #4
    For Paws
    Closed Accounts Posts: 812 ✭✭✭For Paws


    stockdam wrote: »
    You get a plate of sarnies and a Bud.

    Sorry, normally you get the same as a full member but have no vote. At my club I'm "not expected" to play every Saturday in competitions (but that isn't a problem for me).

    Did anybody at your Club actually say that you wouldn't be 'expected' to play every Saturday (as in, 'don't be playing too regularly or we'll get the idea you're pushing the 'country member' thing a bit far) ?


  • #5
    Ilik Urgee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭Ilik Urgee


    As a distance member you're not entitled to represent the club at interclub level.
    Depends on the club, you can't win the President's or Captain's prize(not 100% on this).


  • #6
    stockdam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    For Paws wrote: »
    Did anybody at your Club actually say that you wouldn't be 'expected' to play every Saturday (as in, 'don't be playing too regularly or we'll get the idea you're pushing the 'country member' thing a bit far) ?

    Not officially but the Captain did say this at the entrance interview.......ie he said that I could play anytime but as a Country Member he didn't expect to see me play every Saturday.

    I get a reasonable discount for Country Membership but I still probably don't break even as it would probably be cheaper to pay green fees. The good thing though is that I can turn up by myself and get 9 holes in without worrying who to pay.

    I have to pay the same bar levy as a full member but struggle to use the money.


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  • #7
    For Paws
    Closed Accounts Posts: 812 ✭✭✭For Paws


    stockdam wrote: »
    Not officially but the Captain did say this at the entrance interview.......ie he said that I could play anytime but as a Country Member he didn't expect to see me play every Saturday.

    I get a reasonable discount for Country Membership but I still probably don't break even as it would probably be cheaper to pay green fees. The good thing though is that I can turn up by myself and get 9 holes in without worrying who to pay.

    I have to pay the same bar levy as a full member but struggle to use the money.

    Yeah, it's sometimes a balance. Reason I was asking was that I've a mate who was moved cross country by his employer. So as he's there for at least a year and is mad for the game (averages 75 rounds annually) he thinks to join the local club, and his boss generously says he'll 'chip in'.
    The local committee go, well really you're living here now -inside the distance limit- and so Country Membership not open to you. So the mate says fine :rolleyes:, goes a little further up the road and 'country' joins another Club.

    Thing is, he kinda let slip that he'd be playing every chance he got, and maybe that didn't sit well with the locals.


  • #8
    stockdam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    For Paws wrote: »
    Thing is, he kinda let slip that he'd be playing every chance he got, and maybe that didn't sit well with the locals.

    I think the reason for Country Membership is for people who have to travel and/or are just in the area for part of the week. Even if you are transferred from your normal home to a temporary address but are there full-time for the duration you are playing golf then that wouldn't be deemed as Country Membership.

    Some courses require that you also have a home course and that the Country Membership is not your only course.

    However I'd say that many clubs are so desperate for income that they would bend the rules. If they had a long waiting list for full members then they would be pretty strict on Country Members.

    Times are changing and many members are now considering leaving and paying green fees especially as some courses have low green fees in order to attract business. Society Golf is also well supported.


  • #9
    Rippeditup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 444 ✭✭Rippeditup


    Hmmm I see my old club have this option now so I might look into it.
    My Mam still lives out there and from work in the evening i could get out in a decent time.

    Basically i want a GUI and a place that I can go practice/play but between this and a pavilion membership beside me as I am just buying a house at the moment (final stages) and junior on the way.


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