Member of multiple clubs..

joxer1988

Hi all, first post on this forum.. Hope to become an active member.

First off a question - towards the end of last year, I joined a golf. Haven't played there much nor have I got a handicap.

Recently I received an offer to join another club which would be preferable - mates playing there, location etc. Luckily I can afford to pay both subs - benefits of intermediate pricing - is it against any regulations to do so?

Ideally, I'd relinquish my membership at the first place and sign up with the second, but I don't fancy my chances in getting the sub refunded..!

Thanks.

BigChap1759

Absolutely no problem being a member of multiple clubs - wish I had the money to do so!

cairny

The club that you play most in will manage your handicap.

mike12

It's no problem ended up with membership of 4 clubs at one point.
Leaving one where membership ran to April, Joined another where we got a deal from April, was a distance member of my club at home and had goted a 18 month deal in Corballis to play a bit of winter golf. .
Ended up with 4 GUI cards.

galwaylad14

cairny wrote: »

The club that you play most in will manage your handicap.

Don't think that's correct. I think you have to nominate one of them as your home club and this is the one that manages your handicap and this is the club you would represent in inter club comps etc.

I've never been in that situation but I'm fairly sure this is the case

cairny

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Don't think that's correct. I think you have to nominate one of them as your home club and this is the one that manages your handicap and this is the club you would represent in inter club comps etc.

I've never been in that situation but I'm fairly sure this is the case

Based on what?

Situation arose in my club last year, because a fella played more in his second club they took over managing his handicap...and cut him two shots, but that's another story.

Rikand

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Don't think that's correct. I think you have to nominate one of them as your home club and this is the one that manages your handicap and this is the club you would represent in inter club comps etc.

I've never been in that situation but I'm fairly sure this is the case

I dont think that's true on the interclubs. I seem to remember we once had a player in Athlone who was a member of both Athlone and Glasson. I think he played Jimmy Bruen for Glasson and Pierce Purcell for Athlone

Or possibly it was Pierce Purcell for Glasson and then one of the Connacht interclub (jack O'sullivan/Connacht Shield) events for Athlone.

[approx 10 years ago now, so my memory might be a little fuzzy ]

Anyways, the main point being, you don't have to play interclub for the club where your handicap is declared.

the guys who play for the university teams are probably a better example of that ( UCD/NUIM )

markie4

Home club is nominated by the player. It is supposed to be the club the player plays the majority of his competition golf, but this is probably not enforced as much as it should be. GUI review last year identified a player in my club who we were told should have my club as his home club. Though in his case, I think it was 3 comps vs 2 comps in his other club, so not exactly an active player or a major difference, but technically the majority of his golf was not at his "home" club.

WRT to interclub, Rikand has it spot on. Once you play for a club in a given comp say Jimmy Bruen, you can't play for anyone else that year in that comp, but you could play Junior Cup or Pierce Purcell for another club.

Golfgraffix

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Don't think that's correct. I think you have to nominate one of them as your home club and this is the one that manages your handicap and this is the club you would represent in inter club comps etc.

The rule is quite clear, it is the club where you play the majority of you golf. We had an audit in December and we had to move two players from their home club to ours.

J

Ronney

Presume some exception is made for people playing inter club for ucd or nui. Think they only enter scratch comps so banditry not really an issue


On the multiple club think remember reading this about dermott deasmonds list of clubs from the dunhillnlinls links,

"He is a member of many clubs, including K Club and Portmarnock in Ireland, Archerfield, Queenwood and Sunningdale in UK, La Zagaleta and Valderrama in Spain, Deepdale and Pine Valley in US and Green Monkey in Barbados."

Pretty sure he is in Waterville and Elm Park too.

Just a little jealous

Unglika Norse

Just to clarify, your handicap must be held at the club where you play the majority of your qualifying golf. section 8.2 of the UHS.

Seve OB

yea, but the guy has already paid his GUI fee to the first club, so he should not have to pay that again, I didn't when I joined a second club. surely, whoever you pay the GUI fee to, is where your handicap gets managed? when next years sub comes around, then he could move it?
no issue for me as I only use my second club for practice.

cairny

"surely, whoever you pay the GUI fee to, is where your handicap gets managed? "

No. That would allow you to choose where to have it managed and this is not permitted by the Rule as other posters have said.

You don't have to pay a second fee.

Seve OB

cairny wrote: »

"surely, whoever you pay the GUI fee to, is where your handicap gets managed? "

No. That would allow you to choose where to have it managed and this is not permitted by the Rule as other posters have said.

You don't have to pay a second fee.

yea but the fee is already paid...for this year... move it next year if you have to

joxer1988

Seve OB wrote: »

yea but the fee is already paid...for this year... move it next year if you have to

Thanks all for your help.

Should I designate one club as my home club then? To confirm that is where the HC should be managed..

Seve OB

joxer1988 wrote: »

Thanks all for your help.

Should I designate one club as my home club then? To confirm that is where the HC should be managed..

well if i were you, i would be joining the second club and telling them you already have a gui associated with another club and have paid gui fee to them
i did this and there wasn't a problem

if you dont renew first club next year, then you can pay the new club gui going forward

cairny

Seve OB wrote: »

yea but the fee is already paid...for this year... move it next year if you have to

The fee has nothing to do with who manages the handicap.

cairny

joxer1988 wrote: »

Thanks all for your help.

Should I designate one club as my home club then? To confirm that is where the HC should be managed..

Yes. You must select one as your home club and you must select the one where you play the majority of your qualifying competitons. It sounds as if that is going to be the new club so tell them that and ask them to manage your handicap.

You won't have to pay a second GUI fee.