Beginner membership..... Again

Billydoc · 06-10-2015 6:46pm #1

I've a friend that joined a club three years ago as a beginner for a year... Didn't play much and still really beginner/crap.... He's on about joining another club next year and going beginner again... Can he do this? get a new Gui and start afresh.... He says he's gonna really give it a go this time round

rrpc · 09-10-2015 4:35pm

I'm not sure what you mean by beginner membership. As far as I know you're a junior, student or full member with some clubs having five day membership or distance membership as well.

dan_ep82 · 09-10-2015 5:20pm

Fairly sure you will have to submit 3 new cards and get a new HC

Senna · 09-10-2015 5:39pm

Lots of clubs doing full membership but with a cheaper beginners rate for 1 or a couple of years.

Billydoc · 09-10-2015 5:50pm

Basically just moving club to get cheaper membership and saying that he was never a member before.... He knows he'll get a new hc and put in three cards but will the Gui flag him that he was a member before with the name and DOB....

Seve OB · 09-10-2015 5:57pm

He must declare that he had a previous handicap. It won't get a new handicap. It will just move with him

Billydoc · 09-10-2015 6:19pm

That's grand I'll mention this to him but I think he'll just say he never was member before and see how it goes.....

Seve OB · 09-10-2015 9:25pm

Billydoc wrote: »

That's grand I'll mention this to him but I think he'll just say he never was member before and see how it goes.....

in that case, no matter how bad he is, i hope they give him something like a 10-14

Billydoc · 09-10-2015 9:40pm

34 would be closer he'd need 😂😂😂😂

Seve OB · 09-10-2015 10:42pm

Billydoc wrote: »

34 would be closer he'd need 😂😂😂😂

well then you should be honest..... what happened you in the old place... did you get a handicap to low for you and is that why you are leaving?

Billydoc · 10-10-2015 9:03am

Both same distance away... Just cheaper to go beginner again for the year is all

Seve OB · 10-10-2015 9:33pm

As above said...... I've never heard of beginner memberships

Billydoc · 10-10-2015 9:39pm

To be honest very common with most clubs I thought, say full membership 500 quid... Beginner could be 250... A lot of clubs seem to do beginner now I thought

Seve OB · 10-10-2015 9:44pm

Maybe a special rate to get new members in,. Also a lot do discount for under 30

Not "beginner" though. What clubs do this?

Billydoc · 10-10-2015 10:06pm

I just googled beginner golf memberships cause I thought maybe they aren't popular but plenty clubs around Ireland... It's basically first time joining a club at reduced rates.

charlieIRL · 11-10-2015 3:32pm

Beginning membership is offered by some clubs to attract new members, not lads looking to hop from club to club. Once you've had a handicap you can't be considered a beginner again.

pistol_75 · 13-10-2015 7:53am

I've seen it used in my club to give people the opportunity to try out the game. Think it was €200 for the year but this just gave them basically a chance to play golf.

No handicap, GUI status etc unless they chose to sign up after the trial period as a full member.

Beginner membership..... Again

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