Competition fees on the rise.

Montgolfier · 24-08-2018 11:44am #1

What are your club competition fees for members? I'm currently club less so interested to know before I rejoin.

Benildus · 24-08-2018 11:49am

€5. €10 for the majors

slave1 · 24-08-2018 12:22pm

€7, too much IMO when I can play an open for as little as a fiver extra or €12 extra in the vicinity

golfguy1 · 24-08-2018 12:32pm

€5 for most
€10 for exchange days with tralee, dooks and ballybunion and 10 major comps per yr

plumber77 · 24-08-2018 1:24pm

€8 normal comp €10 majors

slave1 · 24-08-2018 1:25pm

golfguy1 wrote: »

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€10 for exchange days with tralee, dooks and ballybunion ...

Nice, where are you a member of?

davegilly · 24-08-2018 1:26pm

The club I'm in currently is €3 for regular events. The club doesn't suit me though for various reasons so I'm leaving at the end of this year.

The place I think I'm going to join is €10 which includes 2's. Bit steep compared to others but membership fees are on the low side compared to other courses locally to offset it I guess.

spacecoyote · 24-08-2018 1:27pm

5.50 in my club, 7.50 for majors

golfguy1 · 24-08-2018 1:29pm

slave1 wrote: »

Nice, where are you a member of?

Killarney.

Seve OB · 24-08-2018 3:02pm

€7. Includes 2's. I think it's €5.50 without 2's
€10 for Matchplay comps
€25 for Captains.

Montgolfier · 24-08-2018 3:05pm

Looking at joining Tramore but the competition fees are expensive imo.

spacecoyote · 24-08-2018 3:33pm

Montgolfier wrote: »

Looking at joining Tramore but the competition fees are expensive imo.

Are those competition fees, or is that the fee for the round of golf on a Pay&Play style membership?

kev_s88 · 24-08-2018 4:48pm

€6 for regular comps, €8 for majors and €15 for 27 hole captains

none of that including 2s

Montgolfier · 24-08-2018 5:43pm

spacecoyote wrote: »

Are those competition fees, or is that the fee for the round of golf on a Pay&Play style membership?

Competition fees for members as far as I know.

markthespark77 · 24-08-2018 7:29pm

8 euro for standard Sunday comps.. 10-15 euro for majors

davegilly · 24-08-2018 8:45pm

On a separate note, anyone know if there is a list of clubs offering pay and play or Flexi memberships available? Around the North Kildare or West Dublin areas in particular!!

spacecoyote · 24-08-2018 10:28pm

davegilly wrote: »

On a separate note, anyone know if there is a list of clubs offering pay and play or Flexi memberships available? Around the North Kildare or West Dublin areas in particular!!

Grange Castle & City West both offer pay&play.

First Up · 25-08-2018 5:53am

Lisheen Springs does Flexi membership.

blue note · 25-08-2018 6:42am

Montgolfier wrote: »

Looking at joining Tramore but the competition fees are expensive imo.

I was a member in tramore golf club until 2015. The Friday open for €13 includes a dinner after. I think you could pay for it without the dinner at €7 probably.

Regular competitions were €7 back then and probably still are. The majors a little more as with open week.

It's easily the best course around in my opinion. If that's important to you I'd be choosing tramore.

Montgolfier · 25-08-2018 2:16pm

blue note wrote: »

I was a member in tramore golf club until 2015. The Friday open for €13 includes a dinner after. I think you could pay for it without the dinner at €7 probably.

Regular competitions were €7 back then and probably still are. The majors a little more as with open week.

It's easily the best course around in my opinion. If that's important to you I'd be choosing tramore.

I agree it is a very nice course but so is faithlegg, Waterford castle and Waterford GC none of which have such high competition fees. Its a factor in my decision of where to join.

golfguy1 · 25-08-2018 2:21pm

Montgolfier wrote: »

I agree it is a very nice course but so is faithlegg, Waterford castle and Waterford GC none of which have such high competition fees. Its a factor in my decision of where to join.

Dungarvan for €300 Is surely the best value in Waterford.
Lovely greens and open all yr round
€7 for comps

downthemiddle · 25-08-2018 2:41pm

davegilly wrote: »

On a separate note, anyone know if there is a list of clubs offering pay and play or Flexi memberships available? Around the North Kildare or West Dublin areas in particular!!

Blessington Lakes have pay and play membership for 150 euro.

CalamariFritti · 25-08-2018 11:51pm

Montgolfier wrote: »

Looking at joining Tramore but the competition fees are expensive imo.

That screenshot you have, that just happens to be our open week (9 days). Member fees are quite high in those.
Normal weekend competition is €7. Tuesday 11 hole 4ball is €5. Friday is €13, but thats with food. And just seeing that other comment, no you can't opt out of the food on Friday, Friday is €13.

blue note · 26-08-2018 7:13am

Montgolfier wrote: »

I agree it is a very nice course but so is faithlegg, Waterford castle and Waterford GC none of which have such high competition fees. Its a factor in my decision of where to join.

Sorry, I meant to say I think it's just open week that's that expensive. Competitions were €7 a couple of years ago. They probably still are. The friday open prices your looking at include a meal.

El festino · 26-08-2018 1:26pm

€7. Our captains prize recently was €20 which I thought was excessive.

death1234567 · 03-09-2018 1:22pm

Does anyone have any idea how much (if any) of the typical Sunday competition fees goes into the prizes? Or are the prizes all sponsorship and the fees all going towards the club.

Seve OB · 03-09-2018 1:44pm

death1234567 wrote: »

Does anyone have any idea how much (if any) of the typical Sunday competition fees goes into the prizes? Or are the prizes all sponsorship and the fees all going towards the club.

I would imagine most clubs will have a fixed prize value for each week. Might differ with medals or major competitions.

I would take a punt that most clubs have very few sponsored competitions in the overall scheme of things. Probably limited to open weeks and special events.

http://castleknockmembersclub.com/2018-results/

Montgolfier · 03-09-2018 5:42pm

Seve OB wrote: »

I would imagine most clubs will have a fixed prize value for each week. Might differ with medals or major competitions.

I would take a punt that most clubs have very few sponsored competitions in the overall scheme of things. Probably limited to open weeks and special events.

http://castleknockmembersclub.com/2018-results/

You would expect open week/fortnight to be cheaper for members if it was being sponsored.

Seve OB · 03-09-2018 7:08pm

Montgolfier wrote: »

You would expect open week/fortnight to be cheaper for members if it was being sponsored.

Nope.
I would expect better prizes.

slave1 · 03-09-2018 7:33pm

El festino wrote: »

€7. Our captains prize recently was €20 which I thought was excessive.

That is very high indeed, excessive is certainly the word

Seve OB · 04-09-2018 12:07am

El festino wrote: »

€7. Our captains prize recently was €20 which I thought was excessive.

slave1 wrote: »

That is very high indeed, excessive is certainly the word

what do you get for it though?
€25 for our captains the last few years, but on top of your competition entry which you really have to think is fair to be a bit more than the usual €7 for the top 3 or 4 prizes, you also get
7 main prizes, top 3 in each class, front 9, back 9, best gross and a putting competition.
a burger after 9 with your choice of soft drink/water/bars and generally no issue if you take a few, some folk do grab a cheeky second burger maybe before your game or after.
oh and a few kegs of beer out on the putting green so if you want 4 or 5 pints, work away

so not bad value really

swededmonkey · 06-09-2018 8:48am

Seve OB wrote: »

Nope.
I would expect better prizes.

Not necessarily. Prizes are wholly dependant on the generosity of the competition sponsor. In the last year, where I'm a country member, I've won a competition and got a €40 voucher for the pro shop. A few weeks later, different sponsor, I won my section and got a €70 voucher. In my home club, all prizes are cash applied to your GUI card and are with the exception of about 3 comps a year, funded by the competition fees

Seve OB · 06-09-2018 9:47am

swededmonkey wrote: »

Not necessarily. Prizes are wholly dependant on the generosity of the competition sponsor. In the last year, where I'm a country member, I've won a competition and got a €40 voucher for the pro shop. A few weeks later, different sponsor, I won my section and got a €70 voucher. In my home club, all prizes are cash applied to your GUI card and are with the exception of about 3 comps a year, funded by the competition fees

Different comps will bring different prizes. EG. Medals might have slightly better prizes that the run of the mill weekly comps.

You would expect that a club has a standard prize structure. If they don't, then IMO, that's bad management. Prizes should come out of the entries. if the event is sponsored, then there are still entries, so by default the prize pool is going to be bigger or else the prize pool may stay the same and the surplus can go towards the running of the club. A decent club will tell sponsors it costs X amount to sponsor the Wednesday comp or whatever. If someone wants to sponsor less, sure the club should accept it, but that shouldn't mean the prize fund would be lower. If someone wants to sponsor more and give bigger and better prizes, well then that proves my point.

Possibly some smaller clubs will structure their prize fund based on numbers playing, especially if it is coming out of the entries on the day, rather than averaged out over a normal period.

So in your case, I would imagine, €40 is the normal prize week in week out. But then you won again in a better sponsored comp

slingerz · 06-09-2018 2:53pm

€6 regular and €15 major.

Dont have a problem with it really as i'm spend more money on much worse things!!

swededmonkey · 06-09-2018 8:48pm

Seve OB wrote: »

Different comps will bring different prizes. EG. Medals might have slightly better prizes that the run of the mill weekly comps.

You would expect that a club has a standard prize structure. If they don't, then IMO, that's bad management. Prizes should come out of the entries. if the event is sponsored, then there are still entries, so by default the prize pool is going to be bigger or else the prize pool may stay the same and the surplus can go towards the running of the club. A decent club will tell sponsors it costs X amount to sponsor the Wednesday comp or whatever. If someone wants to sponsor less, sure the club should accept it, but that shouldn't mean the prize fund would be lower. If someone wants to sponsor more and give bigger and better prizes, well then that proves my point.

Possibly some smaller clubs will structure their prize fund based on numbers playing, especially if it is coming out of the entries on the day, rather than averaged out over a normal period.

So in your case, I would imagine, €40 is the normal prize week in week out. But then you won again in a better sponsored comp

The club in question are struggling financially and entry fees afaik are being used to help fund the club and pay staff. My home club are flying at the minute and have a set prize structure outside of the bigger comps

Competition fees on the rise.

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