Independent Golfer Ireland

PARlance

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123403066#Comment_123403066

The OP didn't say the green fee rate for the day was €25.

They said they were charged €60 for the open, and "visitors were €25". I would take it that €25 was the visitors rate for the open. Most opens have a members rate and a visitors rate... The green fee for the day usually being higher than the open visitors rate.

We don't know if the €60 they were charged was higher than the green fee rate though. It could be the case that the club is taking their green fee rate and adding something onto it as an admin fee for the open.

awec

The 25 rate would only have been available to full Golf Ireland members, not Joe Public.

spacecoyote

In essence what it amounts to is:

OP gets iGolf membership

OP expects that they should be getting the same discounted rate that other GI club members get for Open comps

Clubs say, we don't recognise iGolf as being a club. So we're going to charge a standard green fee plus a competition fee for iGolfers to enter our open competitions.

So for a GI club member it's maybe a breakdown of: 25 = 15 green fee + 10 comp fee

For iGolfer it's maybe a breakdown of: 60 = 50 green fee + 10 comp fee.

Whether you claim it's a money-spinner or agreeing reciprocal rates for opens between clubs is kind of irrelevant.

For right or wrong, ultimately, the clubs want people joining clubs, not taking independent membership and expecting discounted green fees

slave1

I'm booking various rounds around the country and seeing a norm of full rate for GI members on Open Days and they are not entered into the prizes unless a certain number of GI entrants on the day in which case there is a separate GI prize.

In other words there is no difference between paying a visitor green fee on say, a Tuesday or playing an Open Day on a Wednesday as from a cost perspective and handicap maintenance there is no difference.

Obviously easier to get out on an Open day.

Seems perfectly reasonable to me

Miley Byrne

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123403066#Comment_123403066

You have this in reverse. The comp fee was €25. Igolfers got charged the greenfee of €35 on top which is fair enough. Staff wages and upkeep costs don't pay for themselves and unless igolfers get charged the greenfee on top of the comp fee then they won't be contributing to these costs either. Why should a member of a club shoulder these costs while an igolfer just gives Golf Ireland €65 and gets to play that same member's club for just the comp fee?

Edited to say why didn't this igolfer confirm the rate before travelling to the course?

JIdontknow

some clubs are charging the comp fee and also the green fee for IGolfers which I imagine was the case here. Some other clubs have a specific category prize for igolfers subject to a certain number entering, so they aren’t eligible for the main prizes. Not sure what happens if they don’t get an adequate number of igolfer entering the comp to justify the igolfer only prize.