Member of multiple clubs?

Yeah, there's been one big one in Dublin that made national news. I don't think a h'cap committee is doing its job these days without someone threatening litigation 🤣.

The original club above might be at fault there if they didn't have a h'cap sub-committee in play. This should reduce vendettas and have some balance in decision-making. You'd hope that the chap in question had been afforded the appeal route. A pity they were hounded out.

There could well be a handicap issue, and they may have significant "away" members playing the majority of golf at the club already. I'd suspect it's more likely something to do with bumping their numbers up and financing. They've about 4-5 competing clubs within 30 mins drive. Plenty of people from those clubs would have joined there as full members (away club) because the sub was reasonable and no hello money. The optics of 30 extra full home members would look more stable than 30 away members.

The process is:

1. Discuss with H'cap committee if you disagree.
2. Appeal to club via the appeals panel.
3. Golf Ireland escalation. There's a €200 fee also.

I believe there's a further (final) option beyond this with Sport Ireland or some independent mediator. I've never heard of anyone local going to a GI hearing. There were members before my time who went straight to GI about WHS/handicap whinging. They were swiftly referred back to the club. Never went further than that.

Not that kind of guy. He appealed, but nothing doing. So he joined another club to get away from the hcap sec. Absolutely nuts.