How much are memberships where you live?

[butch33611]

I pay 750.00 at a semi private course. Unlimited play. Season cart fee is 550.00 and unlimited range balls is 160.00. I don't buy the cart fee because an 18 hole cart fee for a member is only 12.00 and I walk a lot of the time. I don't buy the range pass either. I buy a small bucket for 5.00 and guys with the range pass leave half a bucket and walk away. By the time im done on the range Ive hit a couple of large buckets between my small and their left overs.

Based on this thread, life is good where I live. I gota show this to my wife. Let her see how little I spend on golf as to what it could be.

[MadGolfer76]

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Maybe $700 to 1K around here. No dues, initiations, etc. You can pay more, but Maine is kind of a no-man's land of golf.
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So true!

[Sean2]

[quote name='MadGolfer76' timestamp='1395504319' post='8925275']
Maybe $700 to 1K around here. No dues, initiations, etc. You can pay more, but Maine is kind of a no-man's land of golf.
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Well, based on the past few winters we've had, you only get to play one week a year, so that's pretty steep.

[bk52]

A lot of private courses do not advertise their dues. The 2nd best private club in the Ann Arbor, MI area, has a $9,500 initiation fee, $490 a month dues and a requirement to spend $100 each month in the restaurant/grill/tavern.

Once you start getting closer to Detroit, the costs go up for top tier clubs. For a club a notch or two under Oakland Hills, an initiation fee of $46,000 is listed with $540 monthly dues and $150/mo food minimum.

A membership at a nice semi private club around Ann Arbor might run around $1,750 for an individual (all inclusive: cart, range, greens fees).

Our local muni (one championship course and one executive course) sells memberships for $995 (no range and carts extra).

[cardoustie]

Toronto is stupid pricey, remember that approx 45% of the 33 million people live within 80 miles of downtown

Seven month season

My course is down to 35k to get in (was posted at 80 a handful of years back but 45 got you in over 10 years)

Annual dues are 6500 bucks plus 1500 F&B ... A cart plan is an extra 900 if you want it

My buddy is 90 mins East of me at an old classic Stanley Thompson course, I think it is three grand to get in and another three grand annually ... STEAL

[mshills]

What exactly is the question? Cost to join an equity club? Fully private? Semi private? Resort course? Annual pass to public course?

Define "memberships."

Here in sunny Miami Dade, an equity club is.... Seriously expensive. Golf gets much better and more affordable options in Broward County and still better further up in Palm Beach. But overall, golf is quite costly in south Florida.

[resnor]

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In the central NH area it runs from 1,200-1,800 for public courses. 5-8,000 for private clubs, plus initiations, etc.
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Cheapest I've seen is Waukewan, with their $800 weekday only, play after 12pm membership, or Maplewood was around $800. Places like Owl's Nest and Lochmere are like $1600. Then few not as nice, but running around $1200 a year.

[AnEpicName]

I don't know the exact amount we paid for our initiation fee, but it was right around 6 figures. Dues are $700 a month with a $150 food and beverage minimum. But with the membership we have access to 8 outdoor tennis courts, 2 indoor tennis courts, a workout facility, multiple pools, and a spa area.

[nyknicks4412]

Just paid $600 for a semi-private course for the 18-25 age group...real good deal considering the full membership was about $2200. Restricted tee times on weekends though for the membership I got. Additional cost if you wanted a cart but it does get you discounted range balls.

[Phobos]

Here in Stockholm, Sweden a unlimited play membership cost around 4500-8000 sek per year ($700-$1200). No cart fees (no one uses carts in Sweden unless they are disabled or something, everyone walks even 75 year old men and women), no need to buy anything from the restaurants or anything. Some posh clubs still have initiation fees or stocks that you buy from former members, but they are usually pretty cheap nowadays.

Actually, in Sweden you have to be a member of a club to get the compulsory golf license called Grönt kort (green card). To get the green card you also have to take a short course with a PGA Pro and be able to prove that you know the basics in golf when it comes to how to play, the rules, safety and golf etiquette (rake the bunkers, don´t walk in another players putting line and play ready golf). The compulsory memberships don´t need to be with unlimited play so the cheapest types cost around 600 sek ($90) and that includes a free subscription on the magazine Svensk Golf and an accident insurance.

[braincramp52]

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What exactly is the question? Cost to join an equity club? Fully private? Semi private? Resort course? Annual pass to public course?

Define "memberships."

Here in sunny Miami Dade, an equity club is.... Seriously expensive. Golf gets much better and more affordable options in Broward County and still better further up in Palm Beach. But overall, golf is quite costly in south Florida.
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A membership is the cost to play a particular golf course any time you want,as many times as you want, for a calender year.

[FuzzyKnuckles]

I'm a 16 year old and the only golfer in the family so a membership is tough because some courses tell me I'm too young to get a junior membership and others are willing to listen and let me join. But by me(Nashville, TN suburb) it is either private(90% of nearby courses), Public(7% of courses), and muni(3% of courses) these are all rough estimates by the way. And the couple public courses within 30 mins or so of me aren't the best courses but I've looked into joining them. The private courses for a junior membership range from $200-$300 a month and $2k-$6k initiation fees. A couple include $100 month minimum for food and beverages. A public course I was looking at was $1500($125 a month) for 5 days a week or $2300($192 a month) for 7 days a week for unlimited golf, range, and carts(carts are usually required).

And I'd say about 70% the golfers in my area are members somewhere, so private courses are very popular compared to public ones.

[dhogan13]

I'm considering a summer membership at the local CC, decent course, not very challenging for better players but its still hard to me haha. $300 for the summer, or $90 a month yearly just M-thursday green fees, and it goes up from there for full week prices, voting priveleges etc.

the NICE course near me has a M-thursday yearly membership of 1200, which if I had a more lucrative job would definitely consider worth the money. the way I figure it is find out how many rounds of golf you have to play to break even and ask yourself if you think you'll play that much.

so for the summer membership, I'd have to play 4 rounds a month to break even on that deal, hopefully I'll be playing alot more than that lol.

[FullOfBrushMan]

Free golf if you work there.

Normally though it's 2,700$ with access to 3 courses on 7 days. Spouse add-on is 1,150$ and Junior add-on is 600$. This is w/o tax.

The practice facilities are worth it alone if you are a junior on the up and up.

Besides that, not really sure if golf memberships are worth it anymore unless you have a lot of free time.

[ZAP]

Local nine hole muni is $580 for unlimited golf for a family of four. That's us.

Resort course is 1200 for an indivudual unlimited. $100 gets you half off greens fees and a free 18 holes so I usually get that deal and play there a few times a summer.

We wear that muni out. It is actually an interesting course to play and it can be played a number of ways so I don't really get bored.

[Hstead]

Where I live there are basically 3 private courses. One is a 9 hole course and the dues are roughly $1250 per yer, cart extra $15 per 18, and a $200 food minimum for the year. Course is a goat track for the most part. The two other clubs are similar, $3000 initiation, $300 monthly dues, $175 per quarter food minimum, $500 annual cart fee option. Public courses are $45 per round on the weekends and are jammed packed 5 hour sluggfests.

[robengel]

Small town Nebraska public 9 hole course, about $450 a year for family membership. $80 for me to drive my cart on, $120 to store your cart on course. Love small town living, cheap golf.

[J-Rod11]

Here in San Diego it can range from a couple hundred a month at a public course to well into 6 figures for private clubs . . . unfortunately I don't have $200k lying around for a buy-in.

[knock it close]

The good semi privates in my area are about 4,000 with cart with no dinning requirement. Initiation/equity varies widely but the country club's is rumoured to be around 6 figures for initiation

[Jon H]

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In the central NH area it runs from 1,200-1,800 for public courses. 5-8,000 for private clubs, plus initiations, etc.
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Cheapest I've seen is Waukewan, with their $800 weekday only, play after 12pm membership, or Maplewood was around $800. Places like Owl's Nest and Lochmere are like $1600. Then few not as nice, but running around $1200 a year.
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Pheasant Ridge is 700. Lochmare is only 1600? They have fees though, from what I hear.

[resnor]

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[quote name='resnor' timestamp='1395524255' post='8926781']
[quote name='Jon H' timestamp='1395510169' post='8925713']
In the central NH area it runs from 1,200-1,800 for public courses. 5-8,000 for private clubs, plus initiations, etc.
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Cheapest I've seen is Waukewan, with their $800 weekday only, play after 12pm membership, or Maplewood was around $800. Places like Owl's Nest and Lochmere are like $1600. Then few not as nice, but running around $1200 a year.
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Pheasant Ridge is 700. Lochmare is only 1600? They have fees though, from what I hear.
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I didn't think Pheasant Ridge did a stand alone membership...I thought you had to pay $1200 for the Pheasant Ridge, White Mountain, and Country Club of New Hampshire. I would be very interested in a $700 membership at Pheasant Ridge...

[resnor]

Just looking at Lochmere's site, they still say $1600, and no mention of fees, other than a cart fee if you want one.

[patrick421]

$3,000 to $300,000 down here for initiation there are a ton of courses and a ton of really expensive courses. I'd say a mid level course is gonna start around 20k.

[xThor]

Junior rate for the private club I just joined is $100 a month. I visited several before I made my decision (cost was a factor but not the only factor).

Other courses here quoted me BEtween 200-425 a month and anywhere from a $500 to $15,000 initiation fee.

[knock it close]

The private course I'm at in victoria is 80 a month for me as an intermediate which is an exceptional deal as I think the initiation fee for adults is about $35,000

[Orlimar1]

Below is the link to the public course I play. It's $400 for the year for me and my family. I had to "buy" a share at $2200 in order to try to get in the cart shed. After I get in the cart shed, it's $300 or so to leave it out there. Until then it's $10 a person for a cart. It's short yet challenging course. Pretty good shape for all the rounds it sees.

http://golfoakglen.com/

[SixtySomePing]

I live right across the street from a private club I could join, however it's very similar to the one Stevopagolf describes, a bit over $7000 plus a monthly meal requirement of $150. However in the company I work for, we have a league at a course sort of out in the country and the membership is $300 a year. A cart is another $12 for 18 (or $10 for seniors). Which one do you think I picked? By the way, local driving range fees would have been interesting to add to this question. Around here, a large bucket of balls (125) is $10 and a jumbo bucket (175) is $12, with a dollar off each for seniors. Or you can get an unlimited yearly membership for $300.

[Fourmyle of Ceres]

I know of at least one private club in my town that costs right around $5,000 per year in dues. I know of one semi-private course that charge about $800 for dues or $1,100 for unlimited rounds of golf with golf cart included.

I'd imagine everywhere else in town is somewhere between those two extremes. My own club (which BTW has a course worlds nicer than either the super-high-$$$ or super-cheap one I mentioned) is in between but closer to the high end than the low.

But you can play golf year-round on a perfectly cromulent golf course for $800/year and if you walk it will cost you nothing per round. I've played 1,000+ rounds on that course and it's not real nice but it's fun to play and in decent to good condition depending on the time of year. I may well end up playing there again in a few years when I retire.

[hogans71]

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I know of at least one private club in my town that costs right around $5,000 per year in dues. I know of one semi-private course that charge about $800 for dues or $1,100 for unlimited rounds of golf with golf cart included.

I'd imagine everywhere else in town is somewhere between those two extremes. My own club (which BTW has a course worlds nicer than either the super-high-$$$ or super-cheap one I mentioned) is in between but closer to the high end than the low.

But you can play golf year-round on a perfectly cromulent golf course for $800/year and if you walk it will cost you nothing per round. I've played 1,000+ rounds on that course and it's not real nice but it's fun to play and in decent to good condition depending on the time of year. I may well end up playing there again in a few years when I retire.
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Those prices embiggen even the tightest of pocketbooks...

[FuzzyKnuckles]

I heard this is and don't know if its true, but when you end your membership at a club, do you get the initiation fee back? Like $3k initiation fee when you join, and when you end your membership and leave you get the $3k back. Is that true?