Are you a member at a club or a daily fee golfer

[northeastgolfer]

I was talking with a couple of buddies of mine the other day and wanted to ask. How many of you out there are members at a private club or a daily fee golfer. And why one over the other.

[artfulgolfer]

Daily Fee here... Our local private club is now down from a high of $35k to $10k to join and a reasonable $350/mo membership, but I'd feel like I had to play that course exclusively to get my money's worth. I'd rather play more courses and get the occasional invite to the private club... IMO, 3 of our public courses are as good as or better than our private course anyway. I like the larger variety of people I find at the public courses too...

[Warszawa]

I'm a member at a public course. I pay AUS$300 a Year!

[glcoach]

I'm a member of a private club. It is a "working man's" golf club. 500 initiation; 100 a month. It is a nice club more a golf club than a country club. The grill serves good burgers and cold beer.

 

That's about all any hard working golf addict needs. A decent course a place to hit balls, eat a good burger and drink a cold one or two every now and then.

[packerfan1]

Public or muni courses...no money for a monthly fee or initial sign up fee.

 

Our muni's here are usually in excellent shape...and walking at our muni's it is never more than $20 at peak times, twilight (when I usually play) is $11/$13 walking for 18 weekdays/weekends.

 

I have played a few private / club courses (via invite) and enjoyed the experience, but I generally enjoy the people that I meet on the public courses and thus that is an attraction to the public courses for me.

[MOJO14]

Play Public / Muni courses unless it is an outing at a private course. There are so many courses on Long Island to choose from it doesn't make sense to join one club.

[NIUeman25]

Best way to go, work at a public course. Free golf. I play at a mix which is nice, have some friends that are in high places and I get to play some great courses, but I'm a daily fee guy.

[PlayerJason]

Member at a local muni. Donald Ross design, a half mile from the house, and except for not having any water hazards, it has every possible shot one can imagine on a golf course. $700 a year for an in-city single, $800 outside city.

 

Not only is it a great deal, I'd gladly pay more. It stinks having to pay for a full round and only getting a few holes in. If I pay for 18, it chaps my hide to NOT get 18 (whoa, that doesn't sound right) ;)

[mcbush25]

I'm a daily fee golfer. The country club here is too rich for my blood so I just stick to traveling on weekends to nice courses within the state and playing different tracks. I find it mroe enjoyable than playing one course all the time.

[drpino]

daily fee. prefer the courses and people found playing different tracks all the time. two fully public courses i play often though are RTJSr. designs.

[samm980]

I know a man with the financial strength to join any club but he chooses not to. He would rather play at the local muni with the ditchdigger, store clerk, and others then sit in a stuffy Locker Room zesting with champions on industry.

[bloodredsun]

I've been looking around at joining a club after 3 years of itinerant wanderings on public courses or as a guest of a member but I've been having some issues.

 

Playing the same course time after time is one issue, but mainly I can't seem to justify the joining fee to myself. It's not an admin fee, is it just some form of costly authorisation to keep the hoi polloi out? I'm in a position that I can afford most of the joining fees for clubs in my area but as it's Wimbledon in the UK there are always going to be a few clubs that are too rich for my blood. Paying yearly subs, no problem. Paying just for the pleasure of breathing the same air as other members, WTF?!

 

And there are quite a few good public courses around here so that's where I'll probably stay.

[Tiger8]

Private Club - 1.5 miles from my house, great practice area with heated tees during the winter. $2,800 a year and no monthly dues. The best is 4 hour rounds ;)

[Tyler Durden]

I'm a member at a public course in Birmingham. $1300/year with two 18's and a par 3 course. My folks are also members at a private course in Savannah, Ga., so I get to play for free when I'm down there.

[rony]

Public course player. As has been previously stated.....There are so many great courses to play here on Long Island, NY, it would not be in my best interest to be anchored to one course. ;)

[mikpga]

I want to join glcoach's club!!!

 

 

 

 

Good burgers and cold beer ;)

 

 

 

 

 

I am simply a spoiled PGA Professional, who plays a lot of golf at private clubs and public courses...

[iaindan]

i'm a member at two public golf clubs bradford moor and baildon golf club (there's a link to the baildon golf club website below the slide) but i play a lot of different courses each year in the junior team and in competitions.

[TheBUNKY]

Private club member here, but do still play the local public courses for a change of pace every so often.

[vsproto]

I'm a member at a public course in Birmingham. $1300/year with two 18's and a par 3 course. My folks are also members at a private course in Savannah, Ga., so I get to play for free when I'm down there.

 

 

ballantrae?

[preston08]

Private Club - 1.5 miles from my house, great practice area with heated tees during the winter. $2,800 a year and no monthly dues. The best is 4 hour rounds ;)

I would pay almost that much for 4 hour rounds! My course has brutal pace of play sometimes. In peak season 5 - 6 hour rounds are not uncommon!!!

 

One time I played a round with my dad (who only gets to golf a few times per year) and we quit after 5 hours... heres the catch.. WE WERE ONLY ON THE 11TH HOLE!!! That's right, ELEVEN holes of golf in FIVE HOURS!!! He demanded his money back and has never returned in over 2 years.

 

I have a jr. membership, pub course.. $530 cdn per year.. play is restricted on weekends and holidays to after 2pm.

[billhager]

daily fee. here in buffalo, ny cant golf in the winter and have monthly dues just seems dum, besides lots of course being built here so i like have have a couple different courses to play each week

[Merlin_T]

Daily fee, I like to go to different courses in our very short :cheesy: season ;)

 

Almost the same cost!

[CowtownTexas]

Private clubs, like everything else, are pretty affordable here in my part of Texas. I am a member of a private club here in town, but play alot of business golf on the local public courses.

 

The main thing when joining a country club is finding a course that doesn't bore you. I feel like I could play my home course everyday and never get bored.

 

Of course, being in DFW, I'm lucky to have so many good public courses to choose from on the occasions that I want something different.

[tarheel]

member of a golf club. not cheap but i have a regular group which plays weekly so that mitigates the cost somewhat of sticking to two clubs.

[kowack]

I am a member or a private club. Many of you like playing various courses and this is a reason not to join a private club. My club has gotten around this problem by having reciprocal rights on Sunday afternoons and Mondays to 3 other private clubs ranging from 30 - 60 minutes away. Great way to play other courses and meet new people.

[Mikolar]

actually, two private equity clubs... one where I live and another where we go many weekends that's sort of an eventual retirement/investment real estate deal.

 

Having played muni's and daily fees for years, I found that when I finally could afford to, joining a good local club was so much better.

I looked for courses that would be in good shape -- not overplayed. The courses had to offer a fairly large group of good golfers so there was always a game. I wanted to be able to walk and if need be, play in four hours on most days. And I wanted a place with a membership that cared more for the game and understood a sense of decorum.

[jallstar23]

Daily fee player- Its nice playing the private courses when i get an invite but, there are about a hundred of fairly nice courses within 25 minutes of my house. I also like play a lot of different courses as well.

[handz98]

Private Club. Time is always an issue for me. It's nice to be able to go out in the evening and play just 3 or 4 holes. It is also nice to have the family at the pool and then meet them for lunch after a round.

[sheppy335]

Semi Private It is cheap 700 a year golf all you want with cart or 500 a year to walk.

[sandy]

4 country clubs and daily fee as well.