Mystery Meat
Ben Hogan Fan
Joined a country club for the first time in my life at the end of this summer. Signed up for a one year golf only membership.(no need for the tennis or pool portion for me).The golf course officially closed sunday for the year. It's a shorter course by many people's standards (6500 from the back tees with a 70.9 rating). But extremely beautiful and a great old layout with many narrow and demanding Tee shots and small fast undulating greens. The course itself is excellent and always in superb shape. Currently i have 15 rounds since I bought my membership
Now the downside of the club. I've played here as a single for 14 rounds, the one round I invited my coworkers out and paid for their guest fees. Besides that it has been a single ordeal for a club that boasts a social atmosphere as their mantra. I've been waved thru just about everytime when approaching any groups..even a single waved me thru as well. It's almost like the members prefer to play alone or prefer to just play in their own groups. There is a week day men's club that meets Monday and Thursday afternoons and the weekends. Oddly you can't just come out and join them , you have to be invited by their group to join them. I asked to join and was given an answer a week later from the men's club president that I was approved to join in their groups. Kinda find this a bit odd and standoffish. Almost like being a paying member isn't good enough to join their groups. You have to be approved to tee it up with them. When I was told I was "approved to play".The men's club president along with another member walked out and told me on the putting green one am during my practice session. Their approval speech to me was kinda bizarre and made it sound like I should be honored to even play in their group.
Never ran into this, and now kinda miss my public golf playing days when you could join anyone with no exceptions. They seemed more open and were more than happy to have new partners join up in the public men's club groups. It's such a beautiful course and a great place to work on your game. But for the social side it has been a real let down. Kinda feel like i made a mistake in joining ; but it is only a one year membership. At this point early on I'm real hesitant on renewing and it was slightly overpriced IMHO
Anyone else run into this as a newer member ?
anyone ditch being a country club member because of the stigma/general consensus?
Now the downside of the club. I've played here as a single for 14 rounds, the one round I invited my coworkers out and paid for their guest fees. Besides that it has been a single ordeal for a club that boasts a social atmosphere as their mantra. I've been waved thru just about everytime when approaching any groups..even a single waved me thru as well. It's almost like the members prefer to play alone or prefer to just play in their own groups. There is a week day men's club that meets Monday and Thursday afternoons and the weekends. Oddly you can't just come out and join them , you have to be invited by their group to join them. I asked to join and was given an answer a week later from the men's club president that I was approved to join in their groups. Kinda find this a bit odd and standoffish. Almost like being a paying member isn't good enough to join their groups. You have to be approved to tee it up with them. When I was told I was "approved to play".The men's club president along with another member walked out and told me on the putting green one am during my practice session. Their approval speech to me was kinda bizarre and made it sound like I should be honored to even play in their group.
Never ran into this, and now kinda miss my public golf playing days when you could join anyone with no exceptions. They seemed more open and were more than happy to have new partners join up in the public men's club groups. It's such a beautiful course and a great place to work on your game. But for the social side it has been a real let down. Kinda feel like i made a mistake in joining ; but it is only a one year membership. At this point early on I'm real hesitant on renewing and it was slightly overpriced IMHO
Anyone else run into this as a newer member ?
anyone ditch being a country club member because of the stigma/general consensus?