Golf Green Fees?

Question

Hi. Does anyone know what Green Fees are? I have just got into golf properly and I have no idea what this means lol Hope someone can help.

The reason I ask is that I am looking into joining Aintree Golf Club but it says this on their website... "There is a current joining fee of £100 and the annual green fees currently stand at £450." Is this cheap? lol Thanks for all your answers!.

Tom.

Answer 1

Hi Tom

As others have said the green fees are what you pay to play a round of golf (18 holes usually).  Saying 'Annual green fees' means you only pay once and can play as much as you like in that year.  Other clubs call this the Membership Fee as it makes you member of the club and entitles you to certain priviledges like cheaper drinks and food in some clubs, free play at club, organized comps (which you usually pay small fee to pay in), social events, cheaper sessions with professional and sometimes only members can play at the weekends.

Lots of clubs are not asking for joining fees at the moment as they are keen to get new members, however at a lot of clubs you will have to have an interview with the captain so they can decide if they want you!!!!! True! Ring up the club and ask if you need someone to nominate you for the club as many also ask for this - but if you ask to go and have a look around then often the secretary will nominate you.  Dress smart for the interview!!

that is very cheap joining fee for a club -  if you can find an 18 hole club without a joining fee go for it as joining fees are often one years membership - my club cost £650 membership and usually £650 joining fee but dropped that this year.

To play 18 holes at Aintree you have to play the same set of nine holes twice - this is not ideal because as you get better you will want to play more varied holes and also it does get really busy as you can only get half the people playing in the same amount of time as at an 18 hole course.  also this course is not only for members but others can use so will be even busier - also i noticed from your link that there are a lot of days when you cannot use course cos of other events!

I think this is quite expensive for a nine hole course - maybe google other nine hole course to get an idea.  All in all i would not recomend this club is you are really keen to get your handicap down

If you are only just beginning it may be a good club to join for a year or so but I really would suggest joining an 18 holes club as well as it will be more challenging and the course will not get as busy - also the better players play only at clubs with 18 holes and by playing alongside them it will improve your game enormously

EDIT

Mindthep.....I cannot believe your club only charge ladies £100 - do they have equal rights - we pay the same as the men and I am glad we are treated as equal to the men which does not happen in lots of clubs especially when ladies play less - the ladies in our members owned club offered to pay same as men a couple of years ago and some of the men did not want us to cos they liked using our lowered fees as a reason to keep us off course on a Saturday - does not happen now!!!

Answer 2

You might want to check that, cue2cue, because Aintree's own website says it's a 9-hole course on the page you linked to. Playing 9 different holes will obviously get boring that bit quicker than 18.

To my mind, £450pa for a 9-hole course is rather steep, but that's typical of 9-hole courses: I pay £530pa for an 18-hole course down here in Devon, and local 9-hole courses are about £350-500pa, even though they only have half the land and half the maintenance. I've never quite understood it.

Obviously I'm not local to you so don't know the courses, but I see both Woolton GC and West Derby GC, for instance, are looking for members at the moment - but don't show prices. Woolton do say they are currently waiving their joining fee.

Of course ideally you'd join Hoylake or Royal Birkdale but they probably costs thousands and have a waiting list of about 100 years :-)

Answer 3

Tom What you are quoting is fairly cheap for a private club, however you dont say if it is 9 or 18 holes or what quality it is.

For guidence our course is sort of average 18 hole parkland with a nice club house and about 500 male 100 female and 100 juniors the Price is £200 to join and the green fees are £560 this year. For a non member to turn up and play its £28.

Hope that helps..

Answer 4

Green Fees are what you pay to play a round of golf the site you looked at will tell you the cost per round.

If it's £100 joining fee that's a one off payment

and the £450 is an annual membership.

If you play a lot then i'd join as a member as it works out around only £8.70 a week which is a

very good price nowadays !

Also as a member you can use the clubhouse as a place for socialising.

Answer 5

greens fees are how much it costs to play the course. and each course, depending on upkeep and difficulty, can range from $18-$175 and more im sure. sorry, i dont know the conversion.

Answer 6

Yes Tom ,everyone else is right ,it is the cost in which you have to pay for playing golf.I see that you joining a club ,sounds great . Golfing is great ,so what if you could play for free . There is a way if you are interested, for more info you can go here...