{"id":771030,"date":"2026-09-15T03:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771030\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T03:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:18:12","slug":"this-will-convince-you-to-become-a-golf-club-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771030\/","title":{"rendered":"This will convince you to become a golf club member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\tWith the end of the golf season approaching, many of you may be considering your options for the future.<\/p>\n

\tDo you stay with your golf club, do you join a new one, or are you a nomadic golfer looking for reasons to join a club?<\/p>\n

\tIf you are regular readers of my missives, you will already know that golf club membership is a no-brainer for me<\/a> – and this year more than ever.<\/p>\n

\tWhat Makes Being Part of a Golf Club Special<\/p>\n

\t\"Dunston<\/p>\n

\t(Image Credit: Kevin Murray Golf Photography)<\/p>\n

\tI was elected senior captain<\/a> of Dunston Hall Golf Club for 2026. The highlight was my charity day, which we held recently.<\/p>\n

\tThe support I received was mind-boggling. Somebody provided 50+ raffle prizes, individual members sponsored holes and provided auction prizes. I also managed to get several corporate sponsors on board.<\/p>\n

\tThe British weather let us down. It rained all day but all 104 players who signed up for the day turned up bright and early. The atmosphere was fantastic.<\/p>\n

\tOur club pro donated a \u00a3299 putter for the winner of our putting competition and the director of golf operations stood on the 14th tee all day for a beat the pro competition.<\/p>\n

\tThere was also a fabulous halfway house, with food provided by my incredible vice-captain and prepared by his wife and served by members of the ladies section.<\/p>\n

\tWhen we finished playing, the food, which was excellent, was served without delay.<\/p>\n

\tAnother member acted as our auctioneer and at the end of it all we raised a record \u00a312,000 for the East Anglian Children\u2019s Hospices, which cares for terminally ill children.<\/p>\n

\tEverybody was genuinely thrilled and I cannot thank the senior membership enough. This was a proper team effort.<\/p>\n

\tI was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year<\/a> and the support I received from the membership was completely overwhelming. I received countless messages, many from people I barely know.<\/p>\n

\tThe point of all of this is that none of it would have happened if I was not a golf club member.<\/p>\n

\tSince joining around three years ago I have made a host of new friends, many of whom I now socialise with. I hate cliques and at Dunston there is no such thing.<\/p>\n

\tWhy You Should Be a Golf Club Member<\/p>\n

\t\"Dunston<\/p>\n

\t(Image Credit: Kevin Murray Golf Photography)<\/p>\n

\tThere are so many good reasons for joining a club.<\/p>\n

\tIf you are a senior golfer with time on your hands it represents incredible value for money. If you play three times a week and your annual subscription is \u00a31,000, just do the maths. You will also have somebody to play with because your fellow seniors are also retired.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tI would also urge beginners to consider joining a golf club. You have a club pro at hand to give you lessons and hopefully there will be a driving range where you can practice what you have learnt. And the pro should also be able to hook you up with playing partners. Believe me, it is a complete fallacy that low handicappers do not want to play with beginners. Nothing gives me more pleasure than being able to pass on tips that might help my fellow golfers.<\/p>\n

\tIt should also be a no-brainer for young golfers. I know they have to perform a balancing act between family and work life, but trust me when I tell you that golf is a game for life. You will also make friends for life through this wonderful sport of ours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the end of the golf season approaching, many of you may be considering your options for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-771030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}