What a nightmare of a job. 8,000 bosses all with their own opinions...ouch!
It isn't quite as bad as it might seem.
Most of those 7000-8000 members are "downtown" members, not golf members.
Out at the Lakeside facility the pro shop guys don't ever refer to us "downtown" members as "members" (nice to be loved, eh?
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I don't know how many golf members there are but I would guess that the number is less than 1000, perhaps significantly less. Not a small number compared to many private golf clubs but substantially less than the somewhat scary 8000 figure quoted above. I'm sure somebody around here knows the actual number.
As you might expect, most of the member input relating to golf at the club comes from the golf members.