Our UK brethren has a history of Artisans at a club volunteering their time to do some basic maintenance on the course in exchange for a reduced membership. This practice perhaps is a throwback, but I know some clubs still have Artisan sections. This concept doesn't exist in the US (at least that I'm aware of), and wanted to know how prevalent are Artisan sections today? What are they doing now compared to past practice? Still filling divots, hand raking, etc? Has modern maintenance equipment rendered their utility less and less?
Any culture sensitivities with equality at the forefront more than ever in society? I couldn't afford much golf growing up if my dad didn't work part time at a local muni for free golf. Maybe I equate it to guys working for minimum wage as a starter in the US just to get free golf, but in this case they have their own club and providing maintenance assistance.