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What constitutes a "golf club"?
Carl Johnson:
--- Quote from: Chris Hughes on April 04, 2025, 08:59:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: Richard Fisher on April 02, 2025, 08:33:48 AM ---And famously Lloyds Golf Club (the golf society for the famed insurance organisation) has existed for well over a century without a golf course.
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Doesn't constitute a "golf club" for the purposes of this discussion...scroll on by if you feel otherwise. 🤙
(control of a golf course, at a minimum, is the hurdle)
So here's a list of things to consider:
-- "milestone birthdays"
-- "special anniversaries"
-- "memorial receptions"
-- "prom dinners"
-- "engagement parties"
-- "baby showers"
-- "wine dinners"
-- "business functions"
-- weddings
If the stated mission is to take that path -- "golf club" or country club??
What say ye...
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Control in the sense of a representative democracy, a democratic republic, is how I would put it.
Beyond that, baby showers, because you cannot introduce golf too early.
Niall C:
--- Quote from: Chris Hughes on April 04, 2025, 08:59:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: Richard Fisher on April 02, 2025, 08:33:48 AM ---And famously Lloyds Golf Club (the golf society for the famed insurance organisation) has existed for well over a century without a golf course.
--- End quote ---
Doesn't constitute a "golf club" for the purposes of this discussion...scroll on by if you feel otherwise. 🤙
(control of a golf course, at a minimum, is the hurdle)
--- End quote ---
At different time in their histories that criteria would have ruled out most and indeed probably all of the oldest clubs still in existence in the UK. For instance the R&A didn't always have control of the course and only now have a say but not control although they have had a clubhouse for well over a hundred years. The same can be said for the other St Andrews clubs.
The same situation arises at Monifieth, Montrose (?), Arbroath, Troon and I'm sure in loads of other places.
Niall
Chris Hughes:
--- Quote from: Niall C on April 06, 2025, 06:16:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chris Hughes on April 04, 2025, 08:59:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: Richard Fisher on April 02, 2025, 08:33:48 AM ---And famously Lloyds Golf Club (the golf society for the famed insurance organisation) has existed for well over a century without a golf course.
--- End quote ---
Doesn't constitute a "golf club" for the purposes of this discussion...scroll on by if you feel otherwise. 🤙
(control of a golf course, at a minimum, is the hurdle)
--- End quote ---
At different time in their histories that criteria would have ruled out most and indeed probably all of the oldest clubs still in existence in the UK. For instance the R&A didn't always have control of the course and only now have a say but not control although they have had a clubhouse for well over a hundred years. The same can be said for the other St Andrews clubs.
The same situation arises at Monifieth, Montrose (?), Arbroath, Troon and I'm sure in loads of other places.
Niall
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Understood. (seems like "society" might be a better descriptor there)
It is different here -- legitimate private clubs own the course and with few exceptions said course is only available to members in good standing.
Seminole, Peachtree, Pine Valley, Palmetto, Garden City, Cypress Point...
...this is the type of "golf club" model I am referencing for the purposes of this discussion. 🤙
Rob Marshall:
--- Quote from: Chris Hughes on April 06, 2025, 09:57:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Niall C on April 06, 2025, 06:16:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chris Hughes on April 04, 2025, 08:59:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: Richard Fisher on April 02, 2025, 08:33:48 AM ---And famously Lloyds Golf Club (the golf society for the famed insurance organisation) has existed for well over a century without a golf course.
--- End quote ---
Doesn't constitute a "golf club" for the purposes of this discussion...scroll on by if you feel otherwise. 🤙
(control of a golf course, at a minimum, is the hurdle)
--- End quote ---
At different time in their histories that criteria would have ruled out most and indeed probably all of the oldest clubs still in existence in the UK. For instance the R&A didn't always have control of the course and only now have a say but not control although they have had a clubhouse for well over a hundred years. The same can be said for the other St Andrews clubs.
The same situation arises at Monifieth, Montrose (?), Arbroath, Troon and I'm sure in loads of other places.
Niall
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Understood. (seems like "society" might be a better descriptor there)
It is different here -- legitimate private clubs own the course and with few exceptions said course is only available to members in good standing.
Seminole, Peachtree, Pine Valley, Spyglass, Palmetto, Garden City, Cypress Point...
...this is the type of "golf club" model I am referencing for the purposes of this discussion. 🤙
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Spyglass?
Matt Schoolfield:
--- Quote from: Chris Hughes on April 06, 2025, 09:57:23 PM ---legitimate private clubs
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No true Scotsman
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