Of course there should be a fee for every swing (divots, pitch marks = increased maintenance costs)
Hey Craig, who we locking up?
As for club finances, for those who are interested in learning more and may not be aware, there is a lot of publicly accessible financial information on private clubs who have incorporated as a 501(c) entity, find it here:
https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/details/
Just switch the "Search By" drop-down from "EIN" to "Organization Name" and enter the club of your choice, say "Merion Golf"...
2022:
$15.4M of revenues, up about $1M y/y.
13 person board of which 3 are women (including Buddy Marrucci and a Siderowf).
Compensation --> GM = $451K, Super = $485K, Golf Pro = $365K, Chef = $156K.
Debt is effectively nil and club had $4.3M in the bank @ year-end.
Greens & Cart revenues were $2.7M total.
Dues revenue was $9.2M.
Initiation fees were $1.9M.
The club employed 289 people in 2022.
The Curtis Cup produced $389K of net revenues.
Etc...
FYI.
Look at 2021 and see what they got in ERC money.
Interesting. Will be curious to see how others fared there.