16 Jul 20

HOW MANY MEMBERS?

One question regularly heard around the clubhouse is, "How many members do we have now?" Steve has been maintaining such stats for many years now, so cast your eyes over these figures and see how many of your answers can be gleaned from these figures! 

The first group of members are affiliated with Golf Australia. 

The next two groups, while still members of the club, do not require affiliation with GA (includes Juniors under 18, social members and members on leave).

How do we compare over the last five years (Steve has data going back further, but the web page doesn't like long spreadsheets!!)

 OK, so we know how many members we have, and appreciate the contribution membership fees make to the financial success of our club. Then we add the income from members who participate in the range of competitions we run , another boost to our income stream from golf.

A real 'life saver' for us is the increasing number of social players who contribute to our finances, especially when you consider how much they pay to play, hire of carts and clubs, and purchase of food and drink. The annual total of social players is in excess of the total number of competition rounds our members play! Occasionally, comments from members are heard about social players on the course, especially on competition days, and how valuable they are to our successful functioning - take these social players and their financial contribution away from the club and just think how much our membership would need to be increased to cover that loss!

For a different visual representation of the player data, check out this table below from the 2019-20 figures.