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!!)
Membership Breakup | 2019/20 | 2019/20 |
| Men | Ladies |
Full Member | 258 | 36 |
Life Member | 4 | 1 |
Honorary Playing Member | 9 | 3 |
Country Member | 3 | |
Working Away | 18 | |
Sports Member | 2 | |
18-21 Student Member | 0 | |
18-31 Working Member | 28 | |
Temporary Member | 1 | |
Restricted Member | 7 | 2 |
Mature Student | 2 | |
Special Olympics Members | 3 | |
| | |
Total Full Affiliation Fees | 335 | 42 |
| | |
Junior 14-18 | 4 | 2 |
Junior 14-18 No Handicap | | |
Under 14 Handicap | 1 | |
Under 14 No Handicap | 4 | 3 |
Total Juniors | 9 | 5 |
Total Golfing Members | 344 | 47 |
| | |
Social | 14 | 4 |
Leave of Absence | 83 | 14 |
Paid In Advance | 27 | 4 |
Total Members | 468 | 69 |
Membership
Breakup | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
| Men | Ladies | Men | Ladies | Men | Ladies | Men | Ladies | Men | Ladies |
Total Affiliated Members | 335 | 42 | 380 | 52 | 375 | 45 | 404 | 47 | 327 | 0 |
Total Juniors | 9 | 5 | 40 | 10 | 41 | 11 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
Total Golfer Members | 344 | 47 | 380 | 52 | 416 | 56 | 457 | 59 | 331 | 0 |
Total Members
all classes | 468 | 69 | 468 | 67 | 492 | 70 | 540 | 72 | 331 | 0 |
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.
ROUNDS
of GOLF |
2019/20 |
2018/19 |
2017/18 |
2016/17 |
2015/16 |
Wednesday Competition |
2243 |
1703 |
1815 |
1909 |
2079 |
Thursday Ladies Competition |
513 |
295 |
221 |
444 |
411 |
Friday Vets Competition |
1639 |
1427 |
1352 |
1465 |
1707 |
Saturday Competition |
2681 |
2276 |
2544 |
2992 |
3047 |
Sunday Competition |
266 |
231 |
138 |
237 |
284 |
Monday Vets Host Day |
251 |
182 |
290 |
341 |
271 |
Public Hols & Other Days |
147 |
12 |
|
36 |
|
Social Rounds Members |
2028 |
1354 |
1626 |
2174 |
1610 |
Social Players |
8487 |
6362 |
6647 |
7362 |
6292 |
Carts |
6296 |
3665 |
3758 |
4127 |
3820 |