What is it about a golf club that draws us in? Is it the easy access to tee times, the shared sense of community, or the opportunity to get into competitive action?
On this week’s From the Clubhouse, a podcast from National Club Golfer, Steve Carroll and Tom Irwin take a detailed look at why so many of us pay out considerable sums of money each year to be part of a club.
Steve, who has recently moved clubs, gets onto the couch and talks about some of the teething issues he has had settling into a new environment, while Tom examines whether clubs could do a better job of looking after members who might be wavering.
The pair also look at the best time clubs should have their renewals and consider what might change in the near future as a sport where participation has surged on the back of the Covid pandemic now faces up to a cost-of-living crisis.
Some of their conclusions might surprise you, so sit back and allow them to explain all…
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From the Clubhouse: Is the World Handicap System really working?
The Slam: Breaking down another week of LIV Golf-PGA Tour-DP World Tour hysterics
From the Clubhouse: Are there too many Stableford competitions these days?
The Slam: LIV Golf vs OWGR vs the Ryder Cup – things are about to get heated!
The Slam: The all-important questions about the Dunhill Links + Is Charley Hull Britain’s next big thing? - with special guest Sophie Walker
From the Clubhouse: Is this the future of men and women playing together in golf club competitions?
The Slam: Breaking down one of the most bizarre Rules of Golf incidents we’ve seen in a long time + Piano man Sam Harrop on his rise to Twitter stardom
The Slam: Predicting Europe’s Ryder Cup squad + Squabbling about LIV Golf
From the Clubhouse: Do visitors get a raw deal at golf clubs?
The Slam: Recapping an extraordinary BMW PGA Championship + All the LIV Golf beef
The Slam: Pure chaos! (Whisper it, but is it OK to like LIV Golf now?)
The Slam: Who is winning the PGA Tour vs LIV Golf war?
The Slam: What went down at Tiger’s meeting? + Is the FedEx Cup meaningless?
From the Clubhouse: We ask England Golf if the sport is heading for a cost-of-living crisis + WHS is finally going global!
The Slam: Falling out about Cam Smith’s controversial rules incident, saving women’s golf, and reigniting the Great Shorts Debate
The Slam: What we can learn from the Women’s Open champion overcoming her mental demons - with sports psychologist Duncan McCarthy
From the Clubhouse: Iona Stephen and James Taylor on the physical and mental benefits of golf
The Slam: The curious case of Muirfield hosting the Women’s Open + Should Rory McIlroy have been Ryder Cup captain?
The Slam: Why it’s time to stop criticising players for moving to LIV Golf for the money
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