Social Golf Clubs
There are many social golf clubs that have been cropping up on the Australian golfing landscape
in the last few years. Most of them are run very well and if you are a golfer looking to expand your
horizons, in terms of playing many different golf courses, this could be for you.
Even though we have been playing golf for over 30 years and had been members at various golf clubs over that time,
it was always at just one club & one course at a time. Social golf membership offers you the ability to play with your current handicap
at a different course each week. Sound good?
This is our Future Golf experience.
| Future Golf was created to be a social way to play the game of golf. Each and every week, the members of the club compete in events across Australia to win prizes, get together with friends, play different golf courses and generally just try and get better at playing this great game. For some, it's the ability to play with others that is the draw of social golf clubs, for others it's the ability to be a member of a club, but play so many different styles of golf course. Either way, it's a great way to enjoy golf.
Future Golf have 43 golf partners in Victoria alone and 37 of those are golf clubs. By joining up to their "Addict" membership, players receive FREE games at all partner golf courses for the 12 months. This means that you can play 37 games of golf for nothing after paying your membership fee. A pretty good deal when you consider that 5 of the golf courses are Spring Valley, Yarra Yarra, Eastern, Woodlands and Kew. Some of the other great courses include Lang Lang, 13th Beach, Cranbourne, Keysborough, Moonah Links and Portsea, just to name a few. | Membership also includes other benefits like lessons, golf simulator time, mini golf, an official handicap, driving range balls, green fee discounts (after your free rounds), the ability to submit social rounds for handicap and access to their social media lounge, where you can organise to play with other members at times that suit you. Of course membership also includes access to play in the tournaments every week where you can win some great prizes. If all of this sounds good, you may want to explore it some more.
Of course being a part of a growing social golf company can present a few challenges and this year has certainly thrown a few our way. The Covid 19 situation has left us stranded a few times where games of golf have been concerned and although FutureGolf have tried their best to fill in the gaps, it has not worked out for our best interests, so we have decided to not continue the partnership. We are no longer FutureGolf members. The uncertainty of social golf membership is not the same as the certainty of club membership. |
FutureGolf counts on other golf courses doing the right thing by their members and keeping arrangements in place, but over the course of this pandemic, not only did some of the golf courses withdraw their support, but futureGolf itself chose to withdraw events instead of letting it's members play. This is what has lead to us not being members anymore. We also had issues with their members lounge and the way certain comments were withheld from being shown. We understand that they have sponsors and that they have to keep them happy, but we cannot condone censorship in any way, shape or form.
The management of FutureGolf could not have been more understanding and they have helped us facilitate a partial refund and wished us their best in our future endeavors. Who knows, perhaps after all of this pandemic stuff is over, we may look at it again. It is a very well run company and if you were looking for social golf membership and a place to join other like-minded golfers in event play, you should consider the company. We do rate it very highly.
If you want more information about Future Golf or are interested in joining,