Seven out of 10 golfers say they are worried about their golf club membership fees increasing in 2025 – but most will still renew regardless.
As part of a massive survey of National Club Golfer readers, 70 per cent of respondents, asked how concerned they were about annual subscriptions rising, confessed to being either slightly or very worried about the prospect.
Despite concerns over prices, though, and with the cost of living continuing to bite across the UK, very few players say they’ll be walking away from their club.
Just under 84 per cent of those who filled in the survey declared they were planning to renew their membership this year. Only two per cent admitted they would be leaving, while 14 per cent still haven’t made up their minds.
NCG’s Club Golf Survey, sent as part of our daily email newsletter, was filled in by 3,250 players. Over the coming weeks we’ll be revealing surprising data on crucial clubhouse issues such as what golfers really think about the World Handicap System, dress codes, the Rules of Golf, cheating at the grassroots level and much more.
But with some players already having to fork out their yearly dues, and many more now receiving emails and club communications on what they’ll need to pay in the coming months, membership is high on the clubhouse agenda.
In a series of questions quizzing golfers about what’s going on at their clubs, we asked players If they were planning to renew, if their club was increasing fees, and how worried they were about membership fees increasing.
The answers came back as follows…
