Is there nonetheless a spot for the normal golf membership committee? Is it the easiest way to run a golf membership? Do we want a great deal of sub-committees or only a streamlined membership board?
Committees are the spine of many golf equipment – significantly these which are member run – and they’re typically stuffed with folks simply making an attempt to offer one thing again to a spot they love.
However as golf turns into extra business-oriented and committee members are being requested to focus extra on kilos and pence, as a lot because the member expertise, are they nonetheless the simplest method to run a membership?
Is an excessive amount of time spent procrastinating and never sufficient time spent making issues higher?
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Is there any want for golf membership committees?
On an episode of The NCG Golf Podcast, co-hosts Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll bought caught into the committee debate. The pair have each served on committees, with Steve having been a golf membership captain and a guidelines of golf professional.
However, after we requested you on Fb whether or not committees ought to be abolished, Irwin stated it was time for golf equipment to have a rethink.
“Any person on Fb stated, ‘committees, boards, name them what you need’,” he stated. “Properly, really, there’s a distinction between the definition of these phrases and what which means in apply. So no, I don’t assume there’s a necessity for them and I don’t assume committees ought to exist.”
So what can be put of their place?
“I feel there ought to be a board,” he added. “There ought to be an elected board of members who function like a board would in another firm, and the overall supervisor of the golf membership is handled like a CEO.
“You’ll be able to particularly have a golf committee, and the golf committee can come alongside and say, ‘we need to have a turkey trot on December 24’.
“[But] It’s tough, and it’s not one dimension matches all. Completely different golf equipment have totally different budgets and totally different numbers of members.
“Legacy is necessary, and respecting custom is necessary. However for future sustainability and probably the most environment friendly method of working these locations, a pared down board construction with very clear remit and delegated duty to professionals is certainly the best way to do it.”
Now have your say on golf membership committees
Are you on a golf committee? Do they nonetheless have a spot within the fashionable sport? In that case, why? Tell us by leaving a remark beneath or get in contact with us on X.
