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The problem is not as acute in Canada, although there are signs of trouble here. In the United States, which was hit harder than Canada by the economic meltdown of 2008, some clubs have either gone bankrupt or turned public due to a lack of membership. But you only pay a one-time fee, and for a lot of people that's really attractive." "So you can go play places like Eagle's Nest or Angus Glen (both in the Greater Toronto Area) or Westwood Plateau in Vancouver that offer a very similar experience to a country club. "We've seen these public courses offer a country club for a day." says Thompson. Robert Thompson, author of Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada's Business and Political Elite, says demographics have led to dwindling memberships and lower entry fees. Private clubs also face growing competition from high-end public courses. … Some clubs are slowly starting to get around to recognizing that and recognizing that if they want younger people to come into the club, these are things - time-honoured traditions - that are going to have to change." "Younger members may have a pair of jeans that cost more than the golf pants they wore out at the club and are actually nicer pants. Used to be if you wanted to wear shorts, you had to wear knee socks. They're also easing some aspects of the old-school dress codes. Younger golfers playing hard-to-get are also forcing private clubs to re-examine some long established and fairly restrictive rules and regulations.įor instance, many private clubs are easing bans on cellphone use on course property. For some people, it can be a really expensive endeavour." Old traditions giving way
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"They're dividing the annual dues by the number of times they play. "I would say 95 per cent of the prospects who sit in my office are doing the math," says DeSilva. It's not Mad Men where somebody's going to grab their clubs on Saturday morning, leave the wife and kids, go to the club and then have a boozy dinner or something. "As this demographic has changed, you have an increasing focus on family time," said Thompson. There are other challenges too, he points out, including a younger demographic that has less time to golf. Thompson says many clubs now have an annual membership turnover rate of between five and seven per cent. Thompson says Capilano Golf & Country Club in Vancouver, Calgary Golf and Country Club in Calgary and the ultra high-end Rosedale Golf Club in Toronto are among the very few that still have waiting lists. There's maybe one or two clubs in Vancouver. "I think there's one club in Toronto that has a waiting list.
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At Toronto's venerable Rosedale Golf Club, the wait list is reportedly seven years long.The Calgary Golf and Country Club has one of the longest waiting lists in Canada: 15 years.West Vancouver's Capilano Golf and Country Club boasts a three- to four-year wait list.Now it's $7,500, payable over five years, interest-free.ĭespite the challenges facing many private courses, a select few have no trouble attracting new members: The club once had an initiation fee as high as $30,000 back in the 1980s. So Cedar Brae has significantly cut its membership fees. It's looking to grow that number, while at the same is dealing with a growing number of members "aging out," leaving the game for health reasons, or in some cases actually dying. The club, founded in 1922, has 435 golfing members. "Private golf courses have an average age membership around the 58- to 60-year-old mark which makes you look at how do we bring in new younger players."Ĭedar Brae in northeast Toronto is a prime example. "Globally, one of the biggest challenges with … private golf is an aging membership," said Cedar Brae Golf and Country Club general manager Sean DeSilva.
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604/224-1818 is a great 6,300-yard, par-72 course with a clubhouse, pro shop, locker rooms, bar and grill, and sports lounge.Private golf courses across Canada, facing a high attrition rate due to aging memberships and other challenges, are slashing entrance fees, boosting recruiting efforts and even changing long-established traditions in an effort to attract younger golfers. The public University Golf Club (5185 University Blvd. 604/713-1816 built in 1926 by the Canadian Pacific Railway and recently renovated and redesigned, is one of the most popular golf courses in the province. Langara Golf Course (6706 Alberta St., around 49th Ave. 604/280-1818 to book tee times can be found throughout the city. 800/684-6344 or 604/878-1833 A number of excellent public golf courses, maintained by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation (tel. For discounts and short-notice tee times at more than 30 Vancouver-area courses, contact the A-1 Last Minute Golf Hot Line (tel. With five public 18-hole courses, half a dozen pitch-and-putt courses in the city, and dozens more courses nearby, golfers are never far from their love.
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