Green fee
Green fee (also green fee) is the fee to be paid by a golfer if he wants to play on a golf course . The term comes from English and literally means green fee .
Purpose and amount
The (or the) green fee is used to cover the operating costs of a golf course or for commercial operators to generate a profit. The amount required depends on various factors, primarily the state of care and the quality of the site, but infrastructural facilities and convenient location also have an effect. The green fee can differ by several orders of magnitude between two golf courses. A surcharge is usually required at peak times (e.g. on weekends or in holiday areas during the season).
In some German golf clubs, the amount of the green fee is also based on the type of golf card the guests have. Not all players receive an ID from their home club with which they can play on other systems at regular guest conditions. Some clubs issue ID cards with which the players in foreign clubs are only allowed on the pitch at less favorable conditions.
A survey of more than 800 golf clubs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa showed that the average green fee in the Middle East (especially Dubai ) is 80 euros during the week and 97 euros at the weekend. In South Africa , however, it is only 15/16 euros. In Europe, green fees increase from east (35/46 euros) to west (51/58 euros) and from north (38/43 euros) to south (45/54 euros).
In order to deter fraudsters, a so-called green fee tag is often handed out with the green fee, i.e. a kind of receipt that is then randomly checked by a marshall on the golf course.
Savings through club membership
Frequent players in particular often join a golf club, because this means that they can play on the club's own course at any time for a constant membership fee. In these cases, the green fee is only payable on other courses. This variant is called full membership and is the most widespread form of club membership in the German-speaking area, but there are also other variants:
- The green fee is only waived at certain times.
- only a certain number of rounds per year can be played for free.
- Membership does not release you from paying the green fee, but does result in a discount.
In other countries, such as the USA , membership in a golf club is not the dominant model, so that the market has been segmented into private and public golf courses. The latter are financed almost exclusively by the game fees, whereas the former rely on regular membership fees and often do not offer any game against green fee.
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- ^ Golfsport Magazin Black List , accessed on March 23, 2015
- ^ Golf Benchmark Survey in the EMA region 2006 . KPMG Advisory Ltd., Hungary 2007.
Web links
- Green fee price development 1994-2004 , statistical survey by DGV , page 10 in the document. (PDF; 256 kB)