County Card Scheme

General Info

Changes to the scheme came force April 1st 2012 and these changes still offer a tremendous benefit to all male members of the affiliated clubs in Derbyshire. Once affiliation fees have been paid by your club cards will be distributed to all members during March and April at no extra cost to the member.

The Derbyshire County Card Scheme has been put together to enable Members of Affiliated Clubs to play at other courses – both within Derbyshire and other English Counties – at reduced green fee rates. The scheme mirrors those which have been adopted in most County Unions and provides benefits to Club Members, Clubs and the County Union. Unlike Commercial 2 for 1 schemes ALL the income generated by the County Union goes straight back into the game at grass roots level by giving all jour juniors a greatly reduced affiliation fee and to assist with the cost of coaching all our junior squads at u12,u14,u16 and u18 level. Within England there is a ‘consortium’ of County Unions which enables County Card Members to play at any of the host courses within any of those County Unions. Derbyshire is now firmly established in that ‘consortium’ and in fact the Scheme has another 27 Counties comprising BB&O , Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire and Yorkshire. Currently, these County Unions have over 1,100 clubs who host County Card Members.

In summary, the DUGC County Card Scheme includes the following:

County Card Members

  • Annual membership is free and included in 2013 affiliation fee
  • Members of the Derbyshire Ladies County Golf Association may purchase the card for £5 please contact DLCGA secretary Tracy Pierrepont for details.
  • County Card Members may play at least once at any of the Host Clubs on the list (some Host Clubs may allow more than one visit).
  • Bookings must be made in advance with the Host Club. Restrictions on time and day of the week may apply. In general, bookings will not be accepted for weekends or Bank Holidays.
  • County Card Members must have current handicaps and must agree to be bound by the rules of the Club being visited.
  • The County Card may only be used for groups of up to 4 players and may not be used in connection with larger groups or societies.
  • Card Members will be issued with a ‘County Card’ annually, which will contain details of how to contact all Clubs within the scheme. This list will be updated, from time to time, via the DUGC website.

Host Clubs

  • The minimum commitment required is to accept a booking of one four-ball group per week on a day or time determined by the Club.
  • The green fee to be charged is entirely at the discretion of the host Club. Typically, the green fee will be up to 50% of the visitor rate, or the same as the ‘guest’ green fee.
  • Clubs may sign-up to this scheme for a minimum period of one year, which will be renewed automatically unless the Club decides to opt out of the scheme.

February 2013