The Derbyshire Union of Golf Clubs County Card Scheme

General Information
The DUGC County Card Scheme has been put together to enable Members of Affiliated Clubs to play at other courses – both within Derbyshire and adjoining 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 collected by the County Union goes straight back into the game at grass roots 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. The DUGC is joining that firmly established ‘consortium’. Currently, those County Unions have now almost 1000 clubs who host County Card Members. All of these courses – together with those DUGC Clubs who have joined up – will be available to DUGC County Card Members.

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

County Card Members

• Members aged 18 and over of Affiliated Clubs may join the scheme only if their own Club has agreed to act as a host.
• Annual membership is £15.00 ( reduced to £10 if 30 or more join from same club )
• 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.

December 2009

Allows card holders to play over 1000 golf courses
With up to a 50% reduction on normal green fee.

22 Counties from Cumbria to Kent

Local courses included:
Belfry
Forest of Arden
18 in Leicestershire
Over 20 in Nottinghamshire
Over 30 in Warwickshire

Contact: County Secretary, Peter McGrath

Tel: 0115 922 3603 
Email: Secretary@dugc.co.uk

Click here to see a full list of participating clubs