The UK’s leading luxury golf resort company De Vere has announced bold plans to change the face of golf membership forever delivering an innovative solution for the modern day golfer.
De Vere’s new membership scheme, launched yesterday by Honorary Captain, Peter Alliss at De Vere Oulton Hall, aims to make golf more accessible, flexible and family friendly to stimulate participation and frequency of play.
The De Vere Club will deliver value for money and variety whilst maintaining the quality of the De Vere offering and all the advantages and traditions of being a member of a golf club.
Despite the efforts of many golf clubs to increase demand for membership, through reducing joining fees and annual subs, memberships in the UK remain largely static. As Richard Balfour-Lynn, Chief Executive of De Vere’s parent company, AHG explains “The time is right to create a membership model that allows golfers to spend their golf investment how they want to. We believe the new De Vere Club is suited to thousands of golfers whose needs are not currently met by traditional memberships.”
Independent figures from leading sports research company IFM Sports Marketing Surveys suggest that there are over one million golfers in the UK who currently play between 6 and 26 times a year and they are ideally suited to a flexible membership model like the new The De Vere Club.
The De Vere Club is an innovative new ‘points based’ membership scheme that allows a golfer to become a member for just £295 and use the points purchased to enjoy 16 superb De Vere golf courses at 11 De Vere venues including the spectacular Carrick on Loch Lomond and European Tour venue Slaley Hall.
The points can be topped up at any time and can be used to entertain friends, family and business associates. Legendary golf broadcaster Peter Alliss has been named Honorary Captain of the De Vere Club, hitting the inaugural ‘Captain’s Drive’ at De Vere Oulton Hall launching the scheme earlier today.
Alliss is thrilled to be involved in such a pioneering project, seeing the far reaching benefits for avid golfers across the country.
“Nothing beats the feeling of belonging to a club and the more people feel they belong the more they play and enjoy the game,” he said. “With all the time and money pressures these days I believe the De Vere Club is a great compromise: the flexibility and choice coupled with the wonderful traditions of club golf.”
De Vere Club members will also enjoy a whole host of added benefits including discounts on hotel rooms, spa, golf equipment, food and beverage plus attractive member referral incentives.
De Vere has invested significantly in recent years to not only present beautifully manicured Championship golf courses but to also develop top class facilities that challenge the status quo of the archetypal golf club. Stylish clubhouses, luxurious spas, relaxed dress codes, exquisite dining and state of the art golf academies have created a family friendly environment and attractive social hub for the modern golfer.
The new De Vere Club concept is the next phase of this strategy and will match the needs of a whole array of golfers from the middle aged golfer with children who wants to get the family involved in the game to the twenty-something transient golfer who moves around the country for both business and social activities.
Full details of the new De Vere Club – ‘the club that’s changing golf membership forever’ – at www.devere.co.uk/golf or call 0844 980 8060.