Averleigh keeps its membership near 340. Members come by introduction: proposed and seconded, met over a round and a lunch, and elected by the committee.
There is no application form and no interview. A candidate is introduced by members, meets the club on the course and at the table, and is elected by the committee.
To begin
Every new member is proposed by a member of at least five years’ standing who knows them well, and seconded by a second member who knows them both. The proposer writes to the Secretary. There is no application form for the candidate to fill in.
If you would like to be considered and do not yet know a member, write to the Secretary all the same. She meets a number of people each year who come to the club this way.
Usually within two months
Two members of the committee will ask you for an afternoon round, with your proposer making the four. It is a round of golf, not an examination: they would like to see how you go about the game, keep pace and look after the course.
The same day, or soon after
You then have lunch with the Secretary in the Long Room. She talks through the categories, the subscriptions and how the House runs, and answers anything you would rather not ask a member.
At the quarterly meeting
The committee meets four times a year and considers each candidate on the letters and on what its members have seen. The Secretary writes to you, and to your proposer, after any meeting at which your name is discussed.
The club keeps its membership near 340, so most candidates are elected to a list. It is usually around eighteen months from election to joining.
Each is a full membership of the club. Choose one to see who it suits, what it includes and what it costs, or set all five side by side.
Members who live within reach of the club and expect to play through the year.
Or ten monthly instalments of £785.
Members whose home is more than sixty miles from the club, who come for weekends and the odd week.
On moving within sixty miles, the difference to the Full entrance fee becomes payable.
Or ten monthly instalments of £420.
Golfers aged 25 to 34, joining before the Full entrance fee would apply.
Deferred until 35, then payable at the Full rate over up to three years.
Or ten monthly instalments of £390.
Members resident outside the United Kingdom who play when they are here.
Or ten monthly instalments of £295.
Those who do not play, often the partners of playing members, and friends of the club.
Or ten monthly instalments of £125.
Tell the Secretary a little about yourself. If you know a member, she will speak to them; if not, she will suggest a time to meet.
Thank you, . Charlotte Fenwick reads every note herself and will reply by email to by telephone on within a week.
If you named a member, she will speak to them first. Election is always a matter for the committee, so nothing in her reply is a promise of membership.
This is a demonstration site, so nothing has been sent.
Usually, yes. The club keeps the membership near 340, and the list from election to joining is usually around eighteen months. The Secretary can tell you where it stands at lunch.
Yes. Visitors with a handicap index of 24 or better are welcome on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and members may bring guests on any day. Many members first came as someone’s guest.
Full, Country and Overseas membership start at 35. Between 25 and 34 you would join as an Intermediate member, with the entrance fee deferred. There is no upper age.
Yes. Each is proposed and elected in their own right, usually at the same meeting. A partner who does not play may join as a House member and move to a playing category later.
Children of members may play from twelve once they hold a handicap index, with a parent until they are sixteen. There is no junior subscription, and the Golf Studio teaches juniors in the school holidays.
On the course, tailored golf clothes and no denim. In the House, jackets are worn in the Long Room after six; by day the House, the Library and the terrace are less formal. Telephones stay in pockets indoors.
Write to the Secretary all the same, using the form above or a letter. She will be glad to meet you, and if Averleigh suits you, introductions tend to follow.