Membership : Join

  

HOW TO JOIN

STEP 1
Fill out the Membership Application Form and give it to the Club Office. Wherever possible, ensure you have two members propose and second your application. If you have been a member of a golf club previously, attach a reference from this Club with your application.

STEP 2
Your Application will be displayed on the Club Notice Board for 14 days. Should you not be able to provide two members to support your application, the Board may agree to have the President and Captain hold a preliminary interview with you.

STEP 3
The Board of Directors will consider your application at their monthly Board Meeting.

STEP 4
Should your application be approved, you will be notified by the Club and an account for your fees will be forwarded to you. Then a "New Member Orientation" will be scheduled with the Club Captain on the second Friday of the following month.

NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

(as per Section 14 of the Southport Golf Club Constitution)

(a) All applications for Membership (in any Class) shall be in such form as is prescribed by the Board and set out in the By-Laws and shall be lodged with the Secretary. All candidates for Membership of the Club and the Southport Golf Club Junior Club (other than as Life Members) shall be proposed and seconded by a financial Life, Ordinary, Associate, Limited Playing or Country Member of the Club who has been a Member for not less than one year and to whom the applicant is personally known. A person cannot be admitted as a member unless the person makes written application for membership and the application is approved at a meeting of the Club's Board of Directors.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the By-Laws, the Secretary shall cause particulars of all applications for Membership (in any Class) to be displayed on the notice board at the clubhouse for a period of at least 14 days prior to the general monthly Meeting of the Board. If any Member wishes to object to an application for Membership he may lodge his objection in writing with the Secretary during that 14 day period and not otherwise. The Board shall not be bound by or required to further inquire into or otherwise have any regard to any such objection.

(c) The Board may accept or decline any application for Membership and the Board is not required to give any reason for its decision.

(d) The Board shall determine the Class of Membership to which a duly entitled applicant may be admitted.

(e) If the applicant is admitted to Membership the Secretary shall notify that person in writing of the Board's resolution and the entrance fee and subscription (if any) payable by him. If within 28 days from the date of the Secretary's letter the applicant has not paid the entrance fee and subscription to the Club his admission to Membership shall be deemed to have been declined.

(f) If the Board declines an application for Membership the nominee or applicant shall not be eligible to reapply for a period of 6 months after the date of the Board's determination. The Secretary shall inform the nominator of an applicant whose application has been declined in writing to that effect. Reasons for the Board's determination are not required to be given.

(g) An applicant whose application has been declined has no right of appeal against the Board's determination.