MEMBERSHIP
Affiliated Clubs
96 + 7 Associated Clubs + 17 Artisan Clubs
The County lost two Clubs who for different reasons have closed their doors during 2019, Redhill
& Reigate and Twisted Stone. Another Club, Moore Place, also closed but the members have
attached themselves to Sandown Park, so remain as an associated Club and continue to call
themselves Moore Place.
CENTENARIES
No Surrey Club will celebrate their Centenary until the year 2022.
Surrey County Golf will celebrate its Centenary in 2023.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The subscriptions for 2020 have been notified to Clubs, these have changed due to an increase
in England Golf fees from £9.00 to £9.50. Surrey Golf have also increased the County fees due to
inflationary increases in running costs and the County putting on more Events, Championships,
County Card days, Knockouts, coaching, matches for teams of all age groups from U12’s to
Seniors, this is the first increase by the County since 2013.
The combined Surrey and England fee will be £19.50 per male playing member made up as
follows: £10.00 to Surrey Golf and £9.50 to England Golf. Juniors will pay £8.00 to Surrey Golf
and £9.50 to England. Members belonging to two or more Surrey Clubs will only pay one County
affiliation fee, at their home Club. If a member belongs to another Club outside the County, and
that is their home Club, they would pay the England fee there but would still only have to pay
the Surrey Fee at the Surrey Club.
COUNTY CARD SCHEME
A few years ago, it was agreed that, in order to stimulate green fee income for Clubs, and to give
added value to membership of a Surrey Club, a free county card would be given to all Surrey Club
non-junior golfing members. This has proved most popular and will continue in 2020.
The county card meetings were again well supported, giving Surrey members an opportunity to
play some of the best courses in the county under competition conditions and at a very good
rate. This is to all intent and purposes a County Society. For 2020 the venues are - in order of play
- Burhill, West Hill, Hindhead, West Byfleet, Camberley Heath (New venue), Hankley Common
(singles), Hankley Common (FBBB), Effingham and Walton Heath.
ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
As per 2019 the 2020 AGM will be held at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club on Wednesday 1st April,
and will be followed by the County lunch.
THE GOLFING YEAR FROM THE COUNTY SECRETARY
Overall the 2019 season was not as successful for the older teams as we had hoped and expected
it to be. the First Team finished runners up in the six-man National qualifier to the eventual
winners Kent and then narrowly lost the Final of the South East Group League. Sometimes you
come so close!
Although it may feel that Surrey didn’t have as good year as we wanted, in fact there were many
positives. The County Amateur Championship hosted at Purely Downs stood out for two reasons.
Firstly in the qualifying rounds Angus Flanagan shot a new course record 62 and secondly,
showing the quality of the event, the final was between two +4 players, with David Corben
winning the crown for the third time by beating Angus in what was an exciting final. In the
Mid-Age we had another course record, this time at Croham Hurst by Michael Piesse who
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