GOLF CLUBS ASKED TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR VITAL EGU/EWGA
RESEARCH
The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Women’s Golf
Association (EWGA) have distributed their biennial Golf Club
Membership Questionnaire.
This is the fifth time the research has been conducted since
2000 and the results are used to build up a picture of junior
and adult membership within golf clubs in England.
The questionnaire enables the EGU and EWGA to assess membership
structures and examine membership trends within affiliated
golf clubs in England, establish the effect of development
initiatives and identify where resources are best focused
for the future. In addition the results help measure targets
set as part of the England Golf Partnership activity.
Results from the last questionnaire completed in 2006 showed
the percentage of junior membership across total golf club
membership increased to nine per cent, demonstrating the positive
impact of the junior development work that has been delivered
by the EGU and the EWGA in recent years.
Following feedback from golf clubs since 2006 on how to improve
and facilitate completion, the 2008 Questionnaire has a reduced
number of questions making the document 30 per cent shorter.
In addition clubs which complete the research online can view
the responses they provided in 2006 enabling them to identify
their own membership trends.
As an incentive for golf clubs to complete and return the
questionnaire, all clubs who respond by 30th April 2008 will
be entered into a draw to win a laptop, provided their return
is made online, four lots of funding for junior or beginner
coaching valued at £300 each and a fourball on the Hotchkin
Course at The National Golf Centre, Woodhall Spa.
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