How to Join?

We are always keen to attract new members, so here is some information for anyone who may be interested in joining us:

What’s the club like?

We are a small ladies section of a larger men’s club, established since 1948. We usually have about 15-20 lady members, of whom 10% play at other clubs, 10% play only occasionally, and the rest play regularly with Braeside.

We pride ourselves on attracting a wide range of ladies to the club – some will have played competitive golf before, and already have a handicap. Some will be looking for their first club and their first handicap.

While we respect the rules of golf, and believe etiquette is important, The club is unstuffy and informal.  As far as we are concerned, the social side of golf is as important as the competition.

Where and when do you play?

We play at Beckenham Place Park, a beautiful par 69 hilly parkland course on the outskirts of South East London. It has stunning vistas over the old mansion house, ancient woodland, lovely bluebells and daffodils in spring and wonderful colours in the autumn. We love our Saturday morning fresh air fest there!

The course is maintained by Glendale Golf on behalf of Lewisham Borough Council – and the condition of the course has been very good this year. Urban wildlife abounds – many squirrels, foxes and bright green parakeets, (a wallaby has also been sighted some years ago!). 

The club facilities are very basic – the ‘caff’ within the mansion house is brilliant for bacon and egg sandwiches after your game, but don’t expect to be able to change afterwards (unless you are happy to change in the car!). We have been talking to Lewisham Council and hope to see facilities improve soon…… so watch this space.

We are a weekend club, as most of us work.  We play every Saturday morning, and sometimes on summer Sundays or weekday evenings also. We can get tee times at any time we want by pre-booking the week before. We communicate by e-mail, so everyone knows when the tee times have been booked.

We have regular club competitions both summer and winter. We play in a summer ‘Penfold’ league, where we play other Public Golf Course clubs at home and away. We go away at least twice a year for ladies’ weekends away, and also join the men on their away events.

Do I need a handicap? Do I have to be an experienced golfer?

No. While we welcome golfers with existing handicaps, we have a strong tradition of developing golfers at the beginning of their addiction to the sport!.  We do expect you to have had some experience on a driving range, to be able to hit a golf ball, and to keep up with the other more experienced golfers on the course.  We require that you should be able to score 120 over 18 holes before we allocate you a handicap and invite you to join formally as a member. If you are not quite at this standard, you can play with us informally on non competition days for a few weeks or months to develop your golf skills. The

Glendale golf pro, John Goode, would be delighted to offer you lessons before you join us.  We will teach you course etiquette and safety and help you to master the rules and scoring procedures. We find that most people can improve their golf quite quickly just by playing with other like-minded women every week.

To get your handicap, we ask you to play four rounds with us, (at least one of which will be a committee member) before we allocate a handicap and invite you to join the club fully.

What will it cost?

Joining fees are £42, with an annual subscription of £50. Green fees (£22) must be paid to Glendale at the pro-shop, but there are several loyalty packages which reduce the overall cost if you play regularly.

Who do I contact?