BGC Social Membership

The Buffalo Golf Club has a Social Membership option. This is intended to allow members to maintain ties to the club when they are unable to participate in tournaments due to personal reasons. Here are a few questions and answers about social memberships.

Who is eligible for a social membership?

Any member in good standing may change his membership to a social membership by paying the social membership dues during the membership renewal period. Past members in good standing may apply to have their membership reinstated as social members by the membership committee.

The social membership dues are set annually by the board of directors along with the other membership dues. Social membership dues are generally set to cover the cost of the BGC social events. Past members may be assessed an initiation fee when applying for reinstatement as social members, similar to full membership reinstatement. Check the January or February BGC newsletter to see all membership dues for the current year.

Social members can participate in all club social events including parties, the Invitational, and the Club Championship picnic. If full members are required to pay an additional fee to participate in any of the social events, social members must pay the same fee.

Social members may not participate in any club tournaments (except the Invitational). Social members may not participate in the election for the BGC Board of Directors and may not hold a Board office. Also, social members will not have a handicap maintained by the club.

Social members may upgrade to full members again simply by paying the full membership dues during the normal membership renewal period. They may also upgrade to full members after having already paid their social membership dues by paying the difference between full membership dues and social membership dues.

No. The primary objective of the Buffalo Golf Club is still to promote the interest of amateur municipal golfers. As mentioned above, the intention of social membership is to allow members to maintain ties to the club when they are unable to participate in tournaments due to personal reasons, so new members will only be admitted to the Club as full members.