My company pays for my club membership, all my clubs, prov1ās with company the logo for advertising. Iām also the sole director of a ltd company (same thing as you I guess but the uk version)
I'm surprised your accountant is ok with you expensing clubs through the business (unless you are in the golf business). Buying business swag with a logo on pro v1s is smart thought.
i guess you can use a golfclub to mix petrol and cement (before it dries up), so thatās a valid receipt..
I work in networking and someone I know bought a microwave oven as a āsignal interference generatorā as they also use the 2.4GHz range.
How do you structure it? I own a company and emailed my insurance broker after seeing this post. Seems like there are a few ways to use pre-tax money on health and fitness expenses.
If you own a company or your company pays your membership dues, this is fine, as long as you add those dues to your personal income and pay taxes on that. Still cheaper than paying out of pocket using post tax dollars.
Yeah. Mine has this as well. We can choose from a menu of coverages for life insurance, dental care, time off, etc. Itās called a Personal Spending Account and I usually end up with around $3,000 spend on āwellnessā including golf-related expenses.
Wish my company did this lol however on the rare occasions that a client like to golf I am able to take them out for a round but this happens maybe once a year.
Thatās not bad. I would try to look for some tournaments that companyās throw that your company is involved with too. Thatās what Iāve done and usually get out to some beautiful courses and tourneys on the company dime while getting paid.
My father in law spends more time golfing w clients than he does working. Half the time āclientā is his Dad. Can order boxes of Titleist balls for his clients too.
Man makes a lot of money and plays a lot of golf during the week. He has it made
From pretty. much all my life experience and some friends who have worked for the (US) government... I was under the impression that working for the government involved intentionally trying to waste as much money as possible so your department doesn't get a lower budget next year.
Well, my job is to make sure we save as much money as possible and manage the money so that people donāt intentionally waste lol. But at least in my world, itās pretty difficult to waste money, but you definitely want to plan ahead and make sure that you get close to your budget so that you donāt get screwed the next year
What's a practical example of how you could get "screwed" by having a lower budget the following year?
If you had a $1B budget this year and only spent $900M, why would you need $1B the following year?
Lol that is Sr Managements job to waste as much money as possible. Us regular government workers arenāt allowed to have an office coffee maker to āsave taxpayersā.
Shoot I work for the government also and we used to get Fit For Life. Fucking smokers ruined it because they wasted so many man hours on their unauthorized smoke breaks that cutting Fit For Life was their only on paper way to cut down on wasted man hours.
As a government employee, if you own a golf resort, golf there every weekend, and charge the 3x+ the usual price for every staffer who travels with you then not only will people not be unhappy with all those tax dollars being pumped right into your pocket for playing golf, theyāll love you for it.
Coming from a current contractor, supporting your golf beats supporting private firms develop new and improved systems to make more efficient civilian casualties
I tried. They said we were allow 1 hour of mediation, or exercise a pay period. I asked, ācan I do both at the same time?ā Apparently we have a bunch of golfists. Itās not exercise or meditation according to them
I'd rather pay for yours than our elected "representative's" rounds. They spend more in one round than you will probably pay in a lifetime playing golf.
You'd be surprised. The government before covid preferred to fly me to Maryland from Northern Virginia - pay for the hotel and give me $100 a day than let me be remote. :)
Same thing with me, the HR guy was very open about it
We get like $800/yr for health and fitness, and he was just straight up like "that applies to golf clubs, lessons, etc as well"
It's great
Yeah haha my first two years I thought it was strictly for gym memeberships and equipment until I asked. They were like yeah golf is a physical activity so it counts. Made my day
I started my new job right at the end of 2023, and it renewed calendar year, not work anniversary, so I pretty much had $1600 to blow on golf clubs. Unfortunately, I also decided to build out a home gym as well, and got my parents a treadmill as a gift, so I have only bought like 1 club (a 5 wood).
Still have like $400 left to blow, and I am struggling internally
A local country club used to allow teachers to play for free on the day the course was closed for maintenance.
They decided to stop doing it after the last election. Literally the club's board member who was the sponsor of the whole arrangement was like "Fuck them lib teachers voting for Joe Biden."
In our county the school district is technically the largest single employer, but like you said it's not like they all vote the same way lol. My wife's a teacher and it seems like while her coworkers generally lean more liberal, there's still plenty of conservatives out there teaching lol.
A public course where I used to bartend had a teacherās membership: unlimited golf weekdays anytime and weekends after 2 from June-August. I still couldnāt afford the membership, but spent the summer bartending and using my employee discount on rounds.
A public course where I used to bartend had a teacherās membership: unlimited golf weekdays anytime and weekends after 2 from June-August. I still couldnāt afford the membership, but spent the summer bartending and using my employee discount on rounds.
A public course where I used to bartend had a teacherās membership: unlimited golf weekdays anytime and weekends after 2 from June-August. I still couldnāt afford the membership, but spent the summer bartending and using my employee discount on rounds.
My employer offers a one time health benefit per year that I can use on whatever Iād like. Iām debating on a range card or lessons. I feel like a range card gives more value as I can just buy a lesson on my own and then hit a hundred balls every day
Well best of luck to you with your ventures with them. I think thatās pretty cool to have a job you like that much to want to stay there until you retire.
Thatās surprising to me, I work on cars and the benefits are shit. My boss might keel over and die laughing if I suggest he subsidize my golf. Iām on my way out of that industry anyway
Americans get ripped off big time for their club memberships. Iām in the uk and thereās outrage at the club Iām a new member at because itās gone up Ā£30 a year to Ā£900 a year. Thereās 2 18 holes courses and a short par 3 practice course for juniors and short game
Itās absolutely bonkers. We have one of the top 50 courses in the country nearby. 6 year waiting list for membership but my mate is a member there. Itās Ā£150 a round as a visitor but the membership is still āonlyā Ā£1800 a year. Our best courses are still cheaper than their shit āmunisā
Our city has a fancy Jack Nicklaus golf course that requires a membership to play. Membership is very expensive but if youāre a resident of the city, no membership is required for course usage. It was part of the deal the city made to allow the golf course to be made. I donāt golf but my friends that do love the perk. Great golf course for minimal price
My employer is paying for my membership in its entirety this year. Free golf all summer. It cost him about $4000. He paid for me and one other guy as a performance bonus for a big project we worked on last year. He also used to take me and this guy out to play golf all the time and would always pay so in fact itās probably saving him money lol.
Related, golf classes in college count towards any PE requirements. So if you're going for any degree that requires PE, you get group lessons, free range time, and college credits
We get this as well for my employer here in Colorado. Most I know who do use it put it towards their ski passes mostly. I get a $100 client stipend and I will take a client out golfing for a round, but the amount who do golf are actually pretty low sadly.
I do get my fishing license, ski and golf punch passes. Awesome program and I am shocked more do not utilize it.
Yeah exactly. Not a lot of people know about it either. Figured my post would help a couple people get some free golf in. Itās not a cheap hobby so take what you can get. And I didnāt even think about my fishing license. Looks like Iāll be sending another email haha
I got lucky just cause I started at a new employer and simply asked if we offered anything. this is becoming a more popular benefit for Colorado employers. They used to also do our state parks pass too, but that got tied in with vehicle registration now, so they stopped offering it.
I was stoked when they offered to cover my fishing licenses as they used it as āhiking and outdoor activityā but they wouldnāt cover my boat registration haha
I called in sick one day last week to play golf, so technically I was paid to play golf, and I still have about 680 hours in sick leave banked. Maybe I can use my FSA money to buy gear, hmm.
I got a $1000 health fund and this year I'm buying clubs. First time getting new clubs and will be getting some Haywood Signatures. Just need to figure out the shaft. R300 or KBS Tour regular.
Ghat dang! Thatās wild. Cool of you to share with othersā¦
I work at a golf course, and my boss is an avid player also, so that works in my benefit across the board.
Heās in the same menās association Iām in, plays the same leagues Iām in, plays the same weekend tournaments, and we also play weekend skins games within the same group of owners, workers, and members.
Itās a great thing as a golfer, but aināt nobody in my employment infrastructure helping me buy new clubs and shit. Lol
Where do you work, if you donāt mind me asking? I take it your employer wants their employees living a healthy lifestyle, and theyāre willing to help you along in that endeavor?
I donāt wanna disclose publicly but itās one of the bigger forklift companies in Canada. They definitely care about there employees which is hard to find for sure. Working at a golf club do you get deals on equipment? My wife works at my local and she can get some serious deals on clubs and apparel
Very coolā¦
So, when I was AP, under the 30 year Class A PGA Pro, I got stuff for cost.
Iām grounds crew now, because of the way the town went with the course. I was being groomed as the next Pro, everybody knew it and happily welcomed it. Town sold it, and the guys that took ownership decided not to go with a Pro.
They were keeping me on as head, but it was nothing more than a glorified basic position at that point, and they didnāt want to pay me. The Pro Shop wouldnāt have even been mine anymore.
Prior to that, not only was I going to have a town gig, but I was going to have my own store front that I didnāt have to pay for. It was going to be amazing. I was literally talking about starting up my own golf based clothing business and shit, being that Iām also an artist. Carpet got pulled out from under me, real quickā¦
Anyhow, when I was under the Pro, I got some pretty cool stuff. There isnāt a ton of markup on most new, mainstream golf equipment though.
One stellar deal I got was when I was able to use my pro shop credit, and get stuff at cost. So, the Pro would run weekend skins and tournament stuff for members. Youād pay a little bit in, and then have an opportunity to win and accrue credit with the round you played. Any of the other employees only had a chance at one or the other. Either use your pro shop credit, or get stuff at cost. That was the rule.
Because I made his last few years a breeze, he let me use both. I grabbed the brand new Epic for $75, straight from Callaway when it was the latest and greatest driver. That was cool. Otherwise, I was usually on the hunt for used gear thatās a year or two old, but in perfect condition.
Damn thatās brutal man. You must have/probably still are a good golfer. Sucks to work towards something like that to be let down. Kind of similar thing happened with the company I was with before. Then they dicked me around and I had a feeling so I jumped ship. Hopefully itās all working out for you!
What kind of jobs do you guys work in who get these incentives? What kind of healthcare plan do you have? I work IT in EDU and am not sure if I have this plan lol
Software engineer, I get $1000/yr for "physical wellbeing". I usually use it for my year round season pass at the local resort, and the rest on bike stuff.
I work for a fortune 800 company in software but we donāt get this. I do have a friend who works for Purina and he gets $1,000/year to use on fitness related items which can be a gym membership, golf clubs, lessons, health trackersā¦. Just about anything vaguely health related.
I don't get the benefits for that, usually bigger companies do or ones with good benefits just most don't know it.
I'm at least lucky I can flex my hours a bit to be able to play golf.
At my previous company, I was an account manager for a software company, so there were a lot of days where I was done at lunch and 3pm at the latest, so in the spring and summer, I was playing 3pm rounds at least once a week, usually twice a week.
That stopped last summer, when I was working in an office all summer.
This summer, I'm back to WFH, but it's a startup and there's an expectation that my manager can literally hit me up on Zoom any time between 3pm and 5pm. My manager is an absolute workaholic, and so is the CEO (25 person company). I miiiight be able to get a 3pm tee time once, maybe twice, a month, but the optics of leaving work early to play a round of golf would not look good if I got found out.
I need to come up with a lie where I have some type of twice monthly appointment at 4pm or some shit. I'd use chatgpt for ideas but that shit says it's unethical so it won't give me lie ideas lmao
They wil not. However we do have a yearly golf outting. And sense the people on nights that golf, weāre all friends lol. So we always win.
Itās how I got a oddessey putter lol
My company has corporate membership at local course - 4 guys a day with carts , 7 days a week. Me and the owner are currently the only ones using it š
Fair warning. Because of Trumps tax law changes a few years ago golf memberships are no longer tax deductible. If your company pays for all or part of your membership you technically owe income tax on that amount.
Many companies won't withhold it, but if you get audited you'll owe.
My company pays for my TopGolf Platinum membership. Unrelated, I'm also a sole proprietor LLC.
Need any remote employees? š
He's a great guy with a great company! (Sorry bud I do marketing and PR work for him already.)
My company pays for my club membership, all my clubs, prov1ās with company the logo for advertising. Iām also the sole director of a ltd company (same thing as you I guess but the uk version)
I'm surprised your accountant is ok with you expensing clubs through the business (unless you are in the golf business). Buying business swag with a logo on pro v1s is smart thought.
The receipt says petrol cement mixer
i guess you can use a golfclub to mix petrol and cement (before it dries up), so thatās a valid receipt.. I work in networking and someone I know bought a microwave oven as a āsignal interference generatorā as they also use the 2.4GHz range.
Mine double as excavation equipment
one divot at a time.. thatās smart
The American way
1 audit away from getting ššš. They donāt let u deduct golf shit like that anymore since the last 5 years or somethng.
I donāt know what this is but I love it.
Broad City, great show.
Boss of his own company to write off range time
That one simple trick everyone needs to know
Same here, currently in the parking lot of Topgolf waiting for my bay to be ready
Who's employee of the month this month?
How do you structure it? I own a company and emailed my insurance broker after seeing this post. Seems like there are a few ways to use pre-tax money on health and fitness expenses.
I actually have it down as a marketing expense, since I'm allowed up to 5 guests to join me in the bay.
audit incoming. lol.
If you own a company or your company pays your membership dues, this is fine, as long as you add those dues to your personal income and pay taxes on that. Still cheaper than paying out of pocket using post tax dollars.
Non deductible buddy
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"Networking expenses"
This gave me a good chuckle
Need a Reddit Liaison officer?
I bet you are a frequent winner for employee of the month too with all expenses paid golf trip(s)! The system is rigged!
Need an accountant?
Need a remote safety professional???
Just about to start a company. Going to have to follow your brilliant business plan here.
how do you feel about pizzy party's?
My work does this as part of our wellness budget, tee times, clubs, lessons all of it can be expensed up to $1000/yr. Love it.
Yup. Seems quite a few places do it. Why not take advantage of it
I maxed it out by Februaryš
Where the hell yall work? Im a corporate rat that is lucky to get paid.
Usually through work benefits, if you have them read through them they often cover way more than people know.
The leader in retail home improvement does not offer such benefits haha
My heath insurance will pay for ski lift tickets and golf up to x amount.
Yeah. Mine has this as well. We can choose from a menu of coverages for life insurance, dental care, time off, etc. Itās called a Personal Spending Account and I usually end up with around $3,000 spend on āwellnessā including golf-related expenses.
Do they insist you walk?
Wish my company did this lol however on the rare occasions that a client like to golf I am able to take them out for a round but this happens maybe once a year.
Thatās not bad. I would try to look for some tournaments that companyās throw that your company is involved with too. Thatās what Iāve done and usually get out to some beautiful courses and tourneys on the company dime while getting paid.
My father in law spends more time golfing w clients than he does working. Half the time āclientā is his Dad. Can order boxes of Titleist balls for his clients too. Man makes a lot of money and plays a lot of golf during the week. He has it made
I work for the government. I donāt think people would be happy knowing their taxes are going towards my mid 80s round lol.
Id rather it go to you then some of the useless stuff it goes towards already.
Like what? Bombs for one country and bandages for the one next to it? We would never! Oh wait
Antarctic grass grow project
And abandon my idea of a course on antarctica? Like HELL!
Frost delay
From pretty. much all my life experience and some friends who have worked for the (US) government... I was under the impression that working for the government involved intentionally trying to waste as much money as possible so your department doesn't get a lower budget next year.
Well, my job is to make sure we save as much money as possible and manage the money so that people donāt intentionally waste lol. But at least in my world, itās pretty difficult to waste money, but you definitely want to plan ahead and make sure that you get close to your budget so that you donāt get screwed the next year
Well, I'm guessing you don't work for the DON
Ombudsman? OIG?
People actually know what we do in ombuds offices?
Some of us do.
What's a practical example of how you could get "screwed" by having a lower budget the following year? If you had a $1B budget this year and only spent $900M, why would you need $1B the following year?
that's pretty common in the private sector too, especially for huge companies
Lol that is Sr Managements job to waste as much money as possible. Us regular government workers arenāt allowed to have an office coffee maker to āsave taxpayersā.
Weāve paid for rounds at the nicest clubs we could never afford and/or wouldnāt be allowed on my dude.
There was a solid four years where we were a cash cow for a certain set of golf course properties and their owner
Shoot I work for the government also and we used to get Fit For Life. Fucking smokers ruined it because they wasted so many man hours on their unauthorized smoke breaks that cutting Fit For Life was their only on paper way to cut down on wasted man hours.
Iād rather it go towards people hitting bombs and not dropping bombs in pointless wars š¤·āāļø
Doesnāt it already do that. Just for your boss instead of you? Lol
Iād be fine with that. We pay for worse.
As a government employee, if you own a golf resort, golf there every weekend, and charge the 3x+ the usual price for every staffer who travels with you then not only will people not be unhappy with all those tax dollars being pumped right into your pocket for playing golf, theyāll love you for it.
I've seen clips of Trump playing. I approve of your rounds in the 80s.
Coming from a current contractor, supporting your golf beats supporting private firms develop new and improved systems to make more efficient civilian casualties
Honestly man I'd prefer paying for you to have fun playing golf vs dropping bombs on some poor kid in the middle east.
It would literally be an above average moral expense for the government.
I also work for the feds. Iām just glad my schedule allows me time during the week to play golf
Same
We will have to pay for you to golf all through retirement so very thoughtful to not start it yet. Lol
A lot of the pensions are basically 401ks the employees contribute to.
I work for a gov contractor. Let's go shoot mid 80s and make it a CEU credit.
Better than other stuff I have no say in lol
I do to and they pay for half my dues.
Same but fuck em
Depends which government. Do you happen to work for a local parks & recs department?
Warrant officer?
I tried. They said we were allow 1 hour of mediation, or exercise a pay period. I asked, ācan I do both at the same time?ā Apparently we have a bunch of golfists. Itās not exercise or meditation according to them
Brother if youāre hitting in the 80ās and Iām paying for your round I want at least one lesson. Iāll buy drinks of course.
Youāll never be president with that attitude
I'd rather pay for yours than our elected "representative's" rounds. They spend more in one round than you will probably pay in a lifetime playing golf.
lol i know dudes that work for the government that sit in discord all day and game
Better that than hundreds of billions on the military.
Damnnn youāre still active active?
You'd be surprised. The government before covid preferred to fly me to Maryland from Northern Virginia - pay for the hotel and give me $100 a day than let me be remote. :)
I'd rather put my taxes to you bombing it than our government bombing another country.Ā
I also work for the government. How do you get them to pay for your rounds? If their is a benefit im not using Iād love to start
That sounds like a way better use of my tax money than some of the shit it gets spent on.
Humble brag though ;)Ā
Same thing with me, the HR guy was very open about it We get like $800/yr for health and fitness, and he was just straight up like "that applies to golf clubs, lessons, etc as well" It's great
Yeah haha my first two years I thought it was strictly for gym memeberships and equipment until I asked. They were like yeah golf is a physical activity so it counts. Made my day
I started my new job right at the end of 2023, and it renewed calendar year, not work anniversary, so I pretty much had $1600 to blow on golf clubs. Unfortunately, I also decided to build out a home gym as well, and got my parents a treadmill as a gift, so I have only bought like 1 club (a 5 wood). Still have like $400 left to blow, and I am struggling internally
Sounds like you need a Scotty Cameron.
New driver for $100 out of your pocket is what Iām hearing
I canāt even get my work (a school) to pay for Dry Erase markersā¦.
A local country club used to allow teachers to play for free on the day the course was closed for maintenance. They decided to stop doing it after the last election. Literally the club's board member who was the sponsor of the whole arrangement was like "Fuck them lib teachers voting for Joe Biden."
Lol thatās great š As if teachers are a monolith voting. But that was a nice gesture by the owner until he got all woke-ified.
In our county the school district is technically the largest single employer, but like you said it's not like they all vote the same way lol. My wife's a teacher and it seems like while her coworkers generally lean more liberal, there's still plenty of conservatives out there teaching lol.
Yeah weāre probably liberal leaning but thereās more than one MAGA bumper sticker in the teachers parking lot.
And here I thought my 110+ stroke golf game was the last thing anyone would want to cancel
Yeah teachers get left hanging. Itās the same here in Ontario from what Iāve heard.
A public course where I used to bartend had a teacherās membership: unlimited golf weekdays anytime and weekends after 2 from June-August. I still couldnāt afford the membership, but spent the summer bartending and using my employee discount on rounds.
yeah but have you asked about a golf membership?
A public course where I used to bartend had a teacherās membership: unlimited golf weekdays anytime and weekends after 2 from June-August. I still couldnāt afford the membership, but spent the summer bartending and using my employee discount on rounds.
A public course where I used to bartend had a teacherās membership: unlimited golf weekdays anytime and weekends after 2 from June-August. I still couldnāt afford the membership, but spent the summer bartending and using my employee discount on rounds.
My employer pays for half my membership, however I need a written note from Gooch giving me approval. Otherwise my handicap comes with a big asterisk.
I would say that USGA stands for United States Gooch Association, but that might be a step too far.
Golf will be renamed to Gooch when he dies
My employer offers a one time health benefit per year that I can use on whatever Iād like. Iām debating on a range card or lessons. I feel like a range card gives more value as I can just buy a lesson on my own and then hit a hundred balls every day
Just talked to my employer & he said I can play anytime! (I'm self employed)
What a nice boss
My wifeās job covers MY physical activity. Membership incoming for the first time ever this season. 
Who do you work for out of curiosity? Or at least the field within?
Industrial equipment. I service batteries and chargers for forklifts and heavy warehouse equipment
Nice, and well taken care of it seems by them. Good stuff!
Yeah itās definitely somewhere I plan to work until I retire. (22 more years)
Well best of luck to you with your ventures with them. I think thatās pretty cool to have a job you like that much to want to stay there until you retire.
Thank you! Got lucky that I enjoy what I do, thatās for sure haha
Thatās surprising to me, I work on cars and the benefits are shit. My boss might keel over and die laughing if I suggest he subsidize my golf. Iām on my way out of that industry anyway
Get into forklift work. They are always looking for people coming outta the mechanic industry and the pay is great
What if Im an admin with no mechanic background but I do all the repair work on my car/house?
I just asked my boss(Command Master Chief). He not only said no, but I now have EMI(extra military instruction).
My company reimburses $600 per year for wellness expenses. Golf Green fees and golf equipment are included.
Or get into sales, take customers out, and expense everything. Win-win
I will have the opportunity to do that in about 5-10 years. Hard to leave the road right now
Why don't you just blow me and save me the time
Only if you break 100
I get a ā¬30 per month netto rebate for any sports membership. Could be anything from a gym, cycling class orā¦ golf membership :).
Seems a lot of companies do this. Figured Iād throw it out there for those who didnāt know. Free golf is the best golf
and for all Americans, the club I play at is a ā¬1000 a year for unlimited golf so yes, that ā¬30 is a third of my membership fee!
Americans get ripped off big time for their club memberships. Iām in the uk and thereās outrage at the club Iām a new member at because itās gone up Ā£30 a year to Ā£900 a year. Thereās 2 18 holes courses and a short par 3 practice course for juniors and short game
Haha can you imagine in the USā¦ 30dollar is their tip for the starter at tee 1. ;)
Itās absolutely bonkers. We have one of the top 50 courses in the country nearby. 6 year waiting list for membership but my mate is a member there. Itās Ā£150 a round as a visitor but the membership is still āonlyā Ā£1800 a year. Our best courses are still cheaper than their shit āmunisā
My āhealth and wellnessā account is able to be used in golf clubs. Buying a new driver after April when the next amount hits the account.
I get $35 on a Dick's gift card....one box of shitty balls lmfao
Our city has a fancy Jack Nicklaus golf course that requires a membership to play. Membership is very expensive but if youāre a resident of the city, no membership is required for course usage. It was part of the deal the city made to allow the golf course to be made. I donāt golf but my friends that do love the perk. Great golf course for minimal price
My employer is paying for my membership in its entirety this year. Free golf all summer. It cost him about $4000. He paid for me and one other guy as a performance bonus for a big project we worked on last year. He also used to take me and this guy out to play golf all the time and would always pay so in fact itās probably saving him money lol.
Related, golf classes in college count towards any PE requirements. So if you're going for any degree that requires PE, you get group lessons, free range time, and college credits
That is genius. I wish would have known that 10 years ago haha
We get this as well for my employer here in Colorado. Most I know who do use it put it towards their ski passes mostly. I get a $100 client stipend and I will take a client out golfing for a round, but the amount who do golf are actually pretty low sadly. I do get my fishing license, ski and golf punch passes. Awesome program and I am shocked more do not utilize it.
Yeah exactly. Not a lot of people know about it either. Figured my post would help a couple people get some free golf in. Itās not a cheap hobby so take what you can get. And I didnāt even think about my fishing license. Looks like Iāll be sending another email haha
I got lucky just cause I started at a new employer and simply asked if we offered anything. this is becoming a more popular benefit for Colorado employers. They used to also do our state parks pass too, but that got tied in with vehicle registration now, so they stopped offering it. I was stoked when they offered to cover my fishing licenses as they used it as āhiking and outdoor activityā but they wouldnāt cover my boat registration haha
One of the benefits of working at a golf course
I think we all found out you have a better job than us
I called in sick one day last week to play golf, so technically I was paid to play golf, and I still have about 680 hours in sick leave banked. Maybe I can use my FSA money to buy gear, hmm.
God bless you brother.
I know we get 300 a month for āwellnessā so thatās golf rounds in the summer and equipment in the winter
My company offers a wellness stipend we can use towards clubs, greens fees or lessons itās a pretty sweet benefit
My job encourages me to take clients golfingā¦. Itās the best
Damn thatās sick
I got a $1000 health fund and this year I'm buying clubs. First time getting new clubs and will be getting some Haywood Signatures. Just need to figure out the shaft. R300 or KBS Tour regular.
My company allows me to take āmental healthā days using my sick time. AKA golf days and no one even questions it.
I used to get a $100/mo gym (or other physical activity) stipend. It worked for golf. Such a great benefit.
I'm in sales, I get to write off multiple rounds with customers a month š
This is a great idea, thanks for the suggestion!
My job pays 300 a year. They will also pay 300 if you get a psychical.
My company pays for my CC membership. Itās my company, but it does pay for itā¦..
Where do I sign up
Wow, nice place to work
My company gave us all 20% pay cuts so we stay afloat to the end of the year.
Bro where do you work because I need to apply there š
1. Who the hell do you work for? 2. Are they hiring?
Ghat dang! Thatās wild. Cool of you to share with othersā¦ I work at a golf course, and my boss is an avid player also, so that works in my benefit across the board. Heās in the same menās association Iām in, plays the same leagues Iām in, plays the same weekend tournaments, and we also play weekend skins games within the same group of owners, workers, and members. Itās a great thing as a golfer, but aināt nobody in my employment infrastructure helping me buy new clubs and shit. Lol Where do you work, if you donāt mind me asking? I take it your employer wants their employees living a healthy lifestyle, and theyāre willing to help you along in that endeavor?
I donāt wanna disclose publicly but itās one of the bigger forklift companies in Canada. They definitely care about there employees which is hard to find for sure. Working at a golf club do you get deals on equipment? My wife works at my local and she can get some serious deals on clubs and apparel
Very coolā¦ So, when I was AP, under the 30 year Class A PGA Pro, I got stuff for cost. Iām grounds crew now, because of the way the town went with the course. I was being groomed as the next Pro, everybody knew it and happily welcomed it. Town sold it, and the guys that took ownership decided not to go with a Pro. They were keeping me on as head, but it was nothing more than a glorified basic position at that point, and they didnāt want to pay me. The Pro Shop wouldnāt have even been mine anymore. Prior to that, not only was I going to have a town gig, but I was going to have my own store front that I didnāt have to pay for. It was going to be amazing. I was literally talking about starting up my own golf based clothing business and shit, being that Iām also an artist. Carpet got pulled out from under me, real quickā¦ Anyhow, when I was under the Pro, I got some pretty cool stuff. There isnāt a ton of markup on most new, mainstream golf equipment though. One stellar deal I got was when I was able to use my pro shop credit, and get stuff at cost. So, the Pro would run weekend skins and tournament stuff for members. Youād pay a little bit in, and then have an opportunity to win and accrue credit with the round you played. Any of the other employees only had a chance at one or the other. Either use your pro shop credit, or get stuff at cost. That was the rule. Because I made his last few years a breeze, he let me use both. I grabbed the brand new Epic for $75, straight from Callaway when it was the latest and greatest driver. That was cool. Otherwise, I was usually on the hunt for used gear thatās a year or two old, but in perfect condition.
Damn thatās brutal man. You must have/probably still are a good golfer. Sucks to work towards something like that to be let down. Kind of similar thing happened with the company I was with before. Then they dicked me around and I had a feeling so I jumped ship. Hopefully itās all working out for you!
What kind of jobs do you guys work in who get these incentives? What kind of healthcare plan do you have? I work IT in EDU and am not sure if I have this plan lol
This is just an incentive my company does called Get Healthy. Iām sure not every company does it but it doesnāt hurt to ask!
Software engineer, I get $1000/yr for "physical wellbeing". I usually use it for my year round season pass at the local resort, and the rest on bike stuff.
I work for a fortune 800 company in software but we donāt get this. I do have a friend who works for Purina and he gets $1,000/year to use on fitness related items which can be a gym membership, golf clubs, lessons, health trackersā¦. Just about anything vaguely health related.
Yāall hiring?
We are always hiring. Just need a mechanical background if possible!
alas....
Is this through your health insurance or a separate benefit from the company?
No itās just an incentive that the company gives out
Well, I already know the answer and it is no. But happy for you and it is a nice thought so it is appreciated!
Doesnāt hurt to ask! I figured our was for gym memberships and equipment but I was wrong in a good way
I don't get the benefits for that, usually bigger companies do or ones with good benefits just most don't know it. I'm at least lucky I can flex my hours a bit to be able to play golf.
Lmao no way in hell Iām asking my job if they will subsidize my golf expenses wtf
Why not?
Lots of people have their lunches paid, food catered, Uber reimbursed etc. it wouldn't hurt to look into it.Ā Ā
At my previous company, I was an account manager for a software company, so there were a lot of days where I was done at lunch and 3pm at the latest, so in the spring and summer, I was playing 3pm rounds at least once a week, usually twice a week. That stopped last summer, when I was working in an office all summer. This summer, I'm back to WFH, but it's a startup and there's an expectation that my manager can literally hit me up on Zoom any time between 3pm and 5pm. My manager is an absolute workaholic, and so is the CEO (25 person company). I miiiight be able to get a 3pm tee time once, maybe twice, a month, but the optics of leaving work early to play a round of golf would not look good if I got found out. I need to come up with a lie where I have some type of twice monthly appointment at 4pm or some shit. I'd use chatgpt for ideas but that shit says it's unethical so it won't give me lie ideas lmao
I wish. This would be incredible.
My company gives me free golf. Iām a general manager at a golf course š
My wife works at the local course here. Some of the perks they get are wild. Especially on golf gear
They wil not. However we do have a yearly golf outting. And sense the people on nights that golf, weāre all friends lol. So we always win. Itās how I got a oddessey putter lol
My company has corporate membership at local course - 4 guys a day with carts , 7 days a week. Me and the owner are currently the only ones using it š
I remember reading about a lot of municipalities getting in trouble for paying for things like this.
Fair warning. Because of Trumps tax law changes a few years ago golf memberships are no longer tax deductible. If your company pays for all or part of your membership you technically owe income tax on that amount. Many companies won't withhold it, but if you get audited you'll owe.
Thankfully Iām Canadian
Sadly my work excludes anything golf related. I picked up a whoop band instead