{"id":1195,"date":"2025-06-17T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/?page_id=1195"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:54:47","slug":"become-a-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/membership\/become-a-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Membership Information<\/h1>\n<p>Royal Canberra Golf Club offers a 27 hole championship course and elegant Clubhouse situated within the Westbourne Woods, a magnificent arboretum of established trees providing a scenic and challenging test for golfers of all standards. The Westbourne Course has recently undergone an extensive course redevelopment led by respected Golf Course Architects Ogilvy Clayton Cocking Mead.<\/p>\n<p>A Royal Canberra Golf Club Membership offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>27 holes championship course situated within the Westbourne Woods arboretum located 8 minutes from the CBD<\/li>\n<li>First class practice facilities including a driving range and nets, chipping green, two practice putting greens and a short iron range<\/li>\n<li>An in-house Golf Shop stocking the latest equipment and apparel<\/li>\n<li>Experienced golf professionals offering private lessons, group clinics, video analysis, playing lessons, coaching programs and an expert club fitting service<\/li>\n<li>An elegant Clubhouse offering a fabulous dining experience for lunches, business and private functions with numerous social activities throughout the year<\/li>\n<li>Family friendly atmosphere for members to entertain family, friends and colleagues with magnificent views of the course<\/li>\n<li>Access to <a href=\"\/cms\/membership\/reciprocal-clubs\/\">over 40 reciprocal clubs<\/a> throughout Australia and overseas<\/li>\n<li>A range of golf programs designed to encourage beginners to try golf in a supportive and non-competitive environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Membership Categories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ordinary 7 Day<\/li>\n<li>Youth (18 to 39 years of age)<\/li>\n<li>Junior (8 to 17 years of age)<\/li>\n<li>Novice (open to new Members who have completed a Royal Canberra \u2018Women\u2019s Introduction to Golf\u2019 program)<\/li>\n<li>Diplomatic (POA)<\/li>\n<li>Clubhouse (social use of the Clubhouse \u2013 no playing rights)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Entrance Fees<\/h3>\n<h4>Full Playing Membership (From 1 July 2025)<\/h4>\n<p>$15,000 if paid up front on joining<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>$16,500 (if paid in 4 equal instalments of $4,125 over 4 years)<\/p>\n<h4>Youth 4 Full Playing Membership &#8211; 34 &#8211; 39 years of age<\/h4>\n<p>$8,125 if paid up front on joining<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>$8,940 (If paid in 4 equal instalments of $2,235 over 4 years)<\/p>\n<h4>Youth 3 Full Playing Membership &#8211; 29 &#8211; 33 years of age<\/h4>\n<p>$6,250 if paid up front on joining<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>$6,880 (If paid in 4 equal instalments of $1,720 over 4 years)<\/p>\n<h4>Youth 2 Full Playing Membership &#8211; 24 &#8211; 28 years of age<\/h4>\n<p>$5,000 if paid up front on joining<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>$5,500 (If paid in 4 equal instalments of $1,375 over 4 years)<\/p>\n<h4>Youth 1 Full Playing Membership &#8211; 18 &#8211; 23 years of age<\/h4>\n<p>$3,750 if paid up front on joining<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>$4,120 (If paid in 4 equal instalments of $1,030 over 4 years)<\/p>\n<h4>Junior Membership &#8211; 8 to 17 years of age<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;\">$2,150 (paid up front on joining)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Novice<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>(POA)<\/p>\n<h4>Clubhouse Membership (No Playing Rights)<\/h4>\n<p>$375 (paid in full at time of joining)<\/p>\n<h3>Annual Subscription<\/h3>\n<h4>Membership Categories (From 1 July 2025)<\/h4>\n<p>Ordinary 7 Day (40 years +) &#8211; $6,810*<\/p>\n<p>Youth 4 (34-39 years of age) &#8211; $6,170*<\/p>\n<p>Youth 3 (29 to 33 years of age) &#8211; $5,535*<\/p>\n<p>Youth 2 (24 to 28 years of age) &#8211; $4,900*<\/p>\n<p>Youth 1 (18 to 23 years of age) &#8211; $3,465<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Junior (8 to 17 years of age) &#8211; $1,045<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clubhouse Membership (No Playing Rights) &#8211; $1,095*<\/p>\n<p>*includes $500 Member Hospitality Credit<\/p>\n<p>Membership is by nomination through current Members, you will require a nominator, a seconder and 3 referees all from within our Membership to progress your application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership Information Royal Canberra Golf Club offers a 27 hole championship course and elegant Clubhouse situated within the Westbourne Woods, a magnificent arboretum of established trees providing a scenic and&#8230; <a class=\"read_more_link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/membership\/become-a-member\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":253,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21172,"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195\/revisions\/21172"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.royalcanberra.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}