If you live near Radlett and want golf club membership without a joining fee, 120 points at The Hertsmere gets you Flexi membership from £300 a year, an official England Golf handicap, a 14-day booking window, and 10 per cent off food and drink at Script Restaurant and Bar. There is no upfront lump sum, no minimum rounds, and no pressure to play more than your diary allows. You pay for the golf you actually intend to play, on an 18-hole Donald Steel parkland course 20 minutes from London and inside the M25.
By The Hertsmere team4 min read
What Flexi membership actually includes
Flexi membership at The Hertsmere starts from £300 a year, and that price buys you 120 points to spend on golf. Alongside the points, you get an official England Golf handicap, so every round you submit counts towards a real, recognised handicap index that travels with you to opens, societies, and away days. You also get a 14-day booking window, which puts you ahead of visitors booking pay-and-play tee times, plus 10 per cent off at Script Restaurant and Bar. There is no joining fee, so the number you see is the number you pay.
How the points system works in practice
Rather than paying one large annual subscription and hoping you play enough to justify it, your points act as a golf balance. You exchange them for tee times across the year, and how far they stretch depends on when you choose to play. If you tend to play at quieter times, your 120 points will go further; if you want prime weekend slots, you will use them up faster. Either way, you decide, and the full points breakdown is on our membership page so you can plan before you commit.
That flexibility suits the way a lot of people around Radlett, Elstree, and Borehamwood actually live. If work, family, or travel means you play once or twice a month rather than twice a week, a traditional full subscription rarely adds up. Flexi does.
Why the missing joining fee matters
Joining fees are the biggest barrier in club golf. They ask you to commit hundreds or thousands of pounds before you have hit a single shot as a member, and they lock you in, because leaving means writing that money off. Removing the joining fee changes the whole relationship. You can try membership for a year at £300, see how the course, the range, and the clubhouse fit your life, and renew because you want to, not because you have sunk money into staying. That is how we think club golf should work: golf without the gatekeeping.
You are joining a whole club, not just a tee sheet
Your points buy golf on our 18-hole Donald Steel parkland course, opened in 1986, playing 6,376 yards off the whites, 6,053 off the yellows (both par 72), and 5,464 off the reds (par 75). But membership puts the rest of the club within easy reach too.
- A 26-bay floodlit Toptracer range, open until 10pm, for practice after work
- A free 30-minute coaching assessment to benchmark your game, plus Srixon custom fitting on site
- Script Restaurant and Bar, serving Modern British food seven days a week from 7:30am, with a balcony over the course, a Sunday roast, and a dog-friendly welcome
- Your 10 per cent Flexi discount at Script every time you eat or drink
- Over 250 free parking spaces, so arriving is never a battle
Is Flexi right for you?
If you play most weeks and live locally, a fuller membership may offer better value, and we are happy to talk that through. But if you are an occasional golfer, new to the game, returning after a break, or simply unwilling to gamble a joining fee on a club you have not lived with yet, 120 points is a sensible, low-risk way in. You get a real handicap, real booking priority, and a real club around you, from £300 a year. And if you want to try the course first, we are pay-and-play too, with the best rates online.
See the full Flexi details
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