| The following outlines the Platinum Club features and benefits you will enjoy as a Platinum Club Member as well as familiarize you with the rules & restrictions of the program.
Participating Members enroll by paying an annual fee determined by AGC. The Platinum Club membership year runs from April 1st – March 31st. An annual open enrollment period is held each March. Any existing member who does not enroll during the open enrollment period but would like to enroll during the year may do so but applications will only be accepted when accompanied by the full annual fee.
For a list of participating clubs and courses please visit our website at www.theplatclub.com.
Features & Benefits
- Platinum Club Members receive complimentary golf privileges Monday throughFriday (excluding holidays) at participating AGC private country clubs and AGC public and resort courses. Cart fee payment is required whether the Member opts to walk or to ride.
- Platinum Club Members may reserve tee times up to 60 days in advance.
- Platinum Club Members have access to additional tee times (outside of reserved Platinum Club times) seven days a week at participating public and resort courses at 20% off the prevailing 18-hole rate. Call the Platinum Club office for details on participating courses.
- Platinum Club Members may bring guests to participating private clubs for the prevailing Member guest rate.
- Platinum Club Appreciation Days will be scheduled at each home club. These events will allow participating Platinum Club Members to bring guests to the Club for a round of golf at the prevailing cart rate.
- Platinum Club Members enjoy reciprocal charging privileges at private clubs.
- Platinum Club Members receive preferred Member pricing in the golf shops of all participating private American Golf clubs.
- All tee time requests must be made through the Platinum Club reservation center by calling (800) 207-4653. Confirmation numbers will be issued for all confirmed tee times.
Rules & Restrictions
- Only active Full Golf, Corporate Golf & Associate Golf Members are eligible to enroll in The Platinum Club.
- Members who enroll in The Platinum Club will be charged a non-refundable annual fee.
- Credit card guarantees and cancellation fees may apply for tee times. If a Member does not cancel a tee time at least 24-hours prior to their confirmed time, the Member will be responsible for payment of a no-show fee that is equal to the rack rate for the confirmed tee time. The no-show fee will be billed to the Member’s Home Club account. Upon cancellation, a Member Services Representative will issue a cancellation number for verification. If the 24-hour window falls on a weekend or holiday when the reservation center is closed, the Member must contact the club or course to cancel the tee time.
- More than half of golf rounds played during any calendar year must be played at the Member’s Home Club.
- Platinum Club tee times will only be valid when made through The Platinum Club reservation center. Members may not contact courses directly. Confirmation numbers will be issued for all confirmed tee times.
- At check-in, Members must present their Home Club membership card and picture ID along with their confirmation number.
- Reciprocal play for Platinum Club Members is not available at private courses within a fifty (50) mile radius of their home club. There is no mileage restriction for Platinum Club Member play at participating public and resort courses.
- Platinum Club Members may play each participating course or club a maximum of two (2) times per month.
- Platinum Club Members may use the range and/or practice facilities at participating clubs or courses only on the day of play.
- Holidays will be defined as the following: New Years Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve. If a holiday falls on a weekend, the weekday the holiday is observed on will be considered a Platinum Club holiday. On these days Platinum Club play will not be available.
- Violations of the program rules and restrictions including allowing a non-participating Member to use their Platinum Club privileges can result in suspension or termination of Platinum Club privileges.
- Platinum Club guests are subject to guest fees and policies of each individual course or club.
- Each private club accepts two (2) Platinum Club tee times per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon each day that Platinum Club play is available. Each public course accepts three (3) tee times per day with at least one time before 8:00 am each day that Platinum Club play is available. The decision to accept additional Platinum Club times is at the sole discretion of each course’s manager.
- American Golf reserves the right to revise, modify or withdraw The Platinum Club or any feature of the club at any time without prior notice.
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