UPDATE - What will the proposed ''Leeds United Golf Society'' be?

Hi all,

Its about time you were made aware of what the proposed ''Leeds United Golf Society'' is all about and the vision

We are various people who love Leeds United, and golf, between us, having massive experience in the Golf Industry, one based in St. Andrews, and the others all based in the Leeds area.

We all have a vision of Golf bringing all sections of Leeds United together, only a golfer will understand the concept, and how good it is!  Imagine playing for the Don Revie Trophy ? and that's only one slip of the tongue 

  We want you to play at local golf courses, getting the best deals, entering our Golf events, raising thousands for Charity

When you combine LUFC, Golf, and Charity, and make it an organised creature, amazing things will happen! 

Prizes to be won every week, chances to play with legends, too many to pick any out, but will introduce them as we go along!

When we launch, we will explain who will be the Ambassadors etc, and for what Trophies we will be playing for on the Charity days.

We must thank Salem Patel and also Paul Mills for dealing with us, working to see how the Golf Society and Leeds United can work together.

We have emphasised we will not be approaching current playing staff, however would be delighted if any members of the squad would join in!

Support

We have already got supported and pledges of help from:

• 15 + ex players involved, we expect this to be closer 50 by the time we have started approaching them!
• 35 Professional Golfers, 5 touring pros
• 2 well known Bands
• 800+  Leeds Supporters, and growing by the day..
• 10+ Celebrities who are Leeds United fans and golfers
• All the local golf courses we have spoken to, many have approached us
• Much more.......

This is before we have given much promotion on Twitter and Facebook

 

Charity and the ''Leeds United Golf Society''

It was asked by Paul Mills, Corporate, Leeds United, if we would considered donating funds for the ''Leeds United Foundation''.

We have proposed that 50% of all funds raised will be donated to the Leeds United Foundation. It would be nice to see our logo on the bottom of that page.

A Committee has been drafted up, who will decide how to raise funds for Charity, and also, where to donate the other 50% to.
£5 from each Membership (more below) will be donated to good causes.
We will be holding 4 Charity Golf events per year, at local Golf Courses
We will be holding Charity Auctions

All proposed to be in partnership with ''Leeds United Football Club''

This committee are due to meet on March 1st with Paul Mills  LUFC, and others at Elland Road, however would be good to get the naming/ branding authorised much sooner.

Each week which passes, is a week wasted where money could have been getting raised for good causes. So we are hoping for a launch sooner rather than later!

Membership
The proposed fee is going to be £15 to join, but this needs to be finalised, family membership etc needs looked into

From the joining fee, Members will receive a Society Bagtag, some golf goodies, and a certificate signed by a well known Leeds United name.

Website
We will be launching a website where you will be able to :-

• Join
• Enter Society Golf days and events/ Competitions
• Get deals at local Golf Courses/ further afield
• Buy official LUFC and LUGS Golf gear/wear/ goodies
• We will have a page listing all our LUGS members, from the famous to the 24 Handicappers, from Junior to Senior
 

Launch
Of course, before we can plan any launch, we need to be allowed to use the name of ''Leeds United Golf Society'' Nobody can see any reason this can't be the case, with the professionalism and experience of those involved. We are speaking with the Club to get the launch done as soon as possible,  Salem Patel is fully aware of what we have planned and is following our twitter account, as are many amazing people connected to our great club.

We are looking at having an Elland Road launch once we have sorted the logistics with Leeds United out, as we can inform our very eager VIP Guest list! And any Golf and Leeds United fan will not want to miss it!
The Society will be launched before the golf season starts, with an event in the planning for us to play in!

One of the team who is helping us on Facebook, and Twitter, and beyond, is Dave Cocker.
Many of the Leeds United Golfing family know Dave very well, just a thank you for your help

I don't think we are alone when we say keep the old stories and pictures coming!


A thought
Slip of the tongue 2...  Billy Bremner Junior will be coming to the launch, himself a Golf Pro in Germany, so we want him, and some other guests who are coming, treated like ROYALTY!! 

Leeds United and Golf have many links, its about time we made it into a family, and one of the best golf societies on the planet!!