Baytree National Golf Links is a part of the 13 course portfolio known as the Florida Golf Trail®. With seven clubs in the Tampa Bay area of Florida including two private clubs, The Bayou Club and River Hills Country Club and The Majors Golf Club in Palm Bay, it is a great benefit to Baytree National members to be able to play The Majors Golf Club as a reciprocal member and take a 2 hour drive to Tampa and play golf for a long weekend.
For baseball and football fans, the Florida Golf Trail®'s three clubs in Washington, DC and one in Cincinnati, OH make for a great excuse to take a vacation in our nation's capitol or beautiful Cincinnati and to be able to play golf on Trail courses, of which two are private In Washington or to Cincinnati where the Trail has one club.
The trail has arrangements with hotels in the Cincinnati, Washington DC and Tampa area markets so that members of Baytree National will receive preferred pricing on accommodations in each of those markets.
Listed below is a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" regarding our reciprocal privileges.
Can I expect a dues increase at home club when the reciprocal program goes into effect?
No! There are no guarantees but if a club on the Trail decides to increase its dues, it will absolutely have nothing to do with the Trail but with the economics of that club’s operation.
If the Trail adds more and more clubs, are those clubs automatically part of the Trail & will my dues go up?
No to the dues increase and Yes to the new clubs automatic inclusion into the Trail reciprocity program. This is what makes this program so fantastic and THE ABSOLUTE BEST MEMBERSHIP VALUE IN GOLF!
Can I join as a full golf member without an initiation fee at any Florida Golf Trail® Club?
Each club on the Florida Golf Trail® has its own club membership program. Hidden Creek Country Club in the Washington, DC suburb of Reston, Virginia is our only club currently charging an initiation fee. The National Golf Club in Washington, DC, The Bayou Club and River Hills Country Club in the Tampa area, all private clubs, are currently offering memberships with no initiation fee. Bardmoor Golf and Tennis Club does not offer golf memberships. The other seven clubs, The Majors Golf Club in Palm Bay, here at Baytree National, Bloomingdale, Lansbrook and Northdale in Tampa, The Preserve in Bradenton, and Patuxent Greens in Laurel Maryland will waive their initiation fees completely.
All clubs will charge a nominal application processing fee upon joining any Florida Golf Trail club.
What other amenities at reciprocal clubs are available at my disposal?
You are considered a member of every club even though you are only paying your home club’s dues. Whatever amenities are available at the away club to its golf members, those amenities apply to you. For example, if range balls are considered paid in your monthly dues, use of the practice facility is free to you.
Can I use my charge account at my home course at a reciprocal club and get one bill for all my charges?
Currently a member only has charge privileges at the home club. However, in the not too distant future, members on the Trail will have charging privileges at each reciprocal club, and other club’s charges you made will appear on your home club statement.
Can I walk or must I rent a cart to play at a reciprocal club?
The rules of each individual club apply, not your home club. If a Trail club allows walking after 4pm, then that same rule applies to the reciprocal member. Please have your golf shop staff check into this before you arrive at the reciprocal club.
What if I own my own cart and have prepaid trail fees for the year?
That is a privilege that applies only to your home club and does not carry over to a reciprocal club. The cart fee rates for play at each Trail club are available in your Home Club Member Reciprocity Guide.
Are there any time restrictions on when I can play at a reciprocal club?
Each Trail club has its own membership base to consider and therefore may restrict when reciprocal members may play. It is up to the individual club as to the tee times it will make available to reciprocal club members.
Are there restrictions to when I can bring a guest to play a reciprocal club on the Trail?
The guest of member rule at each home club will carry the day. Please have your home golf shop staff check into the reciprocal club’s privileges regarding the availability of guest of member play.
Can I make tee times a month in advance because I have friends coming into town?
A reciprocal member can make tee times two days after that of a home club member. For example, members of the Bayou Club have a two week advance tee time policy. A reciprocal member can book a tee time 12 days in advance. Your Home Club Member Reciprocity Guide will have the advance tee time policy for each club detailed out. Your home club golf shop must book the time for you.
When traveling to areas of the United States where a Florida Golf Trail® Club is located, I can just call that golf shop and book my own tee time and my guests and I pay the reciprocal fees?
No! You must call your home club golf shop and have the golf professionals there make your tee times for you, even if you are away from your home club for an extended period of time. For example, if you belong to a northern Florida Golf Trail® Club, and then winter in Tampa for any length of time, you must have your home club golf shop call in your tee time each and every time.
