1.   Who All Can Apply for Membership.  Following are eligible to apply for the membership of Kurmitola Golf Club (KGC):

a. Defence  Service and Civil Government Officers.

1. Serving Defence Services Officers and Retired officers of the rank of Colonel and above, or equivalent. However, officers of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and below and equivalent both serving & retired may apply for membership having 14 handicap. The applicant must prove his handicap by playing with certain members of the Executive Committee nominated for this purpose. In case of Lieutenant Colonel having 16 handicap may be considered at the discretion of the President on case to case basis.
2. Serving civil government officers of the rank of Joint Secretary or equivalent and above (Serial 21 and above of Warrant of Precedence 1986) are eligible for Kurmitola Golf Club Membership. Officers serving on contract basis or part time are not eligible.
3. Other retired defence services officers and civil government officers may apply for membership in the ‘Private Service Holder/Local Bangladeshi (Civil)’ category.

 

b. Private Service Holder / Local Bangladeshi (Civil) Members.

1. Must be 30 years of age.
2. Must be a graduate.
3. Must be a regular tax payer (minimum personal income tax of BDT 1 lac per annum) and clean CIB record.
4. Senior Management level officers of reputed Multi National and National Companies having at least 7/8 years of working experience.
5. Chairman/Managing Director/Directors and Business Owners of reputed companies.
6. A company may be considered as reputed if it has a record of paying good amount as corporate taxes.

 

c. Diplomats.

All Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Embassy Officials of the rank of Second Secretary and above can become a member. Officers of all UN Organizations are also eligible as Diplomat Members:

1. World Bank
2.  Asian Development Bank
3. UNICEF
4. WHO, UNDP and IDB etc.

 

d. Non-Diplomat (Expatriates).  Foreign Nationals working in Bangladesh having valid work permit in any reputed companies are eligible for membership.

e.  Corporate Member.  Prestigious corporate houses may apply for one, two, three or four member corporate membership. Members nominated by the corporation would be entitled to avail the club facilities and they can be replaced with new incumbent as per the terms and conditions of club membership. This facilities will be provided to those corporate houses who have made minimum contribution of BDT 5 million per annum under corporate social responsibility (this clause is applicable for local corporate house).

 

f. Single Spouse

1. After the demise of the honorable member, his/her spouse would be given ‘Single Spouse’ membership as per existing policy. Minor children (as per club record) of the deceased member will be considered as dependent member up to 25 years of age. Spouse concerned has to apply within one year from the date of demise of the member concerned to avail the ‘Single Spouse’ membership. Amongst the dependent members who would be playing golf regularly, after attaining 25 years of age may apply for full membership with discounted rate.
2. Golf playing dependent members, who have already crossed 25 years of age and were waiting to apply for full membership at a discounted rate, may be allowed to apply as of age and entrance fee mentioned in sub-para  f. (1) above.
3. If a ‘Single Spouse’ member expires, his / her dependent members will continue to avail above mentioned facilities.

 

g. Single Lady.  For encouraging ladies to play golf in maximum number Single Ladies may be admitted by Executive Committee as Single Lady Member.  As Single Lady Member her spouse and children are not entitled to use club facilities.

h.  Dependent Members.

1. Spouses of the members irrespective of age can become member of the club without paying additional entrance fee till the member is alive or his/ her membership remains valid.
2. Children of Members.        Children of the members can remain dependent members up to the age of 25 years.  After 25 years of age only the playing dependent members may apply for full-fledged membership as a local Bangladeshi. Minimum age for dependent members to apply should be 25 years. Entrance fee and age limit for dependent members will be as under:

Ser	Age Limit	Entrance Fee for Children of Members
		Armed Forces Members	Civil Members
1.	Up to 28 years	1,00,000.00	4,00,000.00
2.	Above 28 and up to 30 years	1,50,000.00	5,00,000.00

1.  Children over 30 years of age would not be considered as dependent members.
2. Dependent-turned regular members will avail all the facilities like a regular member except that their dependents will not be offered regular membership at discounted rate.

 

j. Champion Junior Golfers. Junior Golfers who are talented and their handicap is 5 (five) or below may apply for KGC membership. They will be tested for handicap and if found suitable (handicap-5 or below) will be awarded membership. This membership will remain valid up to the age of 18 (Eighteen) years. Their entrance fee is exempted.

k. Special Temporary Member        National team players / coach may be awarded Special Temporary membership. This is to be approved by Executive Committee once in a year. Their entrance fee is exempted.  This will also be a single membership, thus their dependents will not enjoy any discount.

l. Honorary Member.       Bangladeshi or Foreigners with outstanding National or International importance or outstanding contribution in sports will be awarded Honorary Membership. Their entrance fee is exempted.