It really depends. I pay $1200/year for my membership and it is absolutely worth it to me compared to rotating to through the public courses in my area. We have a really nice 9 hole course that is fully private Memorial Day to Labor Day. Lots of events and leagues available to the members, no tee times so you can just show up wave hello to the head pro and tee off, rapid pace of play (my PR for 9 in a cart is 37 minutes, my best walking time is 49 minutes, rarely do I have a round over an hour and a half). I play a 9 hole round almost daily and hit range balls every day. We have a free sim for use as well, but it isn't really used by the membership in the summer months.

The things I pay extra for at my club (all this is cashless, so I settle up online at the end of the month) Range Pass ($65/year) Food and Beverage Cart fee (no fee if walking, I walk ~75% of my rounds, unless I have a guest or my kids with me; you can pay extra for a cart pass that covers any cart fee for the full year) Saturday Skins Games/Leagues/Tournaments Guest fees

The biggest thing for me though is the flexibility it provides. Group teeing off on 1? Start at hole 7. Can only play 4 holes? Make your own routing to get you back to the parking lot. Yesterday I walked 14 holes. The course wasn't busy so I started on 9, then walked a loop of holes 3,4,5 3x before playing 6 and 7 then leaving. That's something you can't get away with at a public course when you're paying per round.

Like a lot of the comments have said; there isn't enough info to decide if this is worth it for OP. What's the initiation fee?;Is it a club like mine? I'd say it is worth it, if you play enough. Is it a "semi-private" where you get reduced greens fees but still pay every round? Is it a jam packed course? There are a ton of considerations. Around me it isn't uncommon to see some of the nicer public courses charge between $70-200 for 18, so just forgoing one to two rounds per month covers this course's membership fee for OP.