Golf clubs are slowly moving away from tipping. They come to find out that the service dips (of course).
If I’m running a golf club or a restaurant, I want the guy who will bust his ass at $10/hr. + tips. Not the $20/hr. clock milker who won’t get off his ass to help a member or a customer.
You get at the right club/restaurant, doing the right job and the weekly pay is almost an afterthought.
Okayyy, that's a thread tangent and rather random, but I'll play. Having worked at the top country clubs in Colorado through high school, college, and post graduation, none of them allow tipping from members. The staff are among the elite of the service industry and are expertly trained and highly professional. They work on gratuity pools, which are nominal fees automatically added to the members' bills. If any of us were to "clock milk" or caught providing less than exceptional service that you allege, we'd be fired on the spot! Our focus was on integrity and the money reflected our success as a team.