Takapau Golf Club isn't prepared to shut its doors just yet but president David Tennent believes something will need to happen in Central Hawke's Bay within five years.
Tennent says even if four courses are closed in the region, it won't solve the issue of ageing golfers.
"At some stage we have to face the fact that there aren't enough golfers," he said ahead of the meeting at Waipukurau Golf Club tomorrow at 7pm to look at the future of the sport in CHB.
Tennent says volunteers are keeping the 12-hole Takapau course in good nick but the consensus is, in five years they'll have to come around the table to revisit the issue.
"I'm 66 and in five years I'll be 71 and I won't be driving a tractor but I'm satisfied doing it now so it's not a biggie for me."