Immer mit der Ruhe!
IMHO, the primary purpose of CC passes is to raise the company's revenue. CCs went well before their invention, with only minor amounts to pay to enlarge them.
Now, many members are in a hype to support their CC by buying passes. IMHO, they are wasting their credits if they do so. Your CC is level 7, and there's hardly any benefit to come which would justify any purchase of CC passes. The better part of using the free passes is the CDP bonus, 880+ XPs per day. The only valuable outcome for players (for me) is the Putting Pal, and this comes early.
Unfortunately, the hype is going through the roof with the Clash, a dance around the golden calf - ehm - putter. Again, raising revenue is the main purpose. I'm afraid to say that your CC's experience growth has to stand back against it. Furtheron, there's not a single prize of any reasonable value.
Most of these events have given major or minor reason to criticize:
#1, where easy points could be earned outside the competition,
#3, where a former promise to let the results on the panel wasn't kept,
#4, where Nullnummern, "zero" results, are common. The company earns from the passes, to no avail for the CCs.
The latter is the best synonym for the whole CC pass thingy.
My 2 Pfennig