Advice on planning four balls

[kitelobster]

Dear Fellow Golfers,

Over 2 year ago I started a golf group at work to play with colleagues and it didn’t take long before this became more stressful than the job. It was simply so difficult to know who had the time and also not to upset anyone by inviting too many colleagues in the hope to have a four ball. Frequently I’d end up with 4+ colleagues saying yes and I had no possibility of booking tee-times for so many guests at my club. Have you experience this problem? Well I simply couldn’t find a solution, not even doodle.com or even facebook could really help so I built my own.

I posted a thread giving the link to my web-based tool, but the admins of the forum have asked me to first get to know you before offering things for free. If you are interested how the 4ball scheduler works and would like to give it a try please send me a message and I will pass on the link.

All the best,

Robin

 

[Hacker Khan]

I tried to organise a works golf society. And I got 11 people who would 'definitely be interested in playing'. But when push came to shove and tee timed needed booking 5 people committed, then the weekend before one sliced his thumb open, so that left me with the perfect 4.

So my advice is take the number of people who express a strong interest, half it, take one or two more off, and you'll end up with the number that will actually turn up. Simples.

 

[duncan mackie]

I might suggest that it's not the tool that's the issue with such things but the 'rules' you develop, and the arrangements you are able to make with courses and clubs.

 

[kitelobster]

I might suggest that it's not the tool that's the issue with such things but the 'rules' you develop, and the arrangements you are able to make with courses and clubs.

I'm not that one that makes the rule, my Golf Club only allows me to book one flight before 1pm. I have 36 people in my group and they don't all need to play at my course, so the benfit of this web tool is they can arrange their own 4ball at another club and colleagues can then sign up with them. There is no chasing people to see if they want to play, its self-service

Just let me know if you are interested and I'll send you the web-link. The more people that try it, the more honest feedback I get; and did I forget to say it's free to use.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The way you are describing this with 'flights' sounds very American, are you UK based and if not, will this be any use to people in the UK?

 

[kitelobster]

The way you are describing this with 'flights' sounds very American, are you UK based and if not, will this be any use to people in the UK?

I'm Scottish and living in Germany, "flight" is a word they also use here. I've attached some screenshots to lift the mystery on the tool:


Would this be useful for you too?

 

[dufferman]

Does the tool have a list of all the UK courses?

 

[kitelobster]

Does the tool have a list of all the UK courses?

The tool is totally open and you can add the courses you usually play at with friends. It is specifically geared around organizing golfing friends and too many courses in the drop-down choice list would only frustrate more than help. If you are intereseted in trying it drop me a message and I'll pass on the link.