Chute versus booking system

[Imurg]

There is, it's called common sense. People tee off soon as the group in front is out of range which causes bunching at the next pinch point. If they waited a couple of minutes......
We have 10 minute 3 balls on competition days, very rarely get any waiting.

The bunching would then be on the 1st and 10th tees with 7 or 8 groups waiting on each....at 10 minute intervals that queuing for nearly an hour and a half.....
It was sheer numbers....a booking system would prevent half of those queuing from even being there......

 

[3 jabber]

The bunching would then be on the 1st and 10th tees with 7 or 8 groups waiting on each....at 10 minute intervals that queuing for nearly an hour and a half.....
It was sheer numbers....a booking system would prevent half of those queuing from even being there......

You'd be surprised how much better the course flows and how many more people get round.

 

[3 jabber]

It was a league match so it would take priority and the tee was only shut for 30 minutes each side..
The issue was the sheer number of people wanting to play....everyone turned up and the queue started growing...happens on Bank Holidays too.....that's why me and Fragger tee off as early as possible....
Numbers are uncontrollable without a booking system...as everyone else we had to have a booking system during Covid but reverted to roll up as soon as they could.
An EGM was called as some wanted to stay with the booking....seems like a 3 line whip of the , shall we say, more experienced members defeated the call to reinstate...
Love playing there but sometimes the politics does my head in.....

One man, one vote. If the majority of members wanted a booking system but didn't get it then I wonder who's fault that was

 

[simsini]

I much prefer just to roll up. I play in a group of 12-16 depending on the week. How do we guarantee we play together when there's a mad rush for online booking each week? I also go and watch football for 3pm most Saturdays. What happens if in that rush, the only available times are later in the morning? With the roll up, people tend to get comfortable in whatever time they play each week anyway, so there isn't much queuing just a constant flow of people.

A lot of queues wouldn't exist if courses opened earlier in the morning.

 

[clubchamp98]

I much prefer just to roll up. I play in a group of 12-16 depending on the week. How do we guarantee we play together when there's a mad rush for online booking each week? I also go and watch football for 3pm most Saturdays. What happens if in that rush, the only available times are later in the morning? With the roll up, people tend to get comfortable in whatever time they play each week anyway, so there isn't much queuing just a constant flow of people.

A lot of queues wouldn't exist if courses opened earlier in the morning.

Ours is open at first light.

You can play in the dark if you want.

 

[simsini]

Ours is open at first light.

You can play in the dark if you want.

As it should be.

 

[3 jabber]

As it should be.

What about greenkeepers getting priority to prepare the course? We had a greenkeeper get hit in the face last week when the 1st group teed off early.

 

[simsini]

What about greenkeepers getting priority to prepare the course? We had a greenkeeper get hit in the face last week when the 1st group teed off early.

Players should give way to greenkeepers at all times. That group should have seen them.

 

[Slab]

What about greenkeepers getting priority to prepare the course? We had a greenkeeper get hit in the face last week when the 1st group teed off early.

Ouch: Hope they’re ok

Re GK’s, do they not go out 40-50 minutes before 1st light/1st tee time for the course prep ?

 

[3 jabber]

Ouch: Hope they’re ok

Re GK’s, do they not go out 40-50 minutes before 1st light/1st tee time for the course prep ?

Yeah he's ok thanks but was shaken up by it.
They start prep early but are limited in what they can do regarding noise from machinery etc.

 

[simsini]

THAT group teed off while the course was still technically shut.

Then there should be repercussions. The course being open all hours never caused any issues where I've played that have had it.

 

[3 jabber]

Then there should be repercussions. The course being open all hours never caused any issues where I've played that have had it.

I'm on committee, there will be repercussions!

 

[Slab]

Yeah he's ok thanks but was shaken up by it.
They start prep early but are limited in what they can do regarding noise from machinery etc.

Noise does carry right enough and if its suburban..
I can hear the petrol leaf blowers going at the local club car park every morning and its over a KM away, as a the crow does it thing. luckily never heard the mowers though, they'd be heading away from me

 

[simsini]

Noise does carry right enough and if its suburban..
I can hear the petrol leaf blowers going at the local club car park every morning and its over a KM away, as a the crow does it thing. luckily never heard the mowers though, they'd be heading away from me

I think it just needs a bit of common sense. I know of some courses, where luckily I'm not a member, that open at 8am in the summer. That's madness.

 

[Deleted member 36735]

I think it just needs a bit of common sense. I know of some courses, where luckily I'm not a member, that open at 8am in the summer. That's madness.

Plenty of courses surrounded by houses have restrictions on starting times and when the green keepers can start due to noise.

 

[simsini]

Plenty of courses surrounded by houses have restrictions on starting times and when the green keepers can start due to noise.

Fair enough if the houses were there first.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

As it should be.

How can the GK prepare the course in the dark ?

 

[simsini]

How can the GK prepare the course in the dark ?

They prepare all 18 holes at the same time?

 

[Deleted member 36735]

Fair enough if the houses were there first.

Not sure it matters when it comes to the law.
I'm not saying who's wrong or right, but it is a fact that morning restrictions apply in residential areas.

 

[GreiginFife]

How can the GK prepare the course in the dark ?

Our guys are out with big floodlights on the Gators. You can often see them out in the far corner before first light.