Earliest you have teed off?

[jim8flog]

Prior to our course introducing an opening time of 7.30 about 6.30 from a dark and distant memory.

I knew one guy who used to tee off at 5 am in summer so he could get a round in before going to work.

 

[DanFST]

Used to tee off pre 7am.

Then I discovered alcohol and that was incompatible.

 

[jim8flog]

as we'd played most of the course in the comp before the greenkeepers had arrived they hadn't been able to move the pins or cut the greens.

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Pity the green keepers did not know the rules and could have at least cut the greens.

I remember being quoted one incident during a comp (not where I play) one player had played to the green to about a foot from the hole. Before the player got to the green the green keeper moved the hole to about 20ft away.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Just off now for my 6am tee time, should be home for 9am. Lovely time to play course to ourselves

What's the earliest you have teed off?

The only thing that gets me out of bed that early now is my prostate ?

 

[Orikoru]

About 9am. And even that felt ungodly. Not a fan. Give me an afternoon tee time any day.

 

[DCB]

Years back we had a crew who would finish the nightshift and go straight to the golf course to play a round. Seemed easy at the time ?

 

[ExRabbit]

About 9am. And even that felt ungodly. Not a fan. Give me an afternoon tee time any day.

Pretty much this!

 

[Brizo1411]

i like going out straight after my nightshift, very peaceful and the wildlifes always around more. always sleep great after it too

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Physically, 4.30 am for the longest day of golf challenge. We raised a wopping 5k for McMillan so all for a good cause.

Mentally, 1 minute past midnight in my dreams just about every night. Also the only times I’ve shot a 59.
Strange.

 

[nickjdavis]

ive teed off at 5am before so I can get 18 in before going to work

 

[Italian outcast]

circa 1990 - Saturday all night session, followed by a four-ball taxi(9s) to Carricknowe, Edinburgh for a dawn tee-off

 

[Lump]

Not a full round.
Working in a remote part of the UK a few winters ago and it just so happened the track I was working on had an access point on a golf course.. randomly found a club in a bush with balls..
It was -5 and bloody freezing cold @2am.

 

[Sully]

7am quite regularly - Sunday too

 

[tigerwes]

About 4:30 on my longest day challenge. It was still dark so I had to take a short iron off the tee.

It was dark again at the end after 135 holes.

 

[DanFST]

Not a full round.
Working in a remote part of the UK a few winters ago and it just so happened the track I was working on had an access point on a golf course.. randomly found a club in a bush with balls..
It was -5 and bloody freezing cold @2am.

I know Essex is bad, but I thought the round with a forumite you were looking for the other week would have been better than that!

 

[funkycoldmedina]

Tee'd off at 7am on the Old Course at 7am. Pretty cool being the first group out, Father in Law was first shot of the day.

 

[Radbourne2010]

Not my earliest, but Sat Medal @ 07:00, first tee time at Gog Magog with a mate. I had to get down to Wembley to watch Spurs get beat by Chelski that afternoon in the Cup Final. We got round in an hour & 50 mins, shot 37 & 38 points accordingly & had a hearty breakfast whist our usual playing partners were arriving for their usual 9.30ish slots. Very surreal & most enjoyable

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Think I might have dumped myself in it. Brought this thread up with our captain today and seems like we're looking at four courses in one day for next year for Macmillan and his charity (he's got another year subject to AGM approval given the lockdown etc). We can do three local ones easily enough but struggling for a fourth but knowing him he'll find a way. Given the travel on top of playing I can see it being an early one again

 

[grumpyjock]

Earlist would have been 3.30-3.45 as the course was closed from 7 for a medal comp, that would have been in the early 60's
Most times down in Yorkshire will have been 6.30. during the shutdown our course is not letting players out before 8.20.
Played a few times coming off night shift at 7.00.