Fastest finger first. Booking tee times

[KenL]

For some strange reason my club does not allow us to book on brs at weekends. All bookings have to go though our Pro. This means he automatically puts in all known groups every week, at the times he knows they want. Seems to work ok.

So, people who have a regular slot get to maintain that as the pro just puts them in?
That’s very wrong in my opinion. Should be fair and open to all members.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Interesting comments
Where tee times are hard to come by are your clubs oversubscribed in general or is it just the ‘attractive/popular’ times?

If known; roughly how many rounds will be played at your course this year?

It’s mainly in my experience during the winter months where tee times are restricted due to day light hours

During summer most groups get the times they want

 

[Golf is fun]

I genuinely don’t get this thread?
People have described organised teams of people sitting at computers at 17.59.59 every night all clicking furiously to get huge blocks of daily times and not one person suggested this wasn’t fine.

But if you think a bit and get your home computer to do the same thing with a little automation (so it does it much better) it’s suddenly not OK?

They’re both attempting the same thing just in different ways. One is smarter than the other.

Sounds like characterising the fact that you did it the dumb-repetitive-hard-work-every-day way while someone else used their brain and did it better, by automating the repetitive task, as “disgraceful”. How silly. Don’t like the endless click war and getting beaten? Nothing at all stopping you from using your brain too to spend less time clicking and more time coding to achieve the same.

If a slot opens at 6pm and someone books it at 6.00.00.0000001 then they’ve stuck to the rules. Why should the committee intervene? As for “disadvantaging” other members, if you’re doing it manually you’re disadvantaging others who wanted that time but are a little slower or have a poor internet connection than you. What’s the difference?

Anyway , I like playing at quieter times and the scrum of block-booked 4-balls starting at first tee and lasting 2-3 hours, when you can play millionaire’s golf on an almost empty course in the afternoon, has always puzzled me. Same people that think playing at this time is utterly essential probably come in and complain bitterly about slow play having chosen to only play during the most congested time….

I was thinking the same.

I suspect those that think using a script is unfair mostly believe so because they can't or won't do it. Are the same people concerned for others or is it just tough luck for those who depending on the release times of slots may be unable to book due to: childcare duties, working shifts, working in general, not having a smartphone and not being at home, not having home internet (surprisingly still about 1.5 million households in the UK), just to name a few examples.

 

[Crazyface]

So, people who have a regular slot get to maintain that as the pro just puts them in?
That’s very wrong in my opinion. Should be fair and open to all members.

Well, you'd think. But we haven't loads of members and even with doing this we have gaps in the booking system where people can get a slot so it just works.

 

[Mandofred]

So, people who have a regular slot get to maintain that as the pro just puts them in?
That’s very wrong in my opinion. Should be fair and open to all members.

Who decides what is fair? I don't think it is "fair" to have a Tuesday morning blocked off for just the women's group. I don't think it is fair to block off whole Saturdays for comps. I don't think it is fair to have large blocks of times reserved for visiting parties. I can go on and on with this..... One of my clubs has prebooked tee times on Wed+Thursday mornings for rollups that are very well supported. Some would say that isn't fair to people who don't want to play in the rollups. Why? They can still play.....they just can't play the way that they want to play. Who decided that rollups were the "wrong" way to play? Each club is a little different.

 

[Yorkhacker]

I've moved to a quieter club now, fewer members. You get the hang of it though. Set your alarm for 2 minutes before and get ready. There's a knack to it, it becomes a mission

A man after my own heart! Exactly what I do.

At this time of year, when the days are short, I can feel my heart beat a little quicker, as the clock ticks down.