First tee priority

[USER1999]

Ok, so Saturday is open play all day, apart form a 90 minute slot for the ladies christmas stableford, but also the last day for the winter pairs knock outs to be played. Its going to be a busy one.

All swindle times, roll ups etc have been cancelled for the day.

So, should people playing in the knock outs have priority on the tee, or just on the course. They are all greensomes, or foursomes, so i have no issue letting faster groups through, but do they get to tee off first, as they are in a competition, and we are just playing social golf?

Its going to be a mad scramble to get out, and i can see it getting heated pretty quickly with guys trying to push in at the front of the queue.

What happens at your place?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I'm surprised a block of times hasn't been allocated to the knockout matches. I would say give them priority but I'm sure others will say differently.


Edit: Has the club cancelled the rollups for the benefit of the knockouts? If so, why haven't they allocated some times to them?

 

[fundy]

Nope, just because theyve left playing until the last date is their choice, doesnt get them any priority and they should also expect the course to be playing at 4 ball speed.

At ours we can book from 11am onwards, just looked at saturday, ladies comp 10-11 and tee booked solid from 11 to past midday. Gonna be a scramble to get out before 10 at ours too!

 

[MendieGK]

IMO if its called Open Play with all times cancelled etc then it is exactly that - Open Play.

People should have organised their pairs before the last day, they can have no complaints if they dont get round etc

However, if i was on the tee and i wasnt in a rush, i'd let the matches in front

 

[Beezerk]

I'd say wait on the tee then get let through on the course. Jumping the queue just seems a bit gittish.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I'd say wait on the tee then get let through on the course. Jumping the queue just seems a bit gittish.

I would rather let them tee off first than call them through as that causes hold ups around the course.

 

[Beezerk]

I would rather let them tee off first than call them through as that causes hold ups around the course.

We had it done to us earlier in the year on a summers evening. Couple of team players stroll up to the tee, jump over the rope and proclaim they are in the matchplay knockout comp and could we let them tee off first. We stupidly stood back and let them get on with it rather than tell them to bugger off, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Subsequently we had a 4 hour plus round where they held up the whole course and wouldn't let anyone through.
I'll stick by my "gittish" comment.

 

[duncan mackie]

Ok, so Saturday is open play all day....but....

All swindle times, roll ups etc have been cancelled for the day.

The answer to your question must lie in the answer to 'why?' in respect of this statement.

If the answer is to facilitate the playing of the knockouts matches then the club has defacto given them absolute priority.

 

[Region3]

This is why I like a booking system. The pro and comp secretary have access to tee times any distance into the future so they can book slots requested for competition matches, then 13 days in advance the members get access to book their roll ups and social golf etc.

In your situation I'd say queue whether you're in a knock up or competition match.
If you're at the tee with 2 matches going out in front of you, what so you do if another comp match turns up while you're waiting? Let them go first? Then another turns up etc.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I hate the whole priority thing. I don't see why anyone should get priority. You should have a time slot and get on with it.

In the case you have I'd recommend pushing the secretary or whoever to put a sign up advising either there is priority or there is not and you just go out when you can. Surely time slots are the answer though.

 

[USER1999]

I have no idea why they are messing with what works, there has been zero communication, and it will be carnage.

Im not planning on letting comps barge in, as i may yet end up having waited for two hours to get on the tee, only to give it up to someone who arrived 3 minutes ago, and was still in bed when i got in the queue.

 

[DCB]

Seems a strange decision by the Club. They have now created a situation that may well cause friction amongst the members. If the period for playing those ties was a reasonable time and not constrained by weather, then there is really no reason to give them priority. It is their own fault for leaving their tie to the last day.

If the Ladies have a 90min slot booked on the Tee, then they are the only ones to have priority. Crazy situation at this time of year with only 7hours of useful daylight.

 

[Junior]

Sounds like what our place used to be like. At that time, we had to giveway to knockout matches as they have priority (we only have knockouts in Summer). We now have an online booking system with time slots and there are no issues.

 

[chellie]

Thank goodness for BRS is all I can say.

 

[GB72]

Unless they club announces something then knockout comp entrants queue with everyone else. They have plenty of time to get their matches in. From a selfish point of view, I do not enter the knockout comps as I cannot offer enough dates to make it fair. I can also only play at weekends so if there are no reserved tees I would be mighty hacked off if I lost my chance to play so as people who have been last minute in getting their match in can have plenty of daylight

 

[backwoodsman]

Open play, all day, every day - only time tees get reserved is "special occasions" (eg the ladies Christmas comp"). Bliss....

But as per Duncan's post - the answer lies in "why?" They must have done it for a purpose and not just on a whim. Ask them the purpose and there's your answer. (Not saying I'd agree with the answer though, if it is just to facilitate the lazy so & so's who can't arrange matches promptly)

 

[HomerJSimpson]

We only have allocated tee times for stableford and medals (men and women). Other than that there is no priority and roll ups and fourballs are free to turn up and go out. Matches have to fit in. They do tend to get allowed ahead of a group, and usually in front of a roll up group, and once on the course will usually be let through if the course is busy. It seems to work without too many issues.