First of all it’s not a roll up in the sense it’s for anyone. and like I say it don’t bother me. It’s not a clique either. If you cannot get enough tee times for everyone how can you welcome even more into the group.
There are already so many slots taken with pre-booked stuff. I just took a quick look at the next week for us. I'm already blocked from lots of time on the course by things that the golf course wants.....what's another 30 min because of another rollup? Anybody else have this much (or more) blocked?
You can’t really count the Golf Now bookings as they are just filling unbooked slots- if club members had wanted these times they would have booked them.
NERGA is North East Rabbits Golf Assiciation, roughly 7 teams in a league (believe there are 4 leagues) each Club only hosts 1 event. Great money earner for the Clubs, anywhere up to 60-70 Golfers paying reduced green fees, but majority using Clubhouse before and after.
ah right - we have just club matches for that but it’s normally just 6 matches
Club matches are the Scratch teams playing normally on a tues/weds night and is matchplay.
I kind of agree, but if they book a week+ out....doesn't that then take away the members choice if they don't want to plan WAY in advance? I'm one of those people who don't like planning years in advance of when I want to play. I'm actually not complaining about Golf Now tee times....they are minimal in the grand scheme of things. I'm not thrilled with the course basically being closed this Friday/Saturday/Sunday though. I'm actually thinking about rejoining my last club (member at 2 clubs again).....gives me another choice a couple times a week if one of the other clubs is booked up....the old club had a small but usable practice area which I really miss. I don't really enjoy playing comps on the weekends, so that would allow me to go back to my old Mon/Fri at the old club and Wed/Thurs at my current club.
Can members play in the Opens
I don't know. I think at my last club you couldn't....not sure about the current club. (a minute passes by while I look at next Sat). I didn't see any names I easily recognised for the pairs Open next Sat, so probably not. I don't enjoy those kind of things....so I stay away.
So you staying where you are
I was anyway. I was just going to add my old club as a second club....but not willing to pay full price for 8 months of play.
Sounds very narrow minded given your previous membership
I'm just assuming they aren't having any issue getting plenty of members so they can be picky. After thinking about it more today, I'll probably pass on joining even if they knock a little money off. Mgr said something about maybe a £100 off next month or Sept....but in another 3-4 months the course will be a mud pit and unplayable again.
