Golf Random Irritations

[IanM]

Depends on the rules/common practice at the Club.

But, surely Comp times are comp only and any gaps on the sheet are fair game....

People do change plans, so a message is the polite thing to do

 

[irip]

It might be the only time they can play that day or the whole day could be booked up.
I would of checked before just putting my name down.

 

[KenL]

At mine, we have a booking system. You book a time, you invite people to join, nobody can invite themselves.

Edit…
These are not comps. We have drawn comps for our weekend medals.

 

[sjw]

I was checking the club comps online last night and found a slot in a betterball. There were only three players, so I put my name in to make up the second pairing. Minutes later I got a message to say the pairings had changed. One bloke deleted his playing partner and moved the guy I was with into his pairing, leaving me stranded on my own. Not impressed at all.

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Apr 2, 2026

Signed on the dotted line on Monday for new club. My subs ran out on my old place March 31st. I'm away for all of May and new place subs run May to May, so I popped up there to see if there was anyway they could let me sign up for April to May next year, well I am away for all of May soooooooooooo. No problem at all.(So I'm getting 13 months for 12). Subs paid, log in sorted, access to all comps immediate. E mail messages flowing in. First two comps booked ONLINE !!!!!!!!! A stableford and a Texas scramble shotgun.
Initial thoughts? I'm very excited!!!!!!!! And impressed. What a...

• sjw

I thought I was being pessimistic

 

[Backache]

3rd weekend in a row competitions cancelled due to weather

My sympathies, it must be over six months now that we last had a qualifying competition, such has been the weather
Course open today but virtually every green temporary and waterlogged.

 

[Orikoru]

My sympathies, it must be over six months now that we last had a qualifying competition, such has been the weather
Course open today but virtually every green temporary and waterlogged.

This is odd to read, I played in shorts & t-shirt today for the first time this year.

 

[Backache]

This is odd to read, I played in shorts & t-shirt today for the first time this year.

It's been really wet here rather than cold, today was fairly mild but I cancelled my round this morning because it was heavy rain on a waterlogged course.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

This is odd to read, I played in shorts & t-shirt today for the first time this year.

The weather is massively different north to south right now. I drove home from work back down to Hampshire and went through all the seasons in a couple of hundred miles.

 

[Rlburnside]

My sympathies, it must be over six months now that we last had a qualifying competition, such has been the weather
Course open today but virtually every green temporary and waterlogged.

This has been the worst winter for us in about 40 years, last qualifying comp. I had was 2nd October last year, but we never have qualifiers in winter.

None of our greens are waterlogged it’s the relentless gales that are the problem for us.

What part of the country are you in? Hope it improves for us shortly.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

There's clearly some very different, and frankly unwelcoming, views and clubs out there. I've never been at a club where people have messaged to see if they could join a group. There is a gap, someone puts their name there, you smile and say hello when they turn up.

This whole ask permission malarkey just comes across as cold and unfriendly.

 

[Oops!]

The weather is massively different north to south right now. I drove home from work back down to Hampshire and went through all the seasons in a couple of hundred miles.

W H A T ?!
A Brit complaining about the weather?
Unheard of!
I guess there's a first time for everything!

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

W H A T ?!
A Brit complaining about the weather?
Unheard of!
I guess there's a first time for everything!

Things that are typically British.

1. Complaining about the weather
2. Queuing
3. Drinking tea and pretending that it’s nice to drink
4. Sarcasm
5. Sunday roast

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

There's clearly some very different, and frankly unwelcoming, views and clubs out there. I've never been at a club where people have messaged to see if they could join a group. There is a gap, someone puts their name there, you smile and say hello when they turn up.

This whole ask permission malarkey just comes across as cold and unfriendly.

I find the whole asking to play with someone odd to be fair.

I’m new at my place so when I see a slot in a comp I put my name down, when I get to the first tee introduce myself and be as polite as I can during the round.

 

[Oops!]

(…) There is a gap, someone puts their name there, you smile and say hello when they turn up. (…)

That‘s the way I know it.
The first time I was a little bit nervous, „shy“ even, but the people there are really friendly, and a little politeness never hurts, so in the end it‘s easy.
I think what goes around comes around.

 

[KenL]

I find the whole asking to play with someone odd to be fair.

I’m new at my place so when I see a slot in a comp I put my name down, when I get to the first tee introduce myself and be as polite as I can during the round.

A comp and barging in on someone else’s social game are completely different.

 

[irip]

There's clearly some very different, and frankly unwelcoming, views and clubs out there. I've never been at a club where people have messaged to see if they could join a group. There is a gap, someone puts their name there, you smile and say hello when they turn up.

This whole ask permission malarkey just comes across as cold and unfriendly.

The last place I was a member you contacted the person who was first on the list.
It was more of a common courtesy and a hello to inform them rather than ask permission and never saw or heard of any problems.

Although this was only social golf as all comps were drawn.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

A comp and barging in on someone else’s social game are completely different.

If it’s during a roll up I see no difference!

If it’s just a social I’d turn up knowing they had a gap and ask do you mind if I join. How else are new members expected to integrate if people do their upmost to be unwelcoming.

 

[KenL]

If it’s during a roll up I see no difference!

If it’s just a social I’d turn up knowing they had a gap and ask do you mind if I join. How else are new members expected to integrate if people do their upmost to be unwelcoming.

Fine if you ask, of course it is.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Fine if you ask, of course it is.

So what’s the difference on me just turning up on the tee and asking there and then And just putting my name down and asking after !

There isn’t a difference, people need to be more welcoming and less precious. If someone put their name down with me regardless of friendly or comp I couldn’t care less means I get to meet someone new.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

A comp and barging in on someone else’s social game are completely different.

If it’s tee bookings and there is an empty spot why would it be barging in