Match Play Question

SwingsitlikeHogan said:
And if I were a 7-day member and offered three weekend slots I would not expect my opponent to tell me he can't do weekend matches.
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And presumably if you were a 5-day member and offered three midweek slots you would not expect your opponent to tell you he can't do midweek matches.
 
drive4show said:
I don't bother with the KO's at my club purely for the hassle of trying to agree dates but I believe the rules state that 3 dates have to be offered with at least one of them a weekend.
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This is the usual rule round here. Some give and take is obviously required. Some non-workers only want to play during the day midweek but people like me are only available weekends or evenings. I was recently offered three midweek dates for a tie and was about to draw my opponent's attention to the comp rules but I realised by a fluke one of the dates actually suited me.

Personally, I prefer to chat to my opponent and agree a mutually convenient date rather than just offering three dates. However, I also skip the majority of these comps for various reasons, including the difficulty of arranging ties.
 
I typically just send out an email with dates I cannot do and let them figure out the day from there. Playing my first round singles next tuesday and the fourball last saturday at stupid o clock in the morning
 
drive4show said:
I don't bother with the KO's at my club purely for the hassle of trying to agree dates but I believe the rules state that 3 dates have to be offered with at least one of them a weekend.
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That's what we do, seems to work well as long as both parties try to get the tie played. Must admit, I don't miss all the phone calls and leaving messages when trying to arrange ties. It could be a bit of a bind at times.
 
Duckster said:
Robin, are you on about a Club Championship kind of deal? We are on about the a clubs matchplay KO that's run throughout the season. No need to qualify, jus tput your names in the hat for the draw.
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We have lots of weekend board comps that start out as a single division strokeplay medal but then morph into matchplay knockouts, those at the start of the season can be as much as the top 32 go through, some later will be the top 16 and then a couple of medals late on will be the top 8, all the rounds have to be played by a certain time and flow charts are put up which we then manage ourselves in the locker room as players win their respective rounds. I'm through on 2 of these formats so far and it's been frustrating organising my matches and it's only been myself who has had to put myself out to accommodate, possibly at times to my own disadvantage!

The last thing you want to do is get in touch with the competitions secretary and ask to claim the round due to your opposition not being flexible and being very restrictive in their availability due to time allotted to play running out!

This was a huge problem at a previous club with their winter league, so much so that members set up their own winter league comp with 16 pairs that they knew would always be available, but that shouldn't have to happen!
 
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rulefan said:
And presumably if you were a 5-day member and offered three midweek slots you would not expect your opponent to tell you he can't do midweek matches.
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They wouldn't have been able to qualify because the qualifying comp was over the weekend. I'll always try to play at weekends because I work during the week. I have and will occasionally play after work but that's a last resort. I certainty wouldn't take holiday to play.
 
drive4show said:
I don't bother with the KO's at my club purely for the hassle of trying to agree dates but I believe the rules state that 3 dates have to be offered with at least one of them a weekend.
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That's how it works at ours. Saying that though HID is having to play his tomorrow after having been on his feet at work all day. Not ideal but hey ho.
 
drive4show said:
I don't bother with the KO's at my club purely for the hassle of trying to agree dates but I believe the rules state that 3 dates have to be offered with at least one of them a weekend.[/QUOTE
Much the same at mine, but there must be a minimum of 10 days between the first and last date offered and must include one weekend date.

There's way too much skulduggery for my liking when trying to arrange matches/ties.
Could make an interesting thread listing all the excuses and tricks being used.
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Lincoln Quaker said:
If you knew you was going to struggle to find time why bother entering the comp in the 1st place?

Your club must have rules already in place.
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It's a 9 hole course and all other comps are played over 9 hole - assumption wrongly made on my part that this would also be 9 holes. Rules were made available AFTER I'd put my name forward.

I make no apology for working full time in the week and wanting to spend time with my family of a weekend.

Based on the comments on here thus far about the hassle and my experience thus far in my first ever attempt a lesson is learned - I won't be bothering next year!
 
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Matty said:
It's a 9 hole course and all other comps are played over 9 hole - assumption wrongly made on my part that this would also be 9 holes. Rules were made available AFTER I'd put my name forward.

I make no apology for working full time in the week and wanting to spend time with my family of a weekend.

Based on the comments on here thus far about the hassle and my experience thus far in my first ever attempt a lesson is learned - I won't be bothering next year!
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Fair enough on not knowing it was 18 holes and poor form from your club for not putting rules out before entering, the trouble with matchplay events are you have to make time to play the matches.
I would say with your time constraints that these events don't suit your lifestyle.
 
IMO there is nothing more annoying than someone who enters these comps that do not have any flexibility in their schedule. If you can't offer 3 alternative times then you should automatically forfeit. By that I do not mean I can play this Saturday after midday, the following Saturday after midday or Sunday teatime. IMO you should be able to play at least one night in the evenings to try and make it easier to sort a time out.
 
MadAdey said:
IMO there is nothing more annoying than someone who enters these comps that do not have any flexibility in their schedule. If you can't offer 3 alternative times then you should automatically forfeit. By that I do not mean I can play this Saturday after midday, the following Saturday after midday or Sunday teatime. IMO you should be able to play at least one night in the evenings to try and make it easier to sort a time out.
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What a load of rubbish. Sometimes that just isn't possible.
 
woody69 said:
What a load of rubbish. Sometimes that just isn't possible.
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and during the summer months in my place matches tend to be played with tee off times around 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm. That's four slots on a Saturday and four on a Sunday - and let's say each round has to be played over a four weekend window. So 32 possible weekend time slots.

I played a match last Sunday morning - 8:30am (I don't play at that time). It was the Sunday deadline. We'd tried to contact the other pair to no avail - until just over a week ago the call comes - and we are told the only time they can play is early last Sunday morning. And so I rearranged my standing Sunday morning appointment - what else could I do. If we didn't play - both pairs DQ'd.
 
Lincoln Quaker said:
I would say with your time constraints that these events don't suit your lifestyle.
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I totally agree with this sentiment - lesson learned for me, I've withdrawn from the competition and won't bother entering in the future.

Shame though really as the competition are breathing life into a small club and by making the competition 18 hole when the course is a 9 hole course (and therefore appeals to those with limited spare time like myself) it immediately narrows the group of willing participants.

Thanks to all for your comments.
 
Although only 9 holes, is it a 9 hole course in the sense that you don't have different indexes for when you go around again, are there any minor differences to the tees so that when you play the 1st again as the 10th it's any different?
 
Matty said:
I totally agree with this sentiment - lesson learned for me, I've withdrawn from the competition and won't bother entering in the future.

Shame though really as the competition are breathing life into a small club and by making the competition 18 hole when the course is a 9 hole course (and therefore appeals to those with limited spare time like myself) it immediately narrows the group of willing participants.

Thanks to all for your comments.
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Opertunity for someone to put a cup up and to start a 9 hole comp
 
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