Mens Individual Opens

[MendieGK]

Why dont courses have more? I genuinely think every course should have one a year.

More importantly, why arent they better supported? (maybe this answers my first question).


Great Value, Great Days Out

 

[patricks148]

We Have two, i think, both are handicap restricted as are played from the blues, both full with reserves as well. we also have a 4 day open.

Most clubs up here have a couple, as well a 4/5 day open. some have 4 or five individual comps which one would be a walk on.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Some of the bigger clubs have opens but not many private members clubs will open their course up and close it down for the members

Clubs do have invitational days and open days though

 

[Foxholer]

Why dont courses have more? I genuinely think every course should have one a year.

More importantly, why arent they better supported? (maybe this answers my first question).


Great Value, Great Days Out

Second sentence probably answers the first one!

Lots of hassle for the Club for little perceived benefit! Little Yellow Book really worked/works in Scotland though. Another example of how the attitudes in Scotland (and Ireland?) to Golf differs markedly from that in England.

 

[MendieGK]

Whats the Little Yellow Book?

 

[Smiffy]

Get yourself registered with Golf Empire.
You can select the type of comp you are interested in (singles, pairs, team, seniors, mixed etc.etc.) in any number of counties.
As soon as a club in a county that you have selected notifies them of an open, you will be emailed by Golf Empire.
I find it brilliant.
I have my name down for any counties that I haven't been banned from yet.

 

[Foxholer]

Whats the Little Yellow Book?

Sorry, Wee Yellow Book! http://happygolf.co.uk/index.php?ID=13

Lists most of the Opens put on by Scottish clubs. Came out (as a booklet) very early in the season and was eagerly awaited every year! The widespread availability of the internet knobbled quite a lot of what drove its popularity/purpose.

Golf Empire provides a pretty good equivalent!

 

[DCB]

The Little Yellow Book is still a 'must have' if you're looking at going in for opens up here. If you're club isn't in it, then it's missed the bus this time around

 

[Foxholer]

The Little Yellow Book is still a 'must have' if you're looking at going in for opens up here. If you're club isn't in it, then it's missed the bus this time around

I'm actually pleased that's the case, but somewhat surprised as well.

I was working in Edinburgh when the 'technology' of the internet threatened, or was at least rumoured to threaten, its existence. I was aware of a little of the amount of work and effort that went into producing it each year, and it was always one of the defining moments of the (early) season when they appeared in the Pro Shop - just like the arrival of the latest TM gear was (actually it was the renumbered, but otherwise unchanged, Titleist Blades at my place)!

The concept should be covered by Golf Empire, but maybe allegiance to 'old friends' still has a place, or maybe Scots are more conservative (stubborn/stuck in their ways?) than I thought!

 

[mchacker]

Our club has 6 plus the 5day and very few don't sell out. £20 versus ~£50 for a regular visitor round makes it a no-brainer.

I've made a decision next year to have a result at an away venue so I've been regularly checking golf empire and the websites of a few clubs I've identified/played previously to build a calendar, and there are plenty of possibilities without ever travelling more than 50 miles. If it weren't a requirement to keep my handicap, I'd bin my membership and become a competitive nomad without sacrificing much.

To answer the OP, it's easier to travel with a group of mates to share fuel/food costs with, and most individual opens don't guarantee playing with your mates so the team opens will be better attended. Also those who do travel alone have to drive home so won't spend much in the clubhouse therefore the club will struggle to make money versus a day of regular play with members who live close by. Just my 2p

 

[davidy233]

Most of my competitive golf this year was played in opens - love them, cheap golf at nice courses. Golf Empire was my bible, great site.

 

[Garesfield ACE]

Playing in one today £6....yeehah

 

[Smiffy]

Playing in one today £6....yeehah

I hope that includes a meal

 

[Garesfield ACE]

Unfortunately not!!

But the one on Friday coming does at £15...

North East golf...cheapest in the land.

 

[fundy]

It really does seem to vary based on region the volume and price of such events. Have a look on golf empire at some of the northern counties and then compare to the southern counties - definite shame there aren't more down here

 

[Old Skier]

Golf Empire and the EG web site are good but only as good as the clubs that forward the information. Most clubs in Devon & Cornwall have opens but require going to individual club web sites.

 

[CMAC]

Playing in one today £6....yeehah

thats nice off them, I would want £45 before I could be tempted to play in a muddy field in winter

 

[Loz1607]

Hoping to have my handicap below 8 by Easter so I can start playing in opens next summer. Especially some of the big county 36 hole comps

 

[TonyN]

I hope that includes a meal

Scampy and chips

 

[Scotty Cameron]

Unfortunately not!!

But the one on Friday coming does at £15...

North East golf...cheapest in the land.

tend to agree with that statement, just looking at next years opens
Seaton Carew in May = £16
Ramside = £15
Hartlepool = £10
Brancepeth = £13

golf for the price of 4-5 pints