Tee Booking System

[Deleted member 15344]

Really? :rofl:

2 pages of Phil arguing for the sake of it. You never fail to amaze me old son.

Val - the thread is about tee booking for all golf and mainly "non comp" days and was asked after the previous thread

Thought that was quite obvious after reading the previous thread hence why people were mentioning swindles and people just turning up and playing

Apologies i thought you understood it's about tee booking for general non comp golf

 

[Deleted member 18121]

I'm genuinely surprised that so many people are happy to turn up and queue to tee off.....why not just turn up ready for your booked tee time?

Maybe I look at it differently in that I know who I'm playing with every week.....not just turning up to play with other members.

 

[Val]

Val - the thread is about tee booking for all golf and mainly "non comp" days and was asked after the previous thread

Thought that was quite obvious after reading the previous thread hence why people were mentioning swindles and people just turning up and playing

Apologies i thought you understood it's about tee booking for general non comp golf

That's not what the title says or what it says in your opening post. If that's what you meant you should have said.

Nice backtrack though :rofl:

 

[Lanark_Golfer]

More than happy with the BRS booking system at my place, fair chance for everyone to play when they like.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

That's not what the title says or what it says in your opening post. If that's what you meant you should have said.

Nice backtrack though :rofl:

I'm not back tracking - both threads have been about the BRS tee booking system which is used for booking tees on a daily basis and for non comp days.

Again apologies for not making it clearer for you.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I'm genuinely surprised that so many people are happy to turn up and queue to tee off.....why not just turn up ready for your booked tee time?

Maybe I look at it differently in that I know who I'm playing with every week.....not just turning up to play with other members.

The swindles I play with either throw the balls up or take a ball out of the hat to create the playing groups.

I turn up to play in the swindle as opposed to play with certain people

 

[Val]

I'm not back tracking - both threads have been about the BRS tee booking system which is used for booking tees on a daily basis and for non comp days.

Again apologies for not making it clearer for you.

No problem mate :thup:

For clarity though, I have no idea what other thread you mean, this is the first recent thread ive seen mentioning online booking.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

No problem mate :thup:

For clarity though, I have no idea what other thread you mean, this is the first recent thread ive seen mentioning online booking.

The future of golf thread - it was all discussed in there

 

[Val]

The future of golf thread - it was all discussed in there

Ok, the title of that thread put me off even opening it.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Ok, the title of that thread put me off even opening it.

Are you that wasn't the sequels

Future of Golf 3 - Revenge of the Delc

So do you have tee booking for non comp golf as well and do you prefer that as opposed To just turning up ?

 

[richart]

Not selfish at all. Quite often we play sat and sunday through the summer. And If I cancel its always in good time for others to use.

You are being selfish. Someone comes to book at 10.00 and you have taken that time, but at a later date cancel. No other tee times until later in the day, so said someone doesn't get a game.

If you are going to have a TBS and the same person can cancel a booking nearly every week, there is something wrong with the system.

 

[chellie]

Out of curiosity, all those who like the system.....

How often are you not able to get a game when you fancy one? ie short notice on a Saturday morning.

Never happened as the mens competitions are always on a Saturday so I can't play then anyway

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Never happened as the mens competitions are always on a Saturday so I can't play then anyway

Best answer so far

 

[Duckster]

We actually have both.

As the course I play at is also attached to a hotel we have Members times everyday, both morning and afternoon. These are just rock up and play times. Outside of these you can still book a tee time, but have to do so through the pro shop as the tee may be booked by hotel guests, societies etc...

We have competitions on both Sat & Sun every weekend during the season. These are all assigned tee times (during the members times) which you sign up for. One of the days will normally be a singles comp, the other a team one. All the tee times for the comps are listed on HDID, but only half of the tee times can be booked online (to promote people still coming into the club to book and help people without access to *read that as "scared of"* The Internet.....).

It seems a bit fiddly, but it works and it works very well. The comps fill up but are not hugely oversubscribed. We have chuck in's every Tuesday and Thursday evening and also later on over the weekend afternoons. I think it does go to show that it's not all black and white, there a lot of grey out there.

 

[Val]

Are you that wasn't the sequels

Future of Golf 3 - Revenge of the Delc

So do you have tee booking for non comp golf as well and do you prefer that as opposed To just turning up ?

We are 100% online, it has worked very well with only a handful of old guard wanting it back to the ball in the chute, thankfully that was 2 years ago and all that nonsense talk has stopped. It's always easy to get a game, you can see who has booked and if they have booked a fourball or not so you are never short of a game.

We are hopefully upgrading the software a bit so for comps you book a time slot within 3 tee times on comp day so there is a draw of 3x3 balls rather than people getting to play with the same people week in week out.

 

[User20205]

We have a compromise at mine. On non comp days; Booked two balls before 8.30, you will get a time on the day here, normally you can pitch up. Booked 4 balls until 2.30pm. Roll up afterwards.

Midweek there are block bookings for the roll up between 8.30 and 10, and 11.30 and 1pm.

Sat there is a 11.30 to 1pm roll up. All this on non comp days.

Brs was introduced before I joined but I've heard no complaints.

Maybe ours is a special case, it's busier midweek than at weekends. I can always get a game within an hour or so of my preference.

Roll up is fine if you're a member of a traditional members club, it won't work at a proprietry club or anywhere there is a pressure on tee times.

If you're a visiting golfer it can be painful. I once waited for an hour on the tee at Hockley.

The main criticism of brs for me is people booking tee times and not pitching up that's pretty poor IMO

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Aside from 2 hours on a Sunday morning here's how tee booking goes for me: Do you know what I fancy a game of golf, get in car drive to club, wait max 5 minutes then play golf. Seems to work ok and has done for last 25 years.

 

[Wildrover]

Ok, the title of that thread put me off even opening it.

I'd have thought you'd be all over a thread with a title like "The Future of Golf" being as you're a member of a such a forward thinking progressive club that harnesses the power of the internet for booking a tee. It might have been all about you.

I'm in one of those dinosaur clubs where we just wander up and play with no hassle, must be lovely in your modern world.

 

[upsidedown]

Just in from playing 16 holes in 1 hr 50 with a relatively new member and I brought up this topic , asking him what they had at his previous club. The answer was no tee booking and he hated it, never knew how long he'd have to wait for a game , much prefers the BRS we have for all golf.
Couldn't play yesterday so went on line last night saw his name in a slot, added mine and off we went . Good close game off scratch halved on the last, both level par on temps.

 

[Wildrover]

no, I book sat and sunday every week and once we decide what day we are playing I cancel one slot.

And that in a nutshell is why I would never want a booking system, inconsideration like this. Yes I know you cancel in so called good time but imagine the chaos if everyone was doing it.