Tee Booking System

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Tee Booking System

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Liverpoolphil said:
And that could happen in a booking system also with a single stuck behind groups of fours

Booking a tee won't stop people not letting others through etc
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Im not talking about letting people through though, thats a different topic altogether. If you are a single and you have a booked time online then you have a time and you'll always get out on your time, if a fourball won't let your through and they are going at normal 4 ball pace then so be it. If you are a single and you tip up and there is 4 groups waiting to go then the chances are many won't let you go ahead.
 
Although we have one and I like it, if I was able to turn up and know that the 8.50 slot on a Friday morning would be free and if not then one very soon -like 10 minutes - then I would have no problem with not having to book.
It's the uncertainty that puts me off.
I book work in after my game - that's at a fixed time. Take tomorrow as an example. We're going off at 8.15, just in front of the Seniors XMas trawl...
I have work at 1.30.
If we hadn't booked our time, I wouldn't have enough time to play as the last seniors group goes out somewhere near 10 and they ain't gonna be quick..!
So by looking online, I saw the slot available at 8.15 and Robert's your Father's Brother....
BRS works for me but, as I say, if we didn't have it and I didn't have to wait to get out then I'd have no issues.
 
Val said:
You are making an assumption that every club is the same though. When we had the ball in the chute system it wasn't unusual to turn up at 6pm after work to see 5 balls in the chute already, it was a nightmare.
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And as I said - we don't have a chute

I'm doing exactky what everyone else - judging by what happens at their own respective club
 
We have a tee booking system 7 days a week but it's not online (sadly) so only through the pro shop. Many comps are drawn so it pays to enter as many as possible on winter weekends so you don't have to book a tee. To do so means ringing the shop at 7.30am sharp and being prepared to redial many times as it's engaged. You can also turn up at the shop for 7.30am and I'm told many do and the pro does a 1 phone, 1 in person system. Where it breaks down is no-shows for which there is no management and drives me mad. It is so rude and inconsiderate and disrespectful to every other member if you book a valuable, in short supply prime slot (in winter when daylight hours are shorter in particular) and then not show up and not even bother to cancel. One Saturday my brother and I were out at 8.30am and with another 2 ball we'd booked alongside. Not only did they not bother to show but there was no-one in front nor behind for at least 3-4 tee slots.

Have I mentioned how much that inconsiderate behaviour irks me?? :angry:

Otherwise it would work fairly and suits me to know what time I'm playing. My previous club had tee booking at weekends only and every time I turned up during the week it was with bated breath and hoping for a quiet car park and 1st tee! Also played for a few months at a club with ball in chute system and one freezing morning we waited for 40 minutes to get started - not helped by a 2 tee start meaning having to let those playing the back 9 first slot in...

I've seen another local club have a slot of an hour (I think...maybe 1 1/2 hours), at weekends for roll ups and around that it's tee booking - could be a better option.
 
FairwayDodger said:
What do folks without booking systems do when they have a tie to play? Can you book a time for that? What if it's a county knockout or something where your opponent is from a different club? I think I'd consider it gamesmanship at the very least if I'd arranged a time at an opponent's course only to get there and find we couldn't tee off for upwards of half an hour after the agreed time....
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That was a nightmare.

I had that when i played the volvo a few years ago, ball in the chute an hour before my agreed time with the opponent and then waited and if people came behind me i let them go until my opponent arrived and was ready.
 
Val said:
Im not talking about letting people through though, thats a different topic altogether. If you are a single and you have a booked time online then you have a time and you'll always get out on your time, if a fourball won't let your through and they are going at normal 4 ball pace then so be it. If you are a single and you tip up and there is 4 groups waiting to go then the chances are many won't let you go ahead.
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And I can only go by how our members act and it's very rare to see a single member not be allowed to go off before the groups.
 
markgs said:
Looks like the early morning tee blockers are out numbered
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Actually whst the poll is suggesting is that the majority of people are happy with how their respective club works

The people with tee booking are happy and the ones without are happy

Their are a couple with a tee booking that don't like it and vice versa with no tee booking
 
Liverpoolphil said:
And as I said - we don't have a chute

I'm doing exactky what everyone else - judging by what happens at their own respective club
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The difference is you are judging what happens at your club as the only way, look at the wider picture and experiences of what happens elsewhere and you may get a better feel for the discussion.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Actually whst the poll is suggesting is that the majority of people are happy with how their respective club works

The people with tee booking are happy and the ones without are happy

Their are a couple with a tee booking that don't like it and vice versa with no tee booking
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The difference is many without it may have never experienced golf booking with it, I think it would be fair most who have it will have probably experienced life without it. As was highlighted earlier, the telling number is those who have it and don't like it, a very small percentage.
 
Val said:
The difference is you are judging what happens at your club as the only way, look at the wider picture and experiences of what happens elsewhere and you may get a better feel for the discussion.
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Sorry but have expirenced the booking tees at another club

And I'm doing no different to anyone else on here -

You judge the no tee booking by your expirences and I'll judge them by mine.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Nice and simple - created a poll at the request of poster

Do you prefer a tee booking system at your club

Do you have one but prefer not to have one
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Not that simple - we have a mix

Competitions will have main bookable period (online, in person or by phone - all goes into the same system!) but you are also able to book a time outside that allocated to the competition and advise the shop that you are playing in the comp with a days notice (you can't enter comps on the day).

Before 1000h weekdays there's no booking (unless there's a comp)
After 1000h you can book up to 2 weeks in advance (societies and matches may already be booked of course - visitors can book from 1 week) but there's nothing stopping you rolling up and hoping there's space (having an additional 9 and good practice facilities helps)

Weekends it's bookable outside 0830-1030 which is designated roll up period. If there's a comp on then it's 100% bookable.

None of the above resolves the issue of over demand; it's evolved to enable both those who wish the certainty of a booked slot and those who wish to have a more flexible approach to whom they are playing with etc (and how long they take over breakfast). Having the range at the first tee smooths things significantly of course.

It's not perfect - everyone wants to play when they want to, at a speed to suit them etc etc

Probably have a bigger issue brewing over competitions right now - because they are scheduled in the prime slots they have become the new enemy for many; whilst for others there simply isn't enough of them! It's the same swindle v booked 4 ball voices and the same underlying battleground.
 
Val said:
The difference is many without it may have never experienced golf booking with it, I think it would be fair most who have it will have probably experienced life without it. As was highlighted earlier, the telling number is those who have it and don't like it, a very small percentage.
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Or people have expirences tee bookings and making their choice based on that

And again the same percentage who want it at their club.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Sorry but have expirenced the booking tees at another club

And I'm doing no different to anyone else on here -

You judge the no tee booking by your expirences and I'll judge them by mine.
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Not the point im getting at, im talking about you listening and accepting what people say about the no booking system at other clubs, all you can say is it doesn't happen that way at yours. It might work perfectly at yours and thats great if it does but don't discount other people's opinions of the no booking system at their clubs.
 
The single biggest issue for me is booking xx days in advance. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow never mind in 7/14/21 days.
 
Val said:
Not the point im getting at, im talking about you listening and accepting what people say about the no booking system at other clubs, all you can say is it doesn't happen that way at yours. It might work perfectly at yours and thats great if it does but don't discount other people's opinions of the no booking system at their clubs.
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Well I'm reading the opinions of others on here and it appears to be the same as mine on the majority bar the people who prefer the tee booking

Maybe I should say vice versa Val - don't discount other people opinion in regards having to book tees and why they don't like it.

You have dismissed the people who have no booking systems suggesting they may not expirience the BRS etc - I have and do at another club and have booked tee times - far from perfect and has its issues - mainly block booking in advance with very late cancelations , no shows , groups booking out tees the minute the booking opens meaning you are unable to play when you want
 
Val said:
Choice? Whats there to chose in the poll?

You either have it or you don't, the only choice is liking what you have or not.
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And that's the choice - do you like your system - yes or no.

Should I have made it a bit more spicy by asking if someone is a dinosaur or not or is a member of a backwards thinking club
 
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