peld
Active member
We use IG and our tee times are released 10 days in advance. Our weekend tee times disappear in around 10 seconds on Wednesday/Thursday 8am when they are released. Utterly ridiculous
Tee Times hack? Anyone got a hack/code? We use IG
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Matty6
Challenge Tour Pro
Same at my place. I am normally really quick at getting a tee time (no dodgy scripts being used by me!) but there is no way all are playing by the rules.
KenL
Tour Rookie
Are you saying there is a way to cheat the system?
Clubs need to take action against anyone gaining an advantage over other members.
rksquire
Head Pro
No bother, glad to help - just need a bit of info and I'll send you a unique code that guarantees you any time you want. Just let me know:
- Your mothers maiden name
- Name of the street you grew up on
- name of your first pet
3 jabber
Well-known member
Just booked a time for next Sunday. Our sheet went live at 7.45pm this evening, 7.44 and 59 seconds I refreshed and the time I wanted had already gone with all 4 names populated. The guy that booked it owns an IT company and obviously a hack because it's physically impossible to populate 4 names in 2 seconds!
Steve Wilkes
Well-known member
Sure it's not the old brown envelope job
williamalex1
Money List Winner
At most clubs, committee or council members can pre book tee times as a perk of the job.
D-S
Well-known member
Not at mine.
Captain_Black.
Well-known member
We use IG
Everyone I know sets an alarm on their phone 5 mins before the tee times go live
Then with a few seconds to go hit the refresh
Seems to work for me
There is a way of getting in before anyone else, but if you did that everyone else would see it before the tee times go live & I would imagine that you would have some explaining to do!!!
Everyone I know sets an alarm on their phone 5 mins before the tee times go live
Then with a few seconds to go hit the refresh
Seems to work for me
There is a way of getting in before anyone else, but if you did that everyone else would see it before the tee times go live & I would imagine that you would have some explaining to do!!!
hambugerpete
Well-known member
I guess if the platform has an API then potentially you could use that to snipe tee times before anyone else.
KenL
Tour Rookie
An API?
RichA
Well-known member
I've noticed that the bookings on the IG app go live a couple of seconds before my phone shows 20:00.
Just keep refreshing every second from 10 seconds before and hit "Book" as soon as it appears then "Confirm". Go back on the booking and add your playing partners once you've secured the booking.
All the weekend tee times from 0730 to 1030 are booked within a few seconds at ours.
Captain_Black.
Well-known member
We can book 15 days in advance
I booked in last Friday for Sat 30th November
All the morning tee times went within 1 minute of the tee times opening
I booked in last Friday for Sat 30th November
All the morning tee times went within 1 minute of the tee times opening
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Off topic but what's the typical course capacity at this time of year?
D-S
Well-known member
We have 116 available slots from sunrise to just under 4 hours to sunset at the moment. That is with 10 minute intervals. More can get round on roll up days as there is a two tee start and people compress to less than a 10 minute gap.
hambugerpete
Well-known member
API - Wikipedia
Seeing as we all have credentials to book times it may be possible to write some code to automate that process at an exact time.
3 jabber
Well-known member
I use the timer within the IG page on our booking system. The point I'm trying to make which some people seem to be missing is that last night instantly that the page went live there was a booking with all 4 names populated. The members involved do not have any additional booking privileges, they are not on committee or anything like that. What I am trying to say is one of them (the first name in the slot) owns an IT support company and it is obvious that either he or one of his employees has written a program to grab and populate a slot immediately it goes live.
Thanks everyone, I know to refresh the page at 19:44:59 then grab a time as quickly as possible. My finger speed isn't the issue here.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
There are python scripts that can be run to input names into the tee time tbe second the tee opens
There isn’t much you can do to stop it happening
There isn’t much you can do to stop it happening
Neilds
Assistant Pro
I (sort of) understand your frustration, but is it any big deal if you have to get 11:08 instead of the 11:00* slot you were originally after? Are you making something out of nothing?
* Times used for illustration purposes only
The only time this was genuinely an issue for me was during Covid, when we first opened up golf courses, and all our tee times were booking within seconds, and I do mean seconds, of BRS (which we used at the time) going live.
Now, whilst we still have to be on the ball to book peak tee times, we rarely struggle to find something a few minutes either side of our desired slot, should that already have gone.
Now, whilst we still have to be on the ball to book peak tee times, we rarely struggle to find something a few minutes either side of our desired slot, should that already have gone.
