The least good things about your Club.

[Bdill93]

When we had an office over your way I used to use the range there, the state of some of them as they came off I'm guessing it can be a mud bath.

There’s a lot of issues but they all stem from the fact that the owners care about the money.

We have a brook that runs around the front 9, it floods hole 7 on a regular basis, sometimes also hole 18, both the lowest points on the course where the water comes into play on the hole.

They flood, takes about 6 hours of no rain to drain away, and then the course is reopened, even if there’s huge puddles and sodden boggy ground, if the bridge is crossable, the course opens up. It destroys the course worse than you could believe but it means a few groups can get out there and we have a very high amount of pay to play at our club.

The back 9 (or more specially holes 9-17) is entirely different. It’s an old council course built on an old airfield, so the ground is flat as a pancake but drains beautifully. When the council course closed about 10 years ago or so, our owners purchased a 150 year lease of 9 of the old holes that linked best to our club. 9 of the most boring holes that the course had too

 

[Captain_Black.]

Generally happy with my club.
It's well run with loads going on (comps & social)
Sure, the practice facilities could be better & the carpark is inadequate on a busy day.
Also, we have a new (ish) catering team & the prices are becoming unreasonable.

But, if everything was perfect, I suppose I'd be paying a lot more in membership.

 

[IanM]

Rather like they have in the top course around here in Leeds to prevent a group from taking over.

Meaning?

 

[2blue]

Meaning?

They didn't need to ban them as it appears they did.

 

[richart]

No roll ups and booking tee times in winter. 700 members make it much more difficult than in the past.

Apart from that everything is excellent.

 

[sunshine]

When my club brought in a booking system we were originally 8 days in advance at 7.45pm which I thought was stupid. I campaigned to have it changed to 7 days which they did. Seems silly that a bunch of guys playing on any given day have to make calls/texts/whatsapps to arrange the following weeks game when you will all be seeing each other the next day.

What about other people? I assume your club has several hundred members. Or was your campaign just for you and your mates?

I don't really understand why clubs limit forward booking to 7 or 8 days. Why not allow people to book further forward?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

What about other people? I assume your club has several hundred members. Or was your campaign just for you and your mates?

I don't really understand why clubs limit forward booking to 7 or 8 days. Why not allow people to book further forward?

We go 2 weeks in advance but I understand why there is a limit. Some people might simply book multiple slots in advance and not necessarily use them, a scattergun approach to booking in effect. Now, clearly, this should be monitored and members reprimanded if misused but in the real world........I suspect this is why limits are brought it.

 

[PJ87]

We go 2 weeks in advance but I understand why there is a limit. Some people might simply book multiple slots in advance and not necessarily use them, a scattergun approach to booking in effect. Now, clearly, this should be monitored and members reprimanded if misused but in the real world........I suspect this is why limits are brought it.

I've got a meeting with the GM tomorrow about our booking system allowing guests and members to book the same tee times without knowledge

I'll also be raising the lack of emails from the "golf operations manager" when our booking opens 2 weeks ahead and a society has blocked the day out.. a nice email once a month with dates for the diary (IE society booked in, or closed for pga events) wouldn't go a miss. Not the first time I've asked but I'll go above his head this time

 

[3 jabber]

What about other people? I assume your club has several hundred members. Or was your campaign just for you and your mates?

I don't really understand why clubs limit forward booking to 7 or 8 days. Why not allow people to book further forward?

Maybe it was changed because it was deemed more sensible and worked better for more people. That's what happens in a democratic society.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

What about other people? I assume your club has several hundred members. Or was your campaign just for you and your mates?

I don't really understand why clubs limit forward booking to 7 or 8 days. Why not allow people to book further forward?

We went to a members vote about tee times

1. To keep them or not

2. If so what time should they be open

3 . How many days in advance


From the results we went for 7 days in advance and at 6 PM

 

[arnieboy]

We are two weeks in advance, booking at 7.00am. It seems to work for us. Guests aren't allowed, even with a member, until 10.00am except for dormy house guests who are allocated a tee time from 9.37am.

 

[clubchamp98]

After only putting the bunkers I want to add the car park.

On a Saturday if your not there by 10am your not getting in until early golfers leave after 12.30.

 

[Slab]

I've not tested how much in advance we can book so no idea

I've done about a month or so but know of one fella who has a standing booking for the first tee time each day

 

[Burnsey]

After only putting the bunkers I want to add the car park.

On a Saturday if your not there by 10am your not getting in until early golfers leave after 12.30.

Car parking is a nightmare at my club too. Then people park on the road, so you can't see to exit either.

 

[clubchamp98]

Car parking is a nightmare at my club too. Then people park on the road, so you can't see to exit either.

Yes , parking does cause trouble with the houses around the entrance.

We’re normally three balls.
But winter it’s fourballs and car park fills up quickly.

 

[KenL]

What about other people? I assume your club has several hundred members. Or was your campaign just for you and your mates?

I don't really understand why clubs limit forward booking to 7 or 8 days. Why not allow people to book further forward?

Because people just book times without a clear idea of whether they can play or not.
We used to have a good system where a fraction of the times (might have been two thirds) were released a week in advance, the remaining ones were available 2 days before the day you were playing.

 

[clubchamp98]

Because people just book times without a clear idea of whether they can play or not.
We used to have a good system where a fraction of the times (might have been two thirds) were released a week in advance, the remaining ones were available 2 days before the day you were playing.

That’s what our club proposed but the members voted to have no bookings at all.

 

[sunshine]

Because people just book times without a clear idea of whether they can play or not.
We used to have a good system where a fraction of the times (might have been two thirds) were released a week in advance, the remaining ones were available 2 days before the day you were playing.

But isn’t it better to allow people to book weeks in advance and so reduce the pressure of fastest finger first? Seems silly to follow a process which creates a bottleneck and a surge of bookings.

Club should be able to monitor people who book then no show.

 

[KenL]

But isn’t it better to allow people to book weeks in advance and so reduce the pressure of fastest finger first? Seems silly to follow a process which creates a bottleneck and a surge of bookings.

Club should be able to monitor people who book then no show.

I don’t think it would change anything really.
People would still but just in case they decide they want to play.

 

[clubchamp98]

But isn’t it better to allow people to book weeks in advance and so reduce the pressure of fastest finger first? Seems silly to follow a process which creates a bottleneck and a surge of bookings.

Club should be able to monitor people who book then no show.

What we found is the club didn’t monitor it.
It takes a lot of time to do that.
Most volunteer their time and it’s better spent elsewhere.
Like everything else golfers just abused the system.

So we voted no bookings.