Albo
Well-known member
Yeah, but that’s off the whites, off the yellow it’s a much more friendly 222! And off the red practically a gimme bird at 220
What one change would you make at your club?
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Bdill93
Undisputed King of FOMO
Pretty good one that! 7.30am does seem a bit late! I think our place opens around 6.30am in summer!
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
It is 7.30 where I play and the reason given is that it prevents the members stopping the green staff getting on with prep work.
BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
Same at my place. Not something I was used to in the past.
sjw
Well-known member
I think it would be good if, when booking a tee time, you could say whether you wanted to allow others to fill the remaining slots, or if you wanted to keep it as just your party.
BUT the main change I'd want to put in is making weekend morning slots available to solo golfers if they are still unbooked 24 hours beforehand. Sometimes I want to play solo and 11.30 on a Saturday would be ideal, but I can only book 12pm onward. If that 11.30 slot is still vacant at 6pm on a Friday afternoon, let me have it!
BUT the main change I'd want to put in is making weekend morning slots available to solo golfers if they are still unbooked 24 hours beforehand. Sometimes I want to play solo and 11.30 on a Saturday would be ideal, but I can only book 12pm onward. If that 11.30 slot is still vacant at 6pm on a Friday afternoon, let me have it!
Yeah that is the reason for it, and I do get it. But would rather a rule where they have priority before say 8am and you must start from 1st before x time.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
We can play from 1st light
Greenkeepers have priority before 7.45 ( i think) but they normally let me play through when I go out at stupid o'clock
Greenkeepers have priority before 7.45 ( i think) but they normally let me play through when I go out at stupid o'clock
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
I'd love softer fluffy sand. We have plenty of sand but it's fairly heavy coarse stuff.
peld
Active member
Take the fortunes we make from membership and visitors and invest in some good greenkeepers and improve the course. We have 900 members and make a fortune from visitors, yet barely anything is ever done to improve and invest in the course - just ticks over.
evemccc
Well-known member
Where is that, or what county (if you don’t want to give it away), I wonder how it gets fortunes from visitors if the course could do with investment and improvement
IanM
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SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
When we had our par 3s rebunkered we did the bunkering on our 168yd 13th really challenging given a new tee we are to build for the hole. We did not have a short ‘target‘ par 3 where a pin position could be set that rewarded the accuracy of the better player, but with associated risk.
Our new tee on 13th will give us a 130-140yd hole with an easy green shot and a high risk reward shot. We’ll then have tees that will enable us to set lengths 25 yds apart for the four par 3s from say 135 to 210yds, each hole with green side bunkering commensurate with length of tee shot required.
We will retain the current tee on the 13th if or until we feel the need to find 30yds somewhere else on the course…but that’s not a priority.
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clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Greenkeepers have priority at all times.We can play from 1st light
Greenkeepers have priority before 7.45 ( i think) but they normally let me play through when I go out at stupid o'clock
but you can play in the dark if you want ,belive me some do!
JayB
Newbie
I wouldn't like to be able to block slots unless in an official match or something, you run the risk that if a number of people/groups do this that you struggle to find any space to book yourself while the course remains relatively empty.
Also, I can't think of anything worse than playing as a single, mid-morning on a Saturday. Granted your club may be different but I can only go on my experience at my previous club, you'll just end up waiting around between shots. If the course is full with 3 and 4 balls then I don't expect anybody will let you play through as there isn't the space to allow it.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
We can play from 1st light
Greenkeepers have priority before 7.45 ( i think) but they normally let me play through when I go out at stupid o'clock
Our green staff have priority until 9am but like many a club rule there are a lot of members who will not have read it and many that probably would not abide by it.
sjw
Well-known member
Our course reserves tee times for your party regardless at the moment. I'm proposing that the option be given to open the slot up, not to block it off - that's what already happens
Dingy
Member
Last year I might have said take away the bunker on the right side of the fairway on our 9th hole, but they have done it and now that it's gone I can find the left side of the fairway all the time. Stupid game.
Golfnut1957
Newbie
Dalmahoy. It's in his sig.
sunshine
Well-known member
But do you know how much revenue the course generates?
Resort courses typically do not make much money from the golf, the course often exists to attract people to stay and spend loads in the hotel on food and drinks.
KenL
Tour Rookie
What, the final of a club comp isn't serious golf. It would be for me.
