What's your ideal time to turn up for a game of golf?

[Deleted member 21258]

Ideally closer to 60 min than 30. Bit of a warm up, some chat with the others etc. The longer I can be at the club the better as I love the social side almost equal to the golf itself.

Even though it’s none of my business I can’t help being annoyed with “car-park members”.

Interested to hear, what annoys you about that ?

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Interested to hear, what annoys you about that ?

Probably to do with that I see golf as so much more than just 18 holes in as few shots as possible. I love meeting and playing with new people, having the post round drink etc etc. Annoyed perhaps isn’t the right word, but it’s just the polar opposite as to what golf is to me so I simply cannot understand it.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

1hour + for me... I only get to play twice a month, so we always have breakfast before and catch up on life. Then the course/round is purely down to business and banter

 

[Albo]

Probably to do with that I see golf as so much more than just 18 holes in as few shots as possible. I love meeting and playing with new people, having the post round drink etc etc. Annoyed perhaps isn’t the right word, but it’s just the polar opposite as to what golf is to me so I simply cannot understand it.

Thats quite interesting as I am completely the opposite. I have no interest in meeting new people and spending 3 hours of my life making forced conversation with someome, id much rather play alone in all honesty.
As for drinks and banter in the club house, again really not my thing, I am there to play golf which I love to do, I don't get any social side from it at all, club house isn't a great place to socialise in my opinion and certainly not with people I barely know. If they are my playing partners or we are in a group thats one thing, but general members of the club, not for me.
It's for these reasons I dont play any comps at all, going to trophy presentation evenings or club organised nights really for me I couldnt think of anything worse (within reason). And things like being encouraged to go watch the finals of the club match play comps is just laughable to me.
So yes i'm a carpark golfer and very happy with it. I'm also extreamly anti social.
That's the thing with life we are all different

 

[Deleted member 31582]

Thats quite interesting as I am completely the opposite. I have no interest in meeting new people and spending 3 hours of my life making forced conversation with someome, id much rather play alone in all honesty.
As for drinks and banter in the club house, again really not my thing, I am there to play golf which I love to do, I don't get any social side from it at all, club house isn't a great place to socialise in my opinion and certainly not with people I barely know. If they are my playing partners or we are in a group thats one thing, but general members of the club, not for me.
It's for these reasons I dont play any comps at all, going to trophy presentation evenings or club organised nights really for me I couldnt think of anything worse (within reason). And things like being encouraged to go watch the finals of the club match play comps is just laughable to me.
So yes i'm a carpark golfer and very happy with it. I'm also extreamly anti social.
That's the thing with life we are all different

So you don’t have an official handicap, or want one?

 

[Albo]

So you don’t have an official handicap, or want one?

I do have an offical handicap.

You're able to put cards in for general play

 

[Deleted member 31582]

I do have an offical handicap.

You're able to put cards in for general play

So do you pre-register your social rounds before going out, I think that’s what’s supposed to happen now under WHS, but I’m not a rules guru, a bit like the old supplementary cards under the old system.

 

[Albo]

So do you pre-register your social rounds before going out, I think that’s what’s supposed to happen now under WHS, but I’m not a rules guru, a bit like the old supplementary cards under the old system.

On the golf Scotland app you can register it pre round as long as you are at the course, all you need is your partners signature on the app and their phone number. Or you can enter via the terminal inside.

 

[Oddsocks]

about 11.30

You read the title as I read it and not how long before. Glad it wasnt just me.

used to love early tee slots but kinda gone off them. Early times left no warm up time, I like about an hour. Breakfast, coffee, like to spend about 15 mins putting.

 

[Hobbit]

1hour + for me... I only get to play twice a month, so we always have breakfast before and catch up on life. Then the course/round is purely down to business and banter

Ditto.

Once upon a time it was less than 30 mins. 20mins practice then off to the first tee. The last x years it’s been a breakfast and banter, followed by practice swing and tee off.

 

[duncan mackie]

30 mins before the temperature reaches 20° and the rain has stopped...

 

[clubchamp98]

30 mins is enough for me.
Ten to twenty shots in the net.
Ten mins putting.
Then on to the tee.
There is nothing worse than just hanging around.