Here, someone can only make an advance tee time in the recreation district or county you live in. There are a few courses where anyone can call, but most of those courses are >$65 to play.
When I first moved to Denver, in 1991, for Denver city courses, which are the most inexpensive, you could not make an advance tee time. So, if your foursome preferred to play at 8:30, someone from you group would go to the starter shack at the course and buy the time you want. The starter shack opened at 5:00, I believe, which means if you really wanted a time before noon, you would have to get there before 4:30 A.M. to wait in line!!!!! That was the most unbelievable thing I had ever endured in my life.
Now, I live in Littleton, and have to know or play with a resident of Denver county to get an advance tee time.
Most courses have automated tee time phone lines, and they open the phones at a certain time, 7 days ahead. You have to perform a rapid speed dial several times to get through. If you don't get through for 7 - 10 minutes, forget getting a time before 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon.
In Ohio I could walk on almost anywhere by 9:00 or 10:00 on a weekend.
Are tee times in other bigger cities as arduous as Denver?
Here (in lansing) we are fortunate to have 20 courses within a short drive, most are easy to walk on to, but everyone usually calls ahead and gets a tee time (works out though as most courses have 27 holes so there are 3 tee times for each slot. Overall getting on isnt hard at all..I usually prefer early morning times but find that 10-12 is best as most older golfers are off the course by then and its pretty quick paced after that. We are lucky to have so many courses in the area..it definitely helps, I think MI golf in general is like that though.
I always call ahead for one just in case, but as bbtt123 indicated, Michigan has a LOT of golf courses. I think only Florida & California have more. Many are having financial difficulties. Bad for the folks who own, run & work them but good for the rest of us. Low green fees and deals everywhere ....all we need is year-round golf weather and it would be paradise.
I always call ahead for one just in case, but as bbtt123 indicated, Michigan has a LOT of golf courses. I think only Florida & California have more. Many are having financial difficulties. Bad for the folks who own, run & work them but good for the rest of us. Low green fees and deals everywhere ....all we need is year-round golf weather and it would be paradise.
In Ohio I could walk on almost anywhere by 9:00 or 10:00 on a weekend.
Are tee times in other bigger cities as arduous as Denver?
If Ohio were as mountainous as Denver (instead of flat as a pancake) you'd have trouble getting on courses too! :nodsmiley My bet is there's a lot more courses in Ohio than there is in Colorado. Please correct me if I'm wrong in that assumption.
that's insane. here, you just call for a time & assuming it's not sunday or a holiday you can usually get the time you're after on the same day. some common sense involved, but generally i get the time i'm after when calling only 2 days in advance. on those rare weekday rounds, i just walk on wherever i feel like. there's about 20-25 courses within 40 mins of me, so i just call ahead to make sure it's all cool.
remind me never to move somewhere like denver. i'm sure it's a lovely city, but that golfing scene would make me snap.
If I had to line up to get a tee time stuff it, I just wouldn't play. Here you just throw your clubs in the car, drive to the course and start playing 99% of the time. If you can't get on there's probably a tournament on but the tend to sneak you on in between the groups.
Well I'm a member at a private club, I just turn up and play... Our club doesn't operate a tee booking system except for competition days, and even then the tee is "as you find it" from 1.30 pm.
Most of the public courses do have tee booking systems - you can call between 5 and 14 days in advance, depending on the course.
If I had to line up to get a tee time stuff it, I just wouldn't play. Here you just throw your clubs in the car, drive to the course and start playing 99% of the time. If you can't get on there's probably a tournament on but the tend to sneak you on in between the groups.
What he said.... apart from on big club comps they don't let me go on until they've all finished teeing off
It is usually pretty easy to get on here. The only time I make tee times is if I plan on playing with a group. Just make a time and then show up. Not too hard to get on.
Real hard to be a walk on here for the county courses, any day or time, even when you are a single. For a foursome, you need to call or online reservations atleast 5 days in advance. Private open to the public courses, best to call one week in advance for the weekend, during the week late afternoon you have a chance to walk on.
I am a member of a private country club and we have never had tee times. We have
quite a few members that play but usually the starting times of the regular
golfers are about the same for each golfing day so most people can start
accordingly. It is great to play at a club that we respect each other and always
allow faster groups to play thru. Do to this, we have not felt a need for
scheduled tee times.
If Ohio were as mountainous as Denver (instead of flat as a pancake) you'd have trouble getting on courses too! :nodsmiley My bet is there's a lot more courses in Ohio than there is in Colorado. Please correct me if I'm wrong in that assumption.
There are definitely more courses in Ohio. If I remember correctly, I think my dad told me once that there are 120 courses in a 50 mile radius of Dayton.
Out here, there are new courses that get built, but if they aren't in my county or rec district, I can't make a tee time. I can make a tee time, but they open up the tee times to non-residents 3 days in advance, and everything is already booked, so it is a waste of time to try. The new courses also tend to start at about $65.
One course where I play, as a resident, before the course opens, there are usually 5 to 10 cars in the parking lot that have already started the stand-by list. When I was younger, and wasn't to concerned about planning ahead, a buddy and I used to do that occasionally.
New Zealand has the highest rate of courses per capita in the world which probably why it's so easy to get on here. We have 1 course per 10,374 people. While the US has 1 per 18,514. England 1 per 27,725. The world leader is of course the home of golf Scotland with 1 per 9379 people. Thats just greedy
May 4th, 2005, 07:00 PM
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