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Originally Posted by biker1

The average point count for the group matters, a lot. I play in a friday group where some players with high point counts for the week are excluded otherwise the tee time request will be denied, and nobody plays. If the average point count for the group approaches 3 you may have difficulty getting a tee time on the executive courses during snowbird season.

The following are tips to getting tee times, in no particular order:

1) Low average point count
2) No guests
3) Broad time window
4) Lots of courses

To add to this, one thing that folks miss unless they have read the tee time manual is it matters 'who you are' more than how much you play. These are placement points.

Golfing in The Villages

On executives the rankings are:

1. Resident
2. Resident guest

4 residents who have an average of 10 points each will get a tee time request filled BEFORE 3 residents and one guest that have ZERO points.

On championships the rankings are:

1. Priority
2. Priority guest
3. Resident
4. Resident guest

3 priority members and 1 priority guest who have an average of 10 points each will get a tee time request filled before 3 priority members and 1 resident that have ZERO points.

Ranking a priority guest ahead of someone that owns a home seems wrong on the surface, I suspect they do this to sell priority memberships creating a guaranteed cash flow...