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Originally Posted by John_W
This week getting a championship teetime was even less easy than last week. For our foursome of non-priority members I requested Palmer, Glenview, Cane Garden, Mallory and Havana from 11:56 to 1:30 for Friday. I entered the request six days in advance. We got nothing for Friday. On Tuesday when I saw we had nothing I quickly put in a request for Saturday. The week before I got a reservation for Saturday when I had to do that. This time, nothing for Saturday either and unlike the week before, teetimes are up to 5pm and beyond.
Finally I went on the open times and grabbed 10:56 at Glenview, I think one reason that was available is I believe prices go down at 11:00, without the waves I can't tell, so we will have to pay $42 instead $36. The only option was Lopez at 1:52, but that meant not finishing until about 6pm and our member who lives in LaBelle probably wouldn't get home until after 7pm.
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Tee times are quite tight this year. Seasonal residents staying longer is only a small issue, after all they are here during the winter and the days are shorter then, but it has never been this tight. Main reason is the loss of tee times with no waves and only 18 holes open.
Next, lack of other recreational opportunities are driving people to golf. People who are essentially non-golfers are flooding the exec courses, which drives some regular exec players to the championship courses
In your case, the problem is compounded by having 4 non-priority members, which puts you at the bottom of the request list. It doesn't matter if you put the request in 7 days or 3 days ahead, they are all assigned at the same time in order of priority points.
Rumor, (repeat rumor), has it that they are going back to all 3 nines open and waves on May 18. That will solve most of the problem