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Originally Posted by sdeikenberry
While there are many variables, four things that impact your request the most are: Size of your group; time window for play; number of courses listed; and, number of points assigned to each golfer.
This statement is not quite correct. The tee time system looks at the following variables in the following order: Groups with priority members get filled first. Average group points are organized. Window of request is considered. Whether you chose course or time as a prioroity. Number of courses to choose from is important...the more the better. Then the system looks the priority requests, fills them in descending order starting with the group who has the least group points, then moves down through non-priority requests using the same priorities. If you or anyone in the group request has cancelled a tee time in the last 7 days after their request was filled, they have extra points that go against them for the next request. So, having all players with priority memberships, having low average group points, and listing four or more courses gives you the best chance of getting your request filled. I run two championship groups and rarely, rarely, get kicked out with my request not being filled because I work at keeping all priority players and asking them to keep their points low.
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Originally Posted by banjobob
The number of points in total for the group has an effect on your being able to secure a tee time. We had a couple players in our group that played outside the group causing too many points hence our group was denied a tee time.
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Both those statements are correct and both somewhat wrong at the same time. Those 2 posts are comparing apples and oranges as there are 2 different types of "points":
The algorithm is different for champ and exec courses.
Let's call them membership points, but the system is: 1 point priority member, 2 points priority guest, 6 points resident member, 7 points resident guest. When the system adds up those points, from 4 to 28, this is the first criterium for assigning a time. The priority category ONLY applies on champ courses. Four priority members will
almost always get their first or second choice, even in winter.
There are no priority points on exec course, so a group will only have golfers with a 6 or 7. Naturally, guests kill your chances in high season, when they are most likely visiting.
Then there are reservation and cancellation points. After the algorithm looks at membership, it uses these points to "break ties". On the champ course, for priority members, these points are almost always irrelevant, the category of membership will determine your ability to get tee times. On exec courses however, since most groups are "tied", these points generally determine the outcome, and groups that have a significant play history are at a disadvantage (these points only last a week)
Generally summer is easier, however, with the aeration schedules having gone to 3x/year (June, July, August) there are more golfers requesting courses that have not been aerated recently. )Having just seen a few exec course greens over the years, I'm not sure it makes a difference there.)
Bottom line---if you play execs---follow the advice given by others and put in a wide time window and a whole lot of courses.