Cancelled Tee Times
 

At this time of year it becomes difficult to secure tee times for 2. What I have noticed during the week is that so many tee times are taken by large groups and often there are several players that don't show up with their group, leaving unused tee times.

Please call the starters shack as early as possible to let them know you will not be able to play. At least this will give other call in players a chance to enjoy a round of golf. Rain or shine!

Played 4 holkes and left
 

Please call the starters shack as early as possible to let them know you will not be able to play. At least this will give other call in players a chance to enjoy a round of golf. Rain or shine![/QUOTE]

On a related note, we had four 'players' drive through our foursome last Sunday AM on an executive course in the South. We were on the 6th hole meaning they had played No More Than FOUR holes. As they drove passed they said: "We need to get to Church." I am appalled that these four people would take a Prime Time Sunday AM tee time from real golfers and play only FOUR Holes! Unbelievable!

Actually, it's worse than that. Over the years I've overheard groups talking about how they put in players that they know are not going to play so they won't have to play with "strangers". The tee time office tries to monitor for this, but they would have had to commit an egregious offense to get caught

Doesn't the No Show get 2 points for no show?

Sure. But I understand they use people on vacation or who usually just play execs for champ tee times and vice versa. I have heard about people getting caught, but I don't think it happens often

When playing as a single, I have learned the hard way to avoid joining threesomes that are part of a group. It’s not unusual to see a few threesomes stacked up for the first tee times of the afternoon wave, which is the tell tale sign of a group. They hope no one will join them, which holds an open space for group members that might show up unscheduled, and sometimes are not very welcoming to golfers outside their group joining them. When playing as a single, it is very unusual to not enjoy the company of fellow golfers, with that one exception.

No show gets 3 points, a cancellation gets 2 points

That used to go on at our club, until we solved it. You get to do it twice. The 3rd time, you get charged a Guest Fee for the players who didn't show up. $175/person is a steep price to pay, for the convenience of not playing with a "stranger".

Enhanced membership creates a moral hazard. The members can flaunt the system and indiscriminately accumulate points and their requests will still trump resident members who follow the rules. What’s even worse is that their guests get priority over resident members.

And the person who pays for a Bentley gets a better car than a Chevy----what's the point????

The persons driving both the Bentley and the Chevy gets the same penalty for running a stop sign. The points accumulated by an enhanced member (and their guests) are less penal than for the resident member.

The person running the stop sign pays more than one who stops for it

I'm not advocating that priority members should go ahead and cheat/rig the system. In fact, I doubt they are the problem since points don't really matter to them. But if someone wants a discount on greens fees and a better chance of getting the tee time they want, they have to pay for it. And those that don't want to pay for it have no right to complain. After all, everyone is not equal in this system, like they are in N. Korea :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Somebody has to :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I'll admit to using a non-golfers ID# to create a foursome that turns into a threesome when they don't show up. I do not like to play with strangers because every time that I have, I get paired with that idiot who thinks he's on the tour when he's taking 5 or more warmups before EACH swing.

:shocked: Doesn't sound like he's the idiot to me????

It's always nice to see a truthful post and see someone admit they're part of the problem.

I hope David Williams is reading this ...
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I've played with regular threesomes multiple time and I've never had an issue...

In fact, I've met some great people and now have some new golfing partners...

One time, I played with 3 relative beginner women. We had a blast! They were hysterical... They could trash talk with the best of them!

As much as that is the right thing to do, large groups won't do that in general as they don't want "outsiders" (outside of their group) to join in. A bigger problem is two players adding two guests or spouses into their reservation only to have the guests be "unable to make it". In those cases, the guests are non existent or the spouses simply don't play golf. Lots of games being played so that couples can play a round of Golf by themselves.

No shows are 3 pts but if you play once a week, they probably don’t care. Besides a large group is given a reservation by the average of the total points, If the group of 24 has 23 with 1 point and one with 3, they average 1.0x (it’s too early to do the math)

Happens all the time. They will also reserve for Guest and say the guest could not make it. No points charged.

Happens all the time

I caught someone using my ID number for tee times when I was up north. I happened to check the website and saw that I had a tee time for an executive course and it wasn't with anyone that I knew. They were using it once or twice a week for a month. I called the golf office and reported it and it never happened again.

I believe the residents gets charged the points for a guest that doesn't show.

Not true. Points are assessed to the resident the guest is attached to on the reservation.

Most folks who are regular users of the tee time system know of one or more people who make use of "ghost" golfers on their requests. I agree that it may be difficult to catch if done sporadically. Still, the tee time office views this practice as abuse of the system, and offenders can be punished. I know a resident who was regularly using the ID# of a non-golfer as a ghost. After repeated instances, the tee time office busted him. His golfing privileges were suspended for 30 days.

That depends on how attractive the person is. Membership has always had privileges in this world. It's no different here in TV.

Nope.

:rolleyes: And I hope he read your reply before you changed it! :ohdear:

Maybe someone read this chat and cancelled! I couldn't find a tee time for 2, at a reasonable time, on Friday. Then I checked later in the day and there was an open time midday at Bacall.

Thank you to whoever cancelled. Earlier the better!

Me too.

Not a golfer....
 

I have no knowledge of the tee time software. Is it possible (or even practical) for me to check to see if someone is using my ID to secure a tee time? :shocked:

Yes. You will see the reservation that 'you' have.

If you go to "thevillages.net" and log in to golf, you can review your play history, which would tell you whether someone is doing that or not.

This kinda makes me want to jump in on one of these groups more. Either I will win them over with my humor and charm, or I will be entertained by their irrational irritation.

What dont you understand
 

about the word enhanced..............

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They get 3 points for not showing on the day of play.

3 points for no show or cancelling day of reservation, 2 points for cancelling prior.

That's against the rules but then rules are for those who abide by them, so it seems. But what an attitude!! I've been here 26 years and I have met some wonderful people who joined our group as a single. Some have become close friends and some have joined our group, as a result. I can count on one hand the number of duds, but even those were tolerable for a couple of hours. If one is not welcoming, they get the ice treatment in return, so try lightening up and accept the player as they are. If it pains you, it's only for a short time.

Weak Response
 

Weak & not helpful.

When I am a single golfer I find myself in the middle of these groups. 99% of the time it is always a pleasure. Many, many nice people. Great way to meet people.