We usually vary our days each week as schedules permit. But we try to play exec's three or four times per week, which drives up our play points. Last winter was the same issue where one week we would have trouble getting all of our days while the next week we did get all of our requests.

Bottom line is that IMHO yes there are some people being picky and then complaining about it but the other side of the coin is there just are not enough holes of exec golf to satisfy the demand during the first three or four months of the year. And since the four of us are all year round residents it is not a big deal to us cause we will certainly make up for it in the off months.

Obviously I don't know that much since I have been properly corrected!

I know what I know only because I have played a few times on a couple of championship courses (as a guest of course). My friends have clued me in a number of times about how the points work. It is an interesting way to balance supply and demand, but it looks like you have to play a lot before you get the hang of how it works. I have a copy of the book too.

That is interesting data. It sounds like 4 times a week is right on some limit during the Jan-Mar to get a tee time between 9 AM and 3 PM. This explains a couple of things to me:

1. Why a group with a guest will likely not get a tee time, as they go behind ANY group of residents no matter the play points.
2. Why I always get a time on the executives, as the most I play is twice a week.

Anyone else find 4 times a week to be a threshhold in the busy months to play between 9 AM and 3 PM?

I have a friend who plays everyday on the exec's. He many times does not get a tee time thru the request system, so he just goes in and picks an open tee time.