I just discovered Loop last month and was able to secure a really solid tee time relatively easy. Excited to try it again and make sure it wasn't just a fluke bc It definitely has good potential.
Like most marketing the water seeks its own level. Filling tee sheets to the max results in crowded courses, slow play and maintenance issues also affecting demand (water level).
Here in the PNW I use Premier Golf (not sure who it’s owner is) for public tee times. You can book 2 weeks & 3 hrs out, so 9pm on the dot, 2 weeks early. Recently tried to book Bellevue muni & logged on right at 9pm and by 9:01 all 6am-12 noon rounds were taken for the Saturday 2 weeks out that I was trying to book. Not sure how this happens, but that’s quick!
Too bad the industry didn’t listen to Jack Nicklaus many years ago when he advocated for rolling the ball back 20%, and also for building 12-hole courses (of which he did build at least one). When I hear them talk about “the good of the game”, I wonder, “whose game”? Joe or Jill average golfer needs available tee times, lower green fees, cheaper equipment, and shorter rounds.
Too many courses are private. In the Austin area it's impossible to get a tee time anywhere outside of a couple of complete dumps that are horribly maintained. Most of the courses around here are private and cost huge sums outside of the means of 99% of golfers.
Golf NZ (New Zealand governing body for Golf) developed Dotgolf a number of years ago. The R&A purchased 50% of Dotgolf last year. It's an all-game, tee booking, competition, WHS handicap etc, software system used throughout NZ, the UK, and most of Australia.
One of the features is the waitlist option. Let's you nominate your preferred booking time, if a spot becomes available through cancellation your booking is automatically completed and populated and you'll receive email confirmation. First in, first served basis
$250,000 in 48 hours is sus. I'm in Florida and the public courses are alway. None charge more than $75 for a round. That would be like filling 10 days worth of tee times for only 2 days. They must be really bad at math and no courses have an entire days worth of tee times canceled like that.
I just discovered Loop last month and was able to secure a really solid tee time relatively easy. Excited to try it again and make sure it wasn't just a fluke bc It definitely has good potential.
Jared - you just clipped 10,000 subscribers - where does that put you in the golf media industry. Really enjoy the work!
Thanks Lee - still very small, but I'll keep working hard!
Like most marketing the water seeks its own level. Filling tee sheets to the max results in crowded courses, slow play and maintenance issues also affecting demand (water level).
Here in the PNW I use Premier Golf (not sure who it’s owner is) for public tee times. You can book 2 weeks & 3 hrs out, so 9pm on the dot, 2 weeks early. Recently tried to book Bellevue muni & logged on right at 9pm and by 9:01 all 6am-12 noon rounds were taken for the Saturday 2 weeks out that I was trying to book. Not sure how this happens, but that’s quick!
Too bad the industry didn’t listen to Jack Nicklaus many years ago when he advocated for rolling the ball back 20%, and also for building 12-hole courses (of which he did build at least one). When I hear them talk about “the good of the game”, I wonder, “whose game”? Joe or Jill average golfer needs available tee times, lower green fees, cheaper equipment, and shorter rounds.
Too many courses are private. In the Austin area it's impossible to get a tee time anywhere outside of a couple of complete dumps that are horribly maintained. Most of the courses around here are private and cost huge sums outside of the means of 99% of golfers.
Golf NZ (New Zealand governing body for Golf) developed Dotgolf a number of years ago. The R&A purchased 50% of Dotgolf last year. It's an all-game, tee booking, competition, WHS handicap etc, software system used throughout NZ, the UK, and most of Australia.
One of the features is the waitlist option. Let's you nominate your preferred booking time, if a spot becomes available through cancellation your booking is automatically completed and populated and you'll receive email confirmation. First in, first served basis
$250,000 in 48 hours is sus. I'm in Florida and the public courses are alway. None charge more than $75 for a round. That would be like filling 10 days worth of tee times for only 2 days. They must be really bad at math and no courses have an entire days worth of tee times canceled like that.