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What is a standing tee time, and how do you get one at a busy club?

What is a standing tee time?

A standing tee time is a recurring booking that reserves the same tee time for the same group on the same day every week, for example 8:40 every Saturday, so nobody has to re-book it each time the sheet opens. It is the oldest luxury in club golf: your game simply exists, week after week, without anyone racing a release moment for it.

Where standing tee times survive

Fewer clubs offer them than ever. As online booking replaced the paper sheet, many committees decided that permanently reserved slots were unfair to the wider membership and put everything into the weekly release instead, which is how the 7pm scramble was born. Where standing reservations do survive, it is usually in one of three forms:

How to get one at a busy club

Ask first, because the worst case is a polite no. The pro shop or secretary will know whether any standing arrangement, roll-up or bookable block exists for the day you want, and joining an established roll-up is by far the easiest way into recurring prime-time golf. If your club has nothing, you are left with the honest alternative: rebuilding your "standing" time manually every week at the release moment, which means winning the scramble every single time. The Saturday tee time guide covers how to give yourself the best odds, and our free club checker will tell you which booking site your club is on.

The modern standing tee time

Here is the quiet truth: what most members want is not a rule change at the club, it is the outcome, the same game existing every week without the weekly race. That outcome can be rebuilt on top of the weekly release.

TeeBooked is a standing tee time, rebuilt for clubs that no longer offer them. Tell it the game you never want to miss, for example Saturday between 8:00 and 10:30, and it books that slot on your own club account the moment the sheet opens, every week, within your club's rules. From $19 a month, with a money-back guarantee: get your game, or the month is free.

Set up my standing game

Frequently asked questions

What is a standing tee time?

A standing tee time is a recurring booking that reserves the same tee time for the same group on the same day every week, for example 8:40 every Saturday, so nobody has to re-book it each time the sheet opens.

Do golf clubs still offer standing tee times?

Fewer than they used to. Many members' clubs have removed standing reservations in the name of fairness, putting every slot into the weekly release instead. Where they survive it is usually as blocks for roll-ups, seniors or club competitions rather than for private groups.

What is the difference between a standing tee time and a roll-up?

A standing tee time reserves a slot for a fixed named group. A roll-up is an open block of times where any member can turn up and be drawn into groups on the day. Roll-ups are the most common surviving form of reserved recurring golf at UK clubs.

Can TeeBooked give me a standing tee time?

Effectively, yes. Tell TeeBooked the game you never want to miss and it books that slot on your own club account the moment the sheet opens each week, within your club's rules. It behaves like a standing tee time even at clubs that no longer offer them. From $19 a month with a money-back guarantee.

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