New golfing business model....just maybe???

What do you think....will there ever be a golf course which charges golfers based on the hours they spent on the golf course? So instead of paying a flat green fee......they charge you say $x per hour...(cap at 4.5hours)....after that....STOP...no playing liao..don care if you finish only 2 hole ..

Advantage: Speed up play ...indirectly means spending more time with family
Disadvantage: For players macam Ben Crane type...chiak lak...maybe neber finish 18hole

Possible boh?

Reminds me of snooker... charge by hour.

i think the time-based system isnt possible la..
unless the golf course is empty, and only ONE flight is playing.

What if players take their own sweet time? Each play 4 balls at a hole. And jam up your course. how?

Duval_S wrote:

What do you think....will there ever be a golf course which charges golfers based on the hours they spent on the golf course? So instead of paying a flat green fee......they charge you say $x per hour...(cap at 4.5hours)....after that....STOP...no playing liao..don care if you finish only 2 hole ..

So the first flight slow... only finish 2 holes in 4.5hrs.. the rest of the ppl don't get to tee off? and your business suffers because you only get a few flights out a day?

Can't remember where, but I think there was a muni course I played that had a clock/timer on everyhole and stated the time (in minutes) that you should have completed the hole, if not pick up pace or skip a hole or dunno what.. can't remember exactly how it was supposed to work..

i think you'll have many unhappy customers if they are not able to complete 18 holes...

Must clear each hole within a time stipulated, if not lose pay the flight behind xxxx $$$ for every hole delayed beyond a certain timing (80% to be paid to the flight behind and 10% to the 2nd flight behind, with 10% to be paid to the club).

Timing tracked and calculated by a computer based on the ID chip that every golfer have to carry tracked by GPS.

Computer will remind golfers through speakers on their buggy to speed up or warn about jams up front

This way, whatever happens, the clubs makes more money

too many flaws in the BM that makes it no viable, the average golfer which is belongs to the higher demographic won't patronise. Unless you are aiming to be niche and just aim for the low hc golfers for speed golf.

u mean like hotel 81

per hour at the range maybe.

$3 per hour.
I do chipping at the way!!!! LOL

chocoman wrote:

u mean like hotel 81

provide really cantik lady caddies and plenty of 'private' areas throughout the course for extra 'strokes'.......... think that BM already in practice liao

tronos wrote:

chocoman wrote:

u mean like hotel 81

provide really cantik lady caddies and plenty of 'private' areas throughout the course for extra 'strokes'.......... think that BM already in practice liao

Ya, clarence knows alot on that.. "extra strokes", "mulligans", "reading the lines" & etc...

You may wana consider employing Clarence to be the "Club" General Manager.

UL will definitely be the 1st member.

chocoman wrote:

u mean like hotel 81

Different ballgame.