3-day competitions

Holy Diver

The weekend competition in my home club is always run over three days - i.e. one competition and one set of prizes for fri, sat and sun. You can then enter on all three days. Prizes are for first, second, third, gross and best fri, sat & sun. Tbh I think this is a load of bo11ox. You are competing against three times the amount of other competitors and are at an immediate disadvantage if you can only make it out once over the weekend when other guys can play three days. And if it's **** weather on the day you play its a further disadvantage still (fair enough there is a different CSS for each day). I only joined this year and it's my first time being a member but it seems to me that it's just a way for the club to suck more money out of its members and give out less prizes.

Is this common practice in clubs around the country?

k.p.h

I'm not sure how this works if their is a different CSS for each day are the scores then adjusted according to the CSS to calculate the winner ..?

It's run over Sat & Sun in my home club, but it's all the same competition. Their are a certain number of slots of a Sat afternoon and the all day Sunday. I don't see any problem with it.

Mizuno Man

Some clubs do that sort of thing. Corballis I think has a midweek re-entry competition I think they call it, where you can play as many days as you like during the week for the one prize at the end.

Some people will like it because they have a chance to make up for a bad round. But others, like the OP and me I think, think they're a bit silly and since I wouldn't be able to get out 3 days running over the weekend, I am at a disadvantage to those who can.

However, it is not money grabbing or trying to run competitions on the cheap I don't think. The club is trying to find a way to give members something to play for over the winter where the weather is unreliable. Some clubs will run 12 hole competitions, some run 9 holes, some do 18, some do 2 or 3 day comps, etc, etc.

Winter or Turkey Leagues fall into the same category by the way. Lots and lots of rounds for just a few top prizes. And most leagues it's only your top 5 scores that count or whatever, so if you can only get out 5 times for the winter you are at a disadvantage to those who get out more and post a better top 5. Tis just the way it goes.

And in fairness there is no sense in running a single prize winning competition on a Friday when it is p***ing with rain and blowing a gale and have only 4 people brave the conditions and enter it. Winter golf is crap. I don't like having mud up to my knees and losing balls in soggy ground, or trying to putt on hairy, beaten up soft greens. If a club wants to think of different ways to entice their members out to play and spend money then I say fair play to them....

Holy Diver

k.p.h wrote: »

I'm not sure how this works if their is a different CSS for each day are the scores then adjusted according to the CSS to calculate the winner ..?

It's run over Sat & Sun in my home club, but it's all the same competition. Their are a certain number of slots of a Sat afternoon and the all day Sunday. I don't see any problem with it.

No - Scores aren't adjusted so it's irrelevant to the outcome of the competition.

It's three full days with only one set of prizes.

Holy Diver

Mizuno Man wrote: »

Some clubs do that sort of thing. Corballis I think has a midweek re-entry competition I think they call it, where you can play as many days as you like during the week for the one prize at the end.

Some people will like it because they have a chance to make up for a bad round. But others, like the OP and me I think, think they're a bit silly and since I wouldn't be able to get out 3 days running over the weekend, I am at a disadvantage to those who can.

However, it is not money grabbing or trying to run competitions on the cheap I don't think. The club is trying to find a way to give members something to play for over the winter where the weather is unreliable. Some clubs will run 12 hole competitions, some run 9 holes, some do 18, some do 2 or 3 day comps, etc, etc.

Winter or Turkey Leagues fall into the same category by the way. Lots and lots of rounds for just a few top prizes. And most leagues it's only your top 5 scores that count or whatever, so if you can only get out 5 times for the winter you are at a disadvantage to those who get out more and post a better top 5. Tis just the way it goes.

And in fairness there is no sense in running a single prize winning competition on a Friday when it is p***ing with rain and blowing a gale and have only 4 people brave the conditions and enter it. Winter golf is crap. I don't like having mud up to my knees and losing balls in soggy ground, or trying to putt on hairy, beaten up soft greens. If a club wants to think of different ways to entice their members out to play and spend money then I say fair play to them....

That's all well and good but i'm not talking about winter golf - it's that way all year round - and for the most part the timesheet is full or very nearly full on all three days. Prizes aren't that great considering.

sodbuster77

Not done in my place. Two separate comps over the weekend.

Mizuno Man

Holy Diver wrote: »

That's all well and good but i'm not talking about winter golf - it's that way all year round - and for the most part the timesheet is full or very nearly full on all three days. Prizes aren't that great considering.

Wow! Every weekend all year round? OK, you win. That is pretty ridiculous actually. :eek:

I don't think I would be a member in your place for too long if the only competitions I could enter were 3 day comps.....