Interesting Concept: Golf1Hour - 1 hole is yours for an hour

[nevets88]

http://golf1hour.wordpress.com/ With a golf cart, I could get in 8 holes? Or maybe I'd play 2-3 balls each shot. Alot depends on the hole you get and the course, but an interesting way to practice.

[xxsoultonesxx]

I wonder how many times you could break par once you have it dialed in. Sounds interesting.

[2bGood]

Nice idea for the back 9 on early morning. I part of a private club, and we have lots of slow time on the course where I go out and spend hour or so play two holes or hitting 5 or 10 balls on one hole. Way better practice then the range.

[CassinoNorth]

As long as it's a par 4 or 5, surely.

Sounds like a nice way to practice. Par 3's would get tremendously boring though.

[TheGeekGolfer]

I'm sorry...maybe I'm missing something?  How could it possibly work?  The quote below is taken from their website...how can you sell a vacant hole without disrupting normal greens-fee traffic?  My guess is it would be early morning or late evening 'holes'... but the thing is, in 1 hr., with a cart, by myself (which is what they are selling), I can golf at least 6 holes, consecutively.  Why would I want to waste my time driving back to the tee box each time?  Or do I just hit 15 tee shots, 15 approaches, etc???  I would think the golf courses would be better off selling '6-holes' or '4-holes' for 1 hour, if it's late or early then the course would be empty, anyway.

On any given low-turnout day, golf courses can sell their vacant holes without disrupting the normal greens-fee traffic.

[2bGood]

Originally Posted by TheGeekGolfer

I'm sorry...maybe I'm missing something?  How could it possibly work?  The quote below is taken from their website...how can you sell a vacant hole without disrupting normal greens-fee traffic?  My guess is it would be early morning or late evening 'holes'... but the thing is, in 1 hr., with a cart, by myself (which is what they are selling), I can golf at least 6 holes, consecutively.  Why would I want to waste my time driving back to the tee box each time?  Or do I just hit 15 tee shots, 15 approaches, etc???  I would think the golf courses would be better off selling '6-holes' or '4-holes' for 1 hour, if it's late or early then the course would be empty, anyway.

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On any given low-turnout day, golf courses can sell their vacant holes without disrupting the normal greens-fee traffic.

If they know what times they have groups going off, they can slot people into to play an hour somewhere on the course. (Ie back nine for 2 hours after the first tee off. The first few holes if there is a gap of an hour between tee times etc.

I can see the point of play 6 holes, but it is nice to work on shorts on a hole without having to move on.