Our Club Head Pro is Wrong...I think.

[Fourputt]

I'll try to answer all of the lingering questions. This was not a charity event.

There were 22 couples and each couple paid an entry fee. The head pro received half of the entry fee as he always does.

Gift cards for the Pro Shop were paid out to 1-3rd place. Head Pro gets a percentage of profits, for what's sold in Pro Shop. So the prize money goes right back to the Head Pro.

The Head Pro told my husband that our team was Too competitive and we could have our money back. We gave him back the gift card and got our entry fee money back. We actually made out $10 ahead.

On a side note: one of the members got wind of the extra player incident and is emailing everyone that entered this tournament to get their money back.

Stay tuned for more of The Scandal at the Country Club

Rick

"He who has the fastest cart will never have a bad lie."

[MEfree]

I have played in scrambles that allow for 3 or 5 players- with 3, each player gets to play twice on 6 holes.  With 5, 1 player sits out each hole on a rotating basis.

Very odd format (women always putt, men putt half the time) and an odd "solution."  If the putting thing was to speed up play, then why not have the men putt on the even holes and the women putt on the odd holes?  So the "extra" woman never hit a full shot?  That doesn't sound like much fun unless she was just out there to socialize and take a walk in the park.

The only way I would find the pros "solution" remotely acceptable is if he announced beforehand that he was adding the 5th player to that specific team because they were weak.  Was this a gross or handicap event?  If handicap, then certainly no reason for any team to get extra benefits.  Even if it was gross, then it appears he helped them too much given that they won.

I am also surprised to hear that they only return 50% of entry fees in shop credit unless there are other benefits that go along with the entry fee (such as food, range balls, drinks, green fee, etc).

[Fourputt]

I have played in scrambles that allow for 3 or 5 players- with 3, each player gets to play twice on 6 holes.  With 5, 1 player sits out each hole on a rotating basis.

Very odd format (women always putt, men putt half the time) and an odd "solution."  If the putting thing was to speed up play, then why not have the men putt on the even holes and the women putt on the odd holes?  So the "extra" woman never hit a full shot?  That doesn't sound like much fun unless she was just out there to socialize and take a walk in the park.

The only way I would find the pros "solution" remotely acceptable is if he announced beforehand that he was adding the 5th player to that specific team because they were weak.  Was this a gross or handicap event?  If handicap, then certainly no reason for any team to get extra benefits.  Even if it was gross, then it appears he helped them too much given that they won.

I am also surprised to hear that they only return 50% of entry fees in shop credit unless there are other benefits that go along with the entry fee (such as food, range balls, drinks, green fee, etc).

Like she said, the pro gets 50% of the entry fee plus a percentage of the profits for pro shop sales.  He makes out on both ends of the deal.  Talk about a deal that's just designed for abuse.

[teed off]

I'll try to answer all of the lingering questions. This was not a charity event.

There were 22 couples and each couple paid an entry fee. The head pro received half of the entry fee as he always does.

Gift cards for the Pro Shop were paid out to 1-3rd place. Head Pro gets a percentage of profits, for what's sold in Pro Shop. So the prize money goes right back to the Head Pro.

The Head Pro told my husband that our team was Too competitive and we could have our money back. We gave him back the gift card and got our entry fee money back. We actually made out $10 ahead.

On a side note: one of the members got wind of the extra player incident and is emailing everyone that entered this tournament to get their money back.

Stay tuned for more of The Scandal at the Country Club