When do you arrive at the course for your tee time?

[Billy-Bo-Jim-Bob]

Curious to know when you arrive at the course for your tee time and what you do to prepare for your round?

[russtopherb]

I try to arrive 20-30 minutes prior. What I do to warm up depends on the available facilities. If there's a range, I'll hit a small bucket to warm up and see what shot shape decided to show up that day. I'll rarely even hit the full bucket, it's not a practice session. If there's no range, I'll swing my Orange Whip for a bit to loosen up my back and hips. 

I'll hit some chips/pitches if they have a green available for that, if not I'll go straight to the putting green and practice short and lag putts to get a feel. Then it's off to the first tee. 

[DiscipleofPenick]

I try to get there at least 20 minutes before my time. Plenty of time to get my gear and check in without being rushed. If it's a tournament or I know the course has a range and I want to warm up, I'll try to get there 45 minutes early.

[Stereotype]

I'm usually 30-45 min early, check in and grab a small bucket then stretch out and organize the cart. Trying to spend 1/3-1/2 of the time I have left on the putting green getting the feel and the rest of the time on the range/chipping area. 

[Dweed]

For our league play on early mornings I try to get there at least an hour early. There isn't a range but I do spend time chipping and putting on the practice green. I try to loosen up swinging clubs and hip flex exercises. I also get there early to pay and sign in. Sometimes the opening person is late and that sets things back.

[JerryB]

If its my home course, I'm getting there roughly 5-10 minutes before tee time and straight to the first tee.  If its any other course, I'll claim that I'll get there around 30 minutes prior but it usually winds up being 10-15 minutes at most.  Best case scenario I roll a few putts before getting to the first tee.  My handicap reflects my efforts.

[Thin2win]

I try for 40 minutes.  Gives me 10 to loosen up on the range,  10 to putt, 10 to chip and 10 to check in and find the first tee.

[Todd K.]

I try to warm up before I get to the course.  Prefer to arrive 30 min or so before tee time.  

I don't use the range to warm up in general.  Don't get much out of hitting range balls before a round.  

I do use the practice green to try to judge lag putt speeds.  

 

I mostly play the same few courses, so I almost always spend a few moments the day before "visualizing" how I am going to play the holes in my head. 

I always have great results in the visualizations.  LOL

[Kanoito]

Home course: straight from the parking lot
Another course: 1 hour to warm up properly, test the greens, etc...

[benb1989]

I plan to arrive 1 hour before my tee time. I will have some breakfast, or lunch depending on the time, relax and chat for a bit, 5 mins on the putting green then off to the 1st hole.

[DaveP043]

I like to be about a half hour early for most rounds, time enough for a bit of range time and some putting.  For competitions I prefer an extra 15 or 20 minutes, and will add in a bit of chipping along with more comprehensive putting work.  Full swing warm-ups don't vary much, 25 to 30 balls, maybe even less.

[NickyBobby]

Usually about 45 minutes to an hour before depending on if I’m getting a drink in the clubhouse. Enough time to get some putting and chipping in and maybe hit a few on the range. 

[Rosey31]

Most of the time it's 30-40 minutes early. Light warm up, putting practice and then getting set for the round. 

[Brooky03]

Almost always later than I plan to.  Rarely late enough that I'm not on the tee at my tee time, but I can cut it quite close.  I can only recall being late to a tee time a handful of times in my life.

[hands39]

Casual round - show up maybe 20 mins before. Check-in, swing some wedges and dynamic stretch to get loose, hit some wedges and role some putts. Usually don't bother hitting balls.

Competitive Round or Coaching a HS Comp - on the range 45 mins before tee time, 15 mins of hitting wedge, high iron, mid iron, low iron, hybrid/wood off deck and driver, stock wedges matrix and end with first hole tee shot club, 10 mins chipping, 10 mins putting, 5 min strategy chat

[MattF]

10-15 minutes beforehand depending on how far I have to travel. If it's a couple of hours away, maybe 1/2 hour.

[Peaksy68]

I aim for about 40 minutes. Gives me time to hit a few 50 yard pitches, chip 10-20 balls from a range of distances before a few full swings in the net. Finish off on the putting green. 

 

Of course what I aim for and what I do can be vastly different. Sometimes it's 2 quick putts and on to the tee.

[fozcycle]

Usually arrive by 7 AM and the Starter gets us off early, between 7:30 & 8. This gives me time to do a warmup exercise then putt for 10 minutes.

[poprocksncoke]

Plan is to arrive at least 30 minutes early, reality is to arrive there 5 minutes early.  

[ParFore74x]

I usually go straight from truck to tee but if I have time, I like to spend 10-15 minutes at the putting green to get a feel for my putter. Most importantly it is to get my mind relaxed. Lately I’ve been wishing for time to hit a few down range first to loosen up but that rarely happens before I tee off. 

[Charles Lechair]

I generally try to give myself 30 minutes at least. Might hit a few balls, might not. 

I just don't want to be the guy that rolls up 2 minutes before the tee time because i certainly have some friends like that. 

[Tom the Golf Nut]

My current course doesn't allow carts out until 8:00am. Between 7:30 and 8:00, if you want to walk its fair game. First come first go, or you could make a walking tee time. There are not many walkers early in the morning. So, I get to the course load up the Motocaddy and go. There are a lot of wayward balls starting at 8:00, so I want to get as far out in front as I can. 

No warmup except for the walk to the first tee, two practice swings and I'm gone. The first hole is a short par 4 so a less than stellar drive won't get you in trouble. After the first hole with the walk, I'm warmed up anyway.

At my old course that was different. It was private and not a lot of members, so you never needed a tee time. The range was right next to the first tee. I would hit about a dozen balls, chip and putt a little then I was off to the first tee.  But if there were people in the parking lot starting to load up, I usually just went right to the first tee. I normally play as a single and like to get out in front of a foursome. If they were on the first tee already, I would walk over to #4 and start there and pick up the first three holes after I finished up on 18. There I took a cart as the course was a mountain course and too difficult to walk especially in the summer. 

 

[JDHolmes]

The 3 courses I play weekly are part of our community. When I played in tournament league prior to this, i did the same.

I arrive at range 1.5 hours before tee time. I warm up, hit balls, large bucket, 70-80 balls. This usually takes 30-40 minutes. 1/2 the shots are 40, 50, 60, 75 yd sand wedge shots, gap wedge, 45 wedge, and pitching wedge shots. I hit 3-5 ea. 9, 8, 7 irons. I hit 4 irons, 4 hybrid shots, then finish on my drivers. I have two, 9 degree and 15.5 degree (yes that's right, a 13.5 degree driver with +2 on shaft).

When finished, i go to practice green for 10 minutes of putting and 10 minutes of chipping practice. I go to meet the group at 8:30, we pull teams and go to holes (shotgun start 4 days a week) and tee off at 9.

Without the last 30 minutes, I've followed the same routine for the last 5 years.

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[tony@CIC]

Depends: home course (using my cart) where I don't have to pay or walk into the pro shop - it's generally 15-20 min early. We have a starter so I can generally just head out to the #1 tee. If not at a home course then 30-45 min early. The only exception is if I'm golfing with my wife, I'll always tell her our tee time is 10-15 min earlier then add the 15-20 min or the 30-45 min on top of that.  

[Golf2Much]

I try and get to the course 30-45 minutes early and that's with the first tee times for the men's league Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.   I wish I could say I'm that early to warm up.  This time of year, our "fearless leader" who runs the league retreats to the North as a Key West Snowbird.  That leaves me to run the league.  I need to get there early because we don't know who's coming, who will be on what team, etc.  It's like herding cats because others will show up 5-10 minutes before our designated tee time.  I'm constantly changing teams to balance out the field and and assigning shotgun starting holes right up to when the first group tees off.  So if I'm lucky, I get two or three putts and a few swings with an Orange Whip to loosen up before I'm off with the first group. 

During season when I'm not in charge, after the required socializing and bitching about how many points I have to get, I spend about 5-10 minutes on the putting on the practice green, 5-10 minutes chipping and 5-10 minutes swinging the Orange Whip to get my old muscles loose!

[Hook DeLoft]

I like to get there 50 to 60 minutes before the tee time. But I’m retired 

[LinksgolfFever]

I think it’s more OCD than anything else but I always am at the course 1 hour before my tee time.  I use at least 45-50 minutes to warm-up and stretch.  Stretch 5 min, Chip 10 Min, Putt 10 min, Range 20 min. Stretch again and putt for another 5-10 min.  Thankfully all of the courses I generally play have the practice facilities close enough to the first tee for this schedule to work.  

[Caddie1966]

First, I’m retired so I have more time than most.  I get to the course 90 minutes before I tee off except if my wife is playing and the it is 30 minutes early.  

When I am playing with my buds, I spend 15-30 minutes on pitches, chips and bunkers. I then hit balls for 20 and if I am working on a swing thought, it’s 30.  I putt for 10-15 and then make sure I have everything ready to go.  Get some water in me and meet on the first tee.  

When my wife and I play, she doesn’t hit a single ball before the first tee.  She will however, talk to everyone she sees.  It’s amazing that she can converse literally with anyone.  She will putt for 15 minutes so I get 15 on the range and 10 or so on the putting green.  

[revkev]

Half an hour works for me - gives me time to check in at my club or pay somewhere else - stretch a bit, hit a few balls, roll some putts and get to the first tee a couple of minutes early.  I've played enough golf to know that it makes absolutely no difference to my score what so ever whether or not I hit balls and stretch first.  It does matter how I will feel the next day so I would rather follow that routine.  I suppose it might matter if its an unfamiliar course whether or not I hit a few chips and putts to get a feel for the greens - assuming the practice green is like those on the course.  

[cciciora13]

Home course- 15 minutes prior- enough to load up check in and get a few putts in on the putting green.

away/new course - 30 min. Allow myself to get familiar with where every thing is and not feel rushed. I rarely hit balls prior to the round but will definitely try to get some putts in