A social media report by the UK Golf Guy indicates that The Golf House Club, Elie will close to visitors from mid-July to mid-August. I went on their site and saw this.
“ The July & August school holiday period is by far our busiest part of the year for members play. Due to capacity issues, play is therefore reserved exclusively for members within this period and no visitors times are available. A ballot is in place for all casual members times within this period.”
A friend said to me recently that he thinks good golf in the UK and Ireland is at or near capacity in many places. This doesn’t match my anecdotal experience over the last two summers, other than Royal Dornoch. Everywhere else we nearly had the place to ourselves and played as fast or slow as we wanted. In late June.
As is their right, Elie is closing to visitors in the high season to preserve their member experience. Yet, they’re so busy they’ll still need a ballot for members in that time. Does any other course in Scotland need a ballot for their *members* in summer?