In an ideal world, you decide that you will call up your usual suspects to play a round of golf. Once gathered, the foursome would arrive at the golf course and spend a little time socializing and warming up on the driving range. Once ready to play, you and your group would walk out to the first tee and begin to play. Unfortunately, this experience is only available at a few high-end country clubs.

What is a tee time? For the beginning golfers, a tee time or a starting reservation is the designated time a golfer or group of golfers begins to play on a golf course. Typically, play begins on #1. Due to golf course maintenance or maybe during a tournament, occasionally you may start on #10. Eight to ten minutes apart is a common interval to set up tee times on a tee sheet. This allows each group of golfers to move in an orderly fashion through the course and regulates the waiting at the starting hole. Making a tee time has become more and more challenging depending on the club you are attempting to play. Obtaining a starting reservation or a tee time is the only way to insure you will be playing when you want to and are able to play. The further ahead these reservations are made, the better chance you have of teeing off at your selected time. You will need to check with the club as this range can vary from ten days to thirty days depending on that golf club's rules.

Some golf courses have taken the leap into new world of technology. The internet is offering many new options for the golf courses to make a tee time online. These new technologies allow you the luxury to sit at home or the office and make a tee time by selecting the day and time that you want to play. The online technology will suggest the closest possible time and make your reservation. Again, the earlier you make your reservation, the better your chance of getting the tee time of you choice. To access the system at your club, it is possible that a user name and password will be needed. This will only take a short time and is not unusual or difficult to an internet user.

Do not forget, you do not always have to make a tee time. You can always just show up at the golf club and take your chances. If this is your choice, be prepared to wait or maybe even be disappointed. To make a tee time, reserve tee times or multiple starting reservations in advance will make you experience much more pleasurable.