Are Tee Times Required to Play Golf?

Question: Are Tee Times Required to Play Golf?

Answer: Whether or not a tee time is required to play any given golf course is entirely up to that course. Golf courses set their own policies when it comes to tee times, and fall into one of three categories:

1. Tee times are required;
2. Tee times are available but not required;
3. Tee times are not available and not accepted.

If you are visiting a golf course for the first time and are unsure of its tee time policy, call well in advance and ask (many courses also state their tee time policies on their Web sites).

If you show up at a course where a tee time is required, and you don't have one, you might well be turned away. So always know before you go.

See also:
What if I show up at a course without a tee time?

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