Ginger Beer Golf Travel

GOLF TRAVEL SPECIALISTS, Scotland & Spain

St Andrews Old course Single golfer ballot

St Andrews BallotBuddy Service

Are you a single golfer and want to play St Andrews Old Course?

– Register on my BallotBuddy service and enter the dates you are coming to St Andrews.
– If there is a date match with another single player I will hook you up
– No more waiting in line!

don’t wait in line – get a ballotbuddy!

REGISTER HERE

Step 1 of 4

Your contact details

Please make sure these details are correct - I will use them to notify you of a potential BallotBuddy date match. All fields are required.

Your back up phone number will be used where it has not been possible to make contact via email. It will only be shared with your BallotBuddy

Country dialling code:(Required)

Phone number:(Required)

Your dates

Before entering your dates:
1. Check the Current Date Requests table below for current BallotBuddy requests.
2. Check the St Andrews Links Old Course Busy dates page to ensure your dates are available.
3. Note: There is NO PLAY on the Old Course on Sundays

You can flag a start time restriction but please be aware this may limit both your chances of securing a date match and a successful ballot outcome.

Enter up to 5 dates (please enter at least 1 date):
Please specify your availability to play for each of your chosen dates.

Date 1:(Required)

My availability to play on this date:(Required)

I am available to START play from:(Required)

Date 2:

My availability to play on this date:(Required)

I am available to START play from:(Required)

Date 3:

My availability to play on this date:(Required)

I am available to START play from:(Required)

Date 4:

My availability to play on this date:(Required)

I am available to START play from:(Required)

Date 5:

My availability to play on this date:(Required)

I am available to START play from:(Required)

Interest in an Advanced Guaranteed Tee time

Occasionally I am informed by my Authorised Provider contacts of last minute Advance Guaranteed Tee Time cancellation slots. If you would like to be added to a private list and be contacted if such a time becomes available on or around your Ballotbuddy registered dates please indicate below.

Interested in an Advance Guaranteed Tee Time?(Required)

YES - add me to your private list and contact me if a single slot becomes available

NO - I am not interested

How you heard about BallotBuddy

BallotBuddy is a free service. The more people that know about it, the more successful it will be. It would therefore help us greatly if you could tell us how you heard about BallotBuddy:

And finally ... your consent

Consent(Required)

I accept the following terms:

The success of this scheme relies 100% on your goodwill and honest intentions.

So please tick the box to accept the following declaration:

- I grant Ginger Beer Golf Travel permission to share my available dates and times above on its own website or other marketing channels for the purposes of soliciting other participants in the BallotBuddy scheme and, ultimately, to find me a BallotBuddy. Please note this excludes sharing personal information.

- I grant Ginger Beer Golf Travel permission to share my contact details with any other participant(s) in the BallotBuddy scheme where there is a date and time match, i.e. where at least one of their available dates and times matches at least one of my available dates and times above.

- I accept that matched dates and times will remain active on the BallotBuddy system to attract additional single players up to a total of four (a maximum of four golfers being allowed on one Old Course ballot application). I accept therefore, that for any given date and time my BallotBuddy may be one, two or three other single players.

- I submit my details to join the BallotBuddy scheme in good faith and with best intentions and will use all reasonable endeavours to be available on all the dates and times above to play the Old Course via a successful ballot application.

- If my availability changes and I don't yet have a BallotBuddy I will make Ginger Beer Golf Travel aware immediately. If my availability changes and I do have a BallotBuddy I will make my BallotBuddy and Ginger Beer Golf Travel aware immediately.

- In case of any dispute, common sense and the majority view should prevail. Ginger Beer will not be obliged to intervene in dispute resolution.

- Upon confirmation of my registration, I agree to share news of my BallotBuddy registration on my social media accounts and more generally with my friends, family and colleagues.

- I understand :

i. This service does not guarantee that Ginger Beer Golf Travel will find a BallotBuddy for me.

ii. Even if Ginger Beer Golf Travel finds a BallotBuddy for me, the responsibility to submit a ballot application rests solely and jointly with me and my BallotBuddy.

iii. This service does not guarantee Old Course ballot success.

iv. I hold neither Ginger Beer Golf Travel nor my BallotBuddy in any way responsible in the unlikely event that my BallotBuddy withdraws from the scheme at any stage, or changes his/her availability, rendering invalid either: my Old Course tee time ballot application or: my participation in Old Course tee time, in the event of ballot success.

Do you have any questions for me?

Please be sure to check your details carefully before submitting your application

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Current BallotBuddy date match requests – view here:

Day	Month	All day	First to 10:00	First to 13:00	10:00 to 13:00	10:00 to last	13:00 to last
Mon, 4	October 2021	1
Tue, 5	October 2021	2
Wed, 6	October 2021	1
Thu, 7	October 2021	3
Fri, 8	October 2021	1
Sat, 9	October 2021	3
Mon, 11	October 2021		1
Tue, 12	October 2021	2	1
Wed, 13	October 2021	3	1
Thu, 14	October 2021	4	1
Thu, 14	October 2021	1
Fri, 15	October 2021	3			1
Sat, 16	October 2021	2
Mon, 18	October 2021	3
Tue, 19	October 2021	1
Wed, 20	October 2021	2
Thu, 21	October 2021	3
Fri, 22	October 2021	1
Sat, 23	October 2021	1
Mon, 25	October 2021	1
Tue, 9	November 2021				1
Tue, 16	November 2021	1
Wed, 17	November 2021	1
Thu, 18	November 2021	1
Tue, 23	November 2021	1
Thu, 28	April 2022	1
Fri, 29	April 2022	1
Sat, 30	April 2022	1
Fri, 13	May 2022	1
Sat, 14	May 2022	1
Tue, 17	May 2022	1
Wed, 18	May 2022	1
Tue, 7	June 2022					1
Wed, 8	June 2022	1	1
Thu, 9	June 2022	1
Fri, 10	June 2022			1			1
Sat, 11	June 2022	1
Tue, 14	June 2022	1
Wed, 15	June 2022	1
Thu, 16	June 2022	1
Fri, 17	June 2022	1
Wed, 27	July 2022					1
Thu, 28	July 2022	1
Fri, 29	July 2022	1
Mon, 1	August 2022	1
Mon, 15	August 2022	1
Tue, 16	August 2022	1
Wed, 17	August 2022	1
Mon, 22	August 2022	1
Tue, 23	August 2022	1
Thu, 1	September 2022	1
Fri, 2	September 2022	1
Sat, 3	September 2022	1

How BallotBuddy Works

Decide when you are coming to play the Old Course via a ballot time and register for my free BallotBuddy Service.

Submit up to 5 dates.
It’s better if you can play any time but otherwise you can specify your time restrictions.

Your dates / times will be added to a database of other BallotBuddy golfers looking to team up.

If there is a date match as a 2 (3 or 4) ball you are now eligible to apply for an Old Course ballot time.

Questions?

Do I need BallotBuddy?

YES if you are a single golfer without an advanced tee time.
WHY? Because there must be at least 2 golfers on an Old Course ballot application.

What if I score a date match?

If you get a date/time match with a second golfer (or more, up to 4)
I will connect you to your Ballotbuddy via email introduction.

What happens then?

It’s down to you and your BallotBuddy from this point forward.
Submit a Ballot Application 48hrs before you wish to play.

More than 4 golfers with a match?

Your dates / times will be added to the database of other golfers looking to team up your Ballotbuddy.

No match?

You can still use the ‘walk-up’ option and wait in line.
Chances of play that day are reliant entirely on gaps on the draw sheet and your place in the line.

Read more about your chances of play using the walk up option in my in-depth report on the Single Golfer at St Andrews

“My unique simple-to-use BallotBuddy service helps you find an Old Course ballot partner so you and your fellow golfer are eligible to submit an Old Course ballot application together
chris Toll, ginger beer golf travel

BallotBuddy success

May 2019
BallotBuddy was created

The numbers speak for themselves:

350 date/time requests
80% date match rate
50ROUNDS PLAYED ON THE OLD COURSE

57% date match rate
11ROUNDS PLAYED ON THE OLD COURSE
(DESPITE Covid-19 travel restrictions & course closures)

To date:
91 golfers have registered 125+ unique date/time requests
34% date match rate
42 groups have entered the ballot
19 ROUNDS PLAYED ON THE OLD COURSE
(DESPITE Covid-19 travel restrictions & course closures)

Registration is OPEN
with over 30 dates / times already requested

reviews

“We had a great day. The sun shone and winds were low so we had no excuses! Matt was a great guy to play with and we were very grateful to have been joined up by your service
Bryan Leahy, June 2021

BallotBuddy Reviews

Ginger Beer Golf Travel

Average rating:

9 reviews

Oct 29, 2020

by tommy walker on Ginger Beer Golf Travel

St Andrews Old Course

Most of this year because of restrictions, it has been impossible to play the Old Course as a single player walk-up. BallotBuddy was invaluable to join up with other golfers wishing to play the course and gain access. BallotBuddy paired me up with another golfer and we were successful on our second ... See full review

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Brilliant service set up by Chris @Gingerbeergolftravel. It made my dream of playing the old course so straightforward. I’d definitely use it again and thoroughly recommend to any single golfers out there looking to play the old course

Kevin Burton

July 2021

Can’t recommend Ballotbuddy highly enough!
It was a fantastic service and really easy to use, that matched me up with a couple of other golfers to play the Old Course; I think I would have otherwise struggled to secure a tee as a single golfer

Joseph Davies

August 2020

Chris was a fantastic help. BallotBuddy is a great system and his fast communication skills allowed us to partake in the ballot, allowing play on the Old Course. Very pleased to have found this website.

Bethany Pierce Doyle

August 2019

Really fantastic service. Enabled me to play the Old Course for the only day I was available on my trip! A once in a lifetime experience.

Ryan Freeman

September 2019

See all facebook reviews

further resources

St Andrews Old Course Tee Times in 2021

4 Ways to guarantee success

St Andrews Golf Trip

How to plan to get an Old Course ballot tee time

Old Course Ballot

How to boost your chances of success

Single Golfer

Playing St Andrews Old Course

Last minute tee times

Best golf courses in and around St Andrews. Tee times today, tomorrow and in 2 days

claire On February 14, 2019 / Scotland blog