Andreas is CEO of a Frankfurt machinery firm, handicap 14, in Berlin for a two-day board meeting. Saturday morning he is free for six hours. He filters on "open today", "handicap entry", "visitors welcome". GC Berlin-Wannsee, founded 1895, normally members only, keeps four visitor slots on Saturdays — 8:42 is open. Andreas attaches his HCP card from the Vault.
Klaus, head pro for eleven years, looks at Andreas' digital profile: HCP 14, Stableford history of the last twelve rounds, home club membership. He writes: "Happy to tee off with you if you like, course is dry today." Andreas says yes.
8:42 tee off, 13:50 last putt, 14:30 back at the hotel. Instead of driving 90 minutes in a rental to a public course or being turned away at the clubhouse with "members only": 18 holes on a 1895 layout with Klaus as company, cards exchanged, Andreas books again for May.
