oltimer
Assistant Pro
In a December Stblfd Comp the following occurred - the last 4 groups out should have been 3 x 4 balls and lastly a 3 ball, due to a lot of no-shows it ended up as 4 ball - 2 ball - 4 ball - 2 ball. when the last 2 ball reached the 2nd tee the 4 ball ahead were looking for 2 off fairway drives, the 2 ball ahead of them were already a hole+ out of sight, this 4ball played to empty fairways/greens until the 17th hole.
They could/should have called the 2 ball through when looking for balls.
At the 10th tee all were in the trees and after a fairly long wait One player appeared walking back some 200 yds-ish to the Tee to take S & D penalty,
2 ball said "I suppose you are going to call us thro at last" answer "I`d already suggested we do this but the other 3 said not to" All reported in writing to the Committee.
It may not sound too bad to some but can you imagine spending 5 hours waiting to play every shot. They were not expected to keep up with a 2 ball but knew they had to be holding up a 2 ball behind them.
2 Ctee Meetings later - There were no penalties imposed, all have been spoken to by a cttee man, Notices are to be posted asking Members to be considerate other Players .
3 of this 4 ball will now spread their lack of etiquette to other groups, others that also won`t call thro will continue behave this way now knowing the Ctee will do nothing to stop it.
Is this a normal reaction from Ctees ? How would your ctee react to the above occurring at your Course.
I would add that all of the above was observed by a Ctee Person who was in the last 2 ball.
They could/should have called the 2 ball through when looking for balls.
At the 10th tee all were in the trees and after a fairly long wait One player appeared walking back some 200 yds-ish to the Tee to take S & D penalty,
2 ball said "I suppose you are going to call us thro at last" answer "I`d already suggested we do this but the other 3 said not to" All reported in writing to the Committee.
It may not sound too bad to some but can you imagine spending 5 hours waiting to play every shot. They were not expected to keep up with a 2 ball but knew they had to be holding up a 2 ball behind them.
2 Ctee Meetings later - There were no penalties imposed, all have been spoken to by a cttee man, Notices are to be posted asking Members to be considerate other Players .
3 of this 4 ball will now spread their lack of etiquette to other groups, others that also won`t call thro will continue behave this way now knowing the Ctee will do nothing to stop it.
Is this a normal reaction from Ctees ? How would your ctee react to the above occurring at your Course.
I would add that all of the above was observed by a Ctee Person who was in the last 2 ball.
