Following slow play.....what actions cause slow play or delay in play.

[clubchamp07]

How can you expect the club pro to be out watching slow play, while he's trying to make a living in his shop? It wouldn't be that expensive to employ a ranger for a few hours on days where the course is busy. Also the pro may have to ask someone to hurry up thus meaning he could lose custom.

 

[Wildrover]

It all boils down to the fact that we are all different and we will all have a different pace of play and a differing idea of what is/is not acceptable speed.
What slow play does not excuse is bad etiquette (I accept the earlier poster got a flier from the rough and it was a genuine mistake), but hitting into the group in front on purpose, or marching way ahead of somebody in your own group is a far worse crime in my book. Anyone remember the Ben Crane / Rory Sabbatini incident at Congressional a few years back when Sabbatini walked up and putted out on one hole before Crane played his second, causing Crane to actually take longer as he couldn't play whilst Sabbatini was on the green. It was probably the most shameful incident in modern golf doing more harm than all the slow play on tour. It is also the main reason I wouldn't urinate on Sabbatini if he was on fire!

 

[Parmo]

How can you expect the club pro to be out watching slow play, while he's trying to make a living in his shop? It wouldn't be that expensive to employ a ranger for a few hours on days where the course is busy. Also the pro may have to ask someone to hurry up thus meaning he could lose custom.

Don't Pro's have assistants?

As I mentioned our pro takes bookings and manages the course because he has too, the council are not going to employ a ranger since they employ him to manage the course as well as run his own shop, its part of the deal, they get to flog their wears to golfers and sell lessons and by doing so taking tee bookings and manage the course and he is going very well.

Who do you call if a gang of chavs invade the course? The comp sec or Hon Sec or are you phoning the pro shop?

 

[Basher]

Whats wrong with a time sheet on say the 6th tee, an hour for 5 holes, 2 hours for 10 holes 3hours for 15 and then you can enjoy the last 3 holes. 3 an a half hours for golf. simples.
How about this one for a competition day,
You swipe in 10 minutes before your due to tee off.
You swipe your card again after 9 holes. (Would need a swipper on 9th green or 10th tee)
Then your card is returned into the computer, this way any slow players won't be able to hide.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on there CC!!!

I play golf to get away from the pressures and stresses of work!

Timesheets and swipecards!!!!!

Behave yourself!

The key to this debate is simple. Keep up with the group ahead. If you can't.........let those following play through.

 

[Fore]

It can be a bit difficult to fathom sometimes why people pay
club fees, green fees, lesson costs plus lay out for equipment and consumables. They then dream about playing all week while stuck in their office or wherever at work, and then come the weekend all they want to do is get round and out of the course as quick as they can.

 

[USER1999]

But standing about, waiting for every shot isn't playing is it? It is standing about. I could do this at home, and it wouldn't be fun there either. Playing golf is exactly that, playing, not waiting.

 

[Fyldewhite]

It's clear from all the posts that what is called for is common sense and more than anything some consideration. It's like driving a car, few want to be dawdling along at 45 on a 50mph road if the roads are clear. If you are in front either speed up a bit or (maybe a lesson can be taken from golf here) let the faster car past. On the other hand if everythings flowing at a good speed and the road is busy there's nothing more annoying than seeing the following car 10 feet off your bumper so if you're in that position chill out, go with the flow and enjoy the drive.

 

[JustOne]

On the other hand if everythings flowing at a good speed and the road is busy there's nothing more annoying than seeing the following car 10 feet off your bumper so if you're in that position chill out, go with the flow and enjoy the drive.

This is the proverbial nail and head scenario. The guy behind is going faster so technically you should let him through.. even if there's nowhere to go. It doesn't happen on the roads and it rarely happens on the course.

I play a fairly moderate pace, I don't want to be there all day but know there's NO POINT in rushing around, no one will let us through if it's busy so I accept that before I step onto the tee. Otherwise I'd take up tennis...


...and wait until there's an empty court whilst two crap players work on their 5 setter as if it's the Wimbledon final