How does your club combat slow play?

[HomerJSimpson]

I think it comes back to each clubs attitude. As I mentioned we have the same groups going out every Saturday morning who are deathly slow and set the pace pretty much for the first two or three hours play. Many complaints have been made to the players concerned and the club but apart from some initial action there seems an intransigence on both sides now. The players seem even more determined never to let anyone through and the club seems to have given up trying to police it.

My course doesn't help having a long and difficult par 3 to start but it does have a par 5 to follow so in theory it should beging to spread out as soon as the group ahead putts out and gets ready to drive off. It is pretty good as a rule even in medal play and its only peak times like Saturday morning and idiots that make it an issue

 

[FourPutt]

Our club has been having problems with it at the moment. But then the pro shop have even done things recently like let pay and play golfers go out in the middle of a comp wearing flip flops and football shirts. (I kid you not!) We also had a 6-ball holding up the field one time. So at the moment, a 4 ball taking 4.5 hrs to play isn't exactly high on our list of priorities!

 

[JustOne]

I think that EVERY club should employ a marshall (touring the course in a buggy) then if play doesn't move along we can blame him. If a group is then told to let the one behind through they HAVE to do it. Job done.

It's the clubs not just the players that should share some of the responsibility.