6400 off the whites and on a Saturday morning in four balls anything over 4 hours is a slow round
"I'm on the committee..."
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chrisd
Major Champion
Isn't "a slow round" different on every course.
How can people generalise that 4.5 hours is a slow round on a 6,500 yard course, surely the walk between greens and tees and the difficulty of the course affects the time it will take to play. I played in a society yesterday in a 3 ball behind 4 older guys who were not as long hitters as us, we just adjusted our pace accordingly, no drama, no ranting,we just enjoyed the course, the company and the banter.
I don't like being held up unnecessarily but also I play golf for enjoyment and if I wanted to run on a Sunday morning I'd go jogging instead. Most times I'm on the course are not slow rounds being held up,and most golfers know how to conduct themselves, yes, sometimes the guys in front lose a bit of ground for a hole but then catch it up quickly enough.
I would have told the guy just where to go Adam, appeasing that sort of plonker only adds to their own sense of self importance!
How can people generalise that 4.5 hours is a slow round on a 6,500 yard course, surely the walk between greens and tees and the difficulty of the course affects the time it will take to play. I played in a society yesterday in a 3 ball behind 4 older guys who were not as long hitters as us, we just adjusted our pace accordingly, no drama, no ranting,we just enjoyed the course, the company and the banter.
I don't like being held up unnecessarily but also I play golf for enjoyment and if I wanted to run on a Sunday morning I'd go jogging instead. Most times I'm on the course are not slow rounds being held up,and most golfers know how to conduct themselves, yes, sometimes the guys in front lose a bit of ground for a hole but then catch it up quickly enough.
I would have told the guy just where to go Adam, appeasing that sort of plonker only adds to their own sense of self importance!
sawtooth
Tour Winner
There's nothing more you can do apart from keep up with the group ahead. He must have thought that you could of been closer but why play the "I am on the committee card? What a plonker. Just say it nicely and ask what the hold up is would have been a better approach IMO.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Pretty much sums it up for me - except maybe the jogging bit
And the 2 best ways I know to have a good pace round are by playing fewer shots and walking briskly between them!
dufferman
Journeyman Pro
I'd like to think that I'm not a slow player. I've played with a few from this forum and no-one has ever said anything. As I said in the OP - the course was back to back 4 balls. As far as I could see, there genuinely was nowhere to go. If we would have played through the group ahead, it would have just stunted the progress of the people behind, as they would have been on the tee by the time we'd played through, and we'd still be waiting for the next group ahead... there were just no gaps!
As for my slow play threads - my philosophy has always been the same. If the game is going slow, rather than acting the fool like the committee member I encountered, it's better to sit back, relax, enjoy the company, have a laugh. Life is too short to let these things get to you. We could all get angry about it, but I play golf for enjoyment, not to stress myself out even more! I think a lot of people associate 'enjoying golf' with being slow. Not always the case...
I think his issue at that very moment was that we hadn't teed off when the group ahead were 230 yards ahead of us. One of us in fact had. Myself and one PP can hit it long, the committee idiot thought that 230 was a safe distance. It might have been for him, but not for me or my PP.
I'd rather wait a minute and not hit someone with a golf ball, than tee off and risk injuring someone. Maybe this guy doesn't think like that.
good advice-:thup: I'd say coming on here posting a rant thread isn't taking your own advice
dufferman
Journeyman Pro
good advice-:thup: I'd say coming on here posting a rant thread isn't taking your own advice
What do you mean! This is therapy to me this forum!
