chellie
Tour Winner
Well, 9 days later and I still haven't heard from the Secretary, not even an acknowledgment of my email.
Do you know that they've got the email as they can get lost in cyber space
Slow play. It's finally dawned on me.......
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Do you know that they've got the email as they can get lost in cyber space
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
As opposed to getting lost in the semi rough????
I've never had an email to them go astray as yet Mush.
chellie
Tour Winner
As opposed to getting lost in the semi rough????
I've never had an email to them go astray as yet Mush.
Never been called Mush before
Poor if they've had it and not replied. I wouldn't have waited that long without chasing it up though.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Funnily enough, there was a reply waiting for me when I got home last night....
Dear Rob
Please forgive the delay in coming back to you but I got swamped with a couple of big charity days here and now thankfully have a little more free time to respond.
Firstly thanks for the kind words and I hope you and your guest were able to enjoy the day in spite of the rough etc.
The topic of slow play is very much on everyone's lips in golf at present and there is no easy answer to it in an overall sense so we must gently plug away at tackling it bit by bit. The R & A have just published a book on the subject which boils it down to three main areas. One is of course just general playing ability or lack thereof, two is the course presentation (where areas of rough are too penalising for example) and three is the general set-up of the course for normal play (which considers the gaps between tee times and the placement of hazards etc which inadvertently can conspire to slow the game down).
We are looking at a number of things which we hope will improve matters and better maintenance of the rough is a prime example and I think that we all did really well to get round in 4 hours on Invitation Day which is quite respectable, but as you say could have been quicker if ball searching had been less difficult.
We are working on it so please bear with us, but thanks for your comments which are extremely helpful.
Kindest Regards
Keith
Dear Rob
Please forgive the delay in coming back to you but I got swamped with a couple of big charity days here and now thankfully have a little more free time to respond.
Firstly thanks for the kind words and I hope you and your guest were able to enjoy the day in spite of the rough etc.
The topic of slow play is very much on everyone's lips in golf at present and there is no easy answer to it in an overall sense so we must gently plug away at tackling it bit by bit. The R & A have just published a book on the subject which boils it down to three main areas. One is of course just general playing ability or lack thereof, two is the course presentation (where areas of rough are too penalising for example) and three is the general set-up of the course for normal play (which considers the gaps between tee times and the placement of hazards etc which inadvertently can conspire to slow the game down).
We are looking at a number of things which we hope will improve matters and better maintenance of the rough is a prime example and I think that we all did really well to get round in 4 hours on Invitation Day which is quite respectable, but as you say could have been quicker if ball searching had been less difficult.
We are working on it so please bear with us, but thanks for your comments which are extremely helpful.
Kindest Regards
Keith
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Look on the bright side at least he didn't call you Mush:rofl:
