Slow play? You ain't seen nothing yet

[Scoobiesnax]

I'm thinking 'provisional' rubber ball with 5 minute time limit to find 1st, (must announce it as provisional of course, provisional can continue as the rubber ball in play until it goes past the point you expect the 1st to be. Rubber ball in hazard - follow normal rules for type of hazard. Rubber ball OOB add stroke add distance to real ball score. Never play a yellow rubber ball

Other rules for letting groups through:
Never let a group through if one of the group is wearing a black glove
You ain't passing if your shoes are manky
Never let a group through if there's a junior in it
Never let a group through if they use the word 'bud' when addressing you
Never let anyone with a full size tour bag through (that goes for rangefinders and battery trollies too)
Never let a player through who's wearing white trousers (white shorts are OK)
Never let a player through who's golf shoes have that flappy bit of leather over the laces with the fringe cut into it


While the above may not all get adopted I think I've cracked the issue with the 'they wont let us pass' groups. The passing group must give one shiney new (decent) ball each to the group in front
That way the slow group (prob lost some balls anyway) get a nice reward and the speed merchants need to pay to use the toll-route!

Quality

 

[Crazyface]

I think if you can keep your sense of humour then being held up isnt too bad. I normally use being held up as a chance to get a drink and a bite to eat. The one thing my and my bro in law often do is to provide on course style (in a hushed tone of course) commentary. Something along the lines of:
"well Russ, Numpty No 1 has got to his ball and has about 150 to the pin"
"thats right Jimmy, he's got 9 iron in his hand, so he's either Tiger in disguise or completely deluded"

Numpty 1 plays the shot.
" ooh thats a bad miss, he's now left with 140 to the pin, thats bound to be his PW"

We've not been caught yet but you have to keep the sniggering to a minimum

I like this idea!!!!!!

 

[QuadBogey]

That kind of stuff really can mess up a nice day of golf just about anyone

 

[chrisd]

I've generally posted that slow play isn't a great issue at my club - until we started in the last two comps behind the same guys on the last two Sundays. On both weeks they had lost a whole par 5 by the 9th and two complete holes before the 18th. One of the guys apologised for having a mare of a round but when we asked why they didn't call us through he said they weren't aware they were holding us up. we pointed out the 2 hole gap but it was patently obvious that they had no idea of the etiquette or that we were waiting on every shot!

They know now!!