Solo Golfer Has No Standing on the Course

Our club has a rule about solo golfers(no standing),but i have started to play 8-10 holes after work on my own and so far no problems.The club is traditional and has many rules on course etiquette but i think its is the vets who would not approve of a solo golfer.Luckily they seem to play earlier in the day. My game has started to improve now i can practice more,also to get value for money from my membership i need to be able to play more. :cool:
 
I have noticed a disturbing trend of not letting people through recently. I played in a two on Monday, and we caught up with a 4 (one of whom I know), and rather than let us through at a sensible opportunity (there were 3 such in the first 3 holes), they started running down the fairways to stay ahead. Stupid. Didn't work. Eventually got through on the 4th when they lost a ball.

Played on my own last night, 2 ball in front (green fees), caught up on the second, no sign of being let through, even when they lost 2 balls on the 3rd, eventually missed out a hole and walked on to the next.

Why are people embarassed to let others play through?
 
I play with a fella who moans about letting people through, I am never in a rush as I can only play once a week and spend my working week thinking of said round, me moans that we will have to wait 10-15 mins to let them through, but if we are not keeping up with the people in front then I always let them through, if its a case of others in front of us then I wont let them through.
 
Thankfully, I've never had a problem.I've often played on my own,and am usually waved through.Most members I know
seem to be aware of the new rule,plus they're obviously
realising that a single player will play more quickly,so it makes sense to wave them through.Ok, you may then get stuck elsewhere but its the luck of the draw.
I have to say,a lot of the posts on the subject have just re-enforced the perceptions that a lot of golf clubs are still living in the dark ages.......!!
 
I've never had a problem as a solo golfer I usually find on the first par 3 I get to I'm let through and I always let smaller groups play through if there is space ahead of me or the group in front of me.

I have never been able to understand this solo has no standing thing surely a single golfer is far quicker than anybody else?

I can play 9 holes in 1hr 15 minutes at one of my local tracks no problem and I play off 28.
 
I will see how it goes. Hopefully the members at my club will act sensibly but I was just being cautious as do not want to be hauled up in front of the comittee for not letting other groups, even if they are slower, through.
 
I have never understood why letting people through on a par 3 seems to be the thing. Why not any where? What is the difference between a par 3, and the approach shot into a par 5, given that my driver 5 wood only leaves me 50 yards from the green? Surely it would be quicker to let me through on the tee shot of a par 5, since I could walk faster, play a drive and a second and be out of the way, without faffing about pitching and putting? Or, better still, just get out of the way where ever I catch up, and let me play through. It certainly won't take 15 minutes. When on my own I can do the whole 18 in an hour and a half.
 
On the plus side, we have 2 courtesy holes on the course whereby you are expected to play to the green, mark up and invite the group behind to tee off. At least I can use those holes to ask if the group behind expect to be let through irrespective.

This could be interesting and have an impact on my decision to stay next year. If the members are fine and I have no issue then all well and good but if I am harrassed to let groups through at every opportunity then I may have joined the wrong place. Certainly my concern is that a decision was made to introduce this rule and so at least some must feel that solo players are an unnecessary hindrance.
 
The rule may have been introduced to get more members / green fees on the course at the same time. Taken to its' extreme, a full up course could be 20 odd individual golfers.
 
GB72 said:
Have seen this mentioned on another thread and a few times in the past. I have just looked at the local rules for my club and it appears that it applies on my course.

My question is, what does it actually mean. Am I obliged to let every group through? If I am waiting on a tee and a 4 ball walks up,do I have to stand aside and let them play on? Am I obliged to wave groups down if I am on the fairway and they are on the tee?

I am partial to the odd round on my own, I find it relaxing, good practice and a chance to try shots I would not attempt in a more competitive environment but have not played a solo round since I joined this club. Would thus like to know what is expected of me when I do.
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yes you are obliged to let others through if your club implements a single player has no standing policy. as for practising, try the practice ground. that's what it's there for.
 
you can politely remind me all you like if playing on my home course. there, you have no standing, as the rules of golf permit committees to make their own judgement on these matters. so if you need the practice, try the practice ground.
 
docgibbons said:
you can politely remind me all you like if playing on my home course. there, you have no standing, as the rules of golf permit committees to make their own judgement on these matters. so if you need the practice, try the practice ground.
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Can you see the ground from up on your high horse? in case you hadn't noticed the post you replied to is 7 years old. I have also tried to use my crystal ball to see which course is your home course, that way I can avoid it totally.
 
pauldj42 said:
Can you see the ground from up on your high horse? in case you hadn't noticed the post you replied to is 7 years old. I have also tried to use my crystal ball to see which course is your home course, that way I can avoid it totally.
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if you do find out, my advice would certainly be to avoid it. with your lack of friends, and absence of standing, it'll take you 10 hours to get round.
 
docgibbons said:
if you do find out, my advice would certainly be to avoid it. with your lack of friends, and absence of standing, it'll take you 10 hours to get round.
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Well you have certainly introduced yourself well to the forum - such a warm welcome
 
docgibbons said:
if you do find out, my advice would certainly be to avoid it. with your lack of friends, and absence of standing, it'll take you 10 hours to get round.
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Have we missed our meds this morning? Hell of a way to introduce yourself to a forum, please keep searching for any other old out of date threads as I look forward to your input.

PS. Have a look for Delc's threads and his mission to increase the size of the hole, you'll love it.

PPS. Welcome:D
 
Parmo said:
Sounds like a raw deal to me fella, I have lost count of the number of times I have politely reminded players of the R & A rules (with the booklet I got from GM) which states solo players have the same rights as groups.
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It's not actually a Rule - just part of the standard Etiquette part in The Roles of Golf book. It can be over-ridden by Local Rule - and has in fact only defined a Single as a 'Group' for 2 (or maybe 3) of the 4-yearly editions.

As for what the LR means... You would have to check with your club about exactly whet it means, but it definitely means that 'slower' groups - pairs and above- do not need to let you through.
 
Foxholer said:
It's not actually a Rule - just part of the standard Etiquette part in The Roles of Golf book. It can be over-ridden by Local Rule - and has in fact only defined a Single as a 'Group' for 2 (or maybe 3) of the 4-yearly editions.

As for what the LR means... You would have to check with your club about exactly whet it means, but it definitely means that 'slower' groups - pairs and above- do not need to let you through.
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Spot on, first changed in 2011 and confirmed in 2014, hence my confusion him replying to a thread from 2008:D
 
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