What they're writing about

[viscount17]

This months GM vote pits Luke against Fergus. Now most will instinctively side with Fergus but if it were only the articles that decided the issue I'm afraid Fergus' has already lost.

His 'You have budgeted three-and-a-half hours' argument shows a huge flaw; has he checked ahead and found out that the Norwegian SAGA tour is scheduled? Now try this analogy.

You are tasked with the shopping (I know this hurts but read on). You have to make 18 purchases, in a specified sequence, from 18 different shops, spread across 4 miles of the town.
Enter our hero who has allocated 3.5 hours to the task - which he will achieve by any and all means, trample any in his way, ignore queues, traffic, so long as he meets his deadline.
Is he still a hero or a thug, the motorway tailgater, golf's happy-slapper?

 

[USER1999]

I also wasn't convinced by either side, although I know that I find slow play more annoying.

The thing that decides it for me, is that I can influence one, but not the other. I can let the group behind through, but I can't make the lot in front call me through. If you are in charge of your situation, it is never quite so annoying.

 

[viscount17]

I do agree with you, murph.

A couple of other points from the article;
Is it time to stop being so bl**dy polite?

Fergus - the answer to the question 'Hope we didn't hold you up too much' isn't a smile through gritted teeth. Give the answer he has invited ' Yes, you did.'
If they are never told they never will learn.

Luke - the answer to the happy-slapper's 'about time' is
'perhaps if you leave your clubs next time you could be a bit quicker?'

 

[Parmo]

It is a little of a false argument really. Fast play is just as annoying as anything else, but the issue was not regarding "slow play" as we know it, it was about just slow players not letting you through and not "slow" play in my eyes.

We have rules that if you have a clear hole ahead and the group (no matter the number of the group unless a local rule) behind have caught up then you have to let them through, yet we don't have a rule on overly fast groups sprinting around the course trying to make their 3 O'clock manicure. The problem I have is that when the going is slow, to no fault of anyone except the club for allowing close tee times it all gets blamed on the dreaded "slow play", when really its just a busy day and these things happen.

I hate slow players the same as the next man, but I also despise overly fast players who as mentioned above are rushing, my advice would be go to the range if you are on a time scale and stop ruining players games.