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What is the apparent obsession with a 3 1/2 hour round all about ?

From monday till friday I look forward to the weekend. I relish getting onto the golf course. I enjoy every minute of being there. As they say " a bad day on the golf course is still better than a good day at the office". So..........why be in such a rush to get it over with. Where could you possibly need to be thats more enjoyable than being on a golf course. Surely standing waiting for the group in front is more fun than standing in a queue at Primark ?

When you go into the clubhouse for a freshener afterwards do you complain that your playing partners take too long over their pints ?

Why not stop moaning and enjoy being there, for as long as possible.

Time flies. In just the blink of an eye the only way you will be on a golf course is as fertiliser.

** and no, I don't play slowly. I walk quickly between my shots then breath slowly on my shots.
 
hughmc2 said:
Where could you possibly need to be thats more enjoyable than being on a golf course.
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Spending time with my daughter?

I don't race round but I like to have a balance of golf and family time at the weekends. I accept 4 hours or so in a comp at a weekend but a couple of 5 and a half rounds earlier in the year had me losing the will to live.
 
It's not that people are in a rush but that some people take forever to play. I could ask what is the obsession with slow play? I play during the week or whenever i get a chance due to working shifts. I normally play at 11:00 and i am back at home for 15:00-15:30. Any more than that and it effects other things which in turn mean i may not be able to fit in as much golf. And why just so i can stand still and wait for the group in front to keep chatting before and after each shot instead of getting on with it and chatting when they are walking or waiting for others.

I played London golf club last week left the house at 08:00 and was back for 16:00. 40min drive each way and food before and after with a little practice. I would love to win the lottery and do that every day but as long as i need to work and balance other family commitments a balance needs to be sought.
 
NWJocko said:
Spending time with my daughter?

I don't race round but I like to have a balance of golf and family time at the weekends. I accept 4 hours or so in a comp at a weekend but a couple of 5 and a half rounds earlier in the year had me losing the will to live.
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Wot he said, spending time with my two little fellas and my missus.
 
I do agree that some players are so obsessed with getting round quickly that they surely lose the chance to "smell the flowers". I like a 4BBB on a Sunday in the winter and am very happy to get round in about 4 hours. We rarely have 5 hour rounds and I, for sure, would not want that but I would forsake the end of round mug of tea if things were slow rather than my golf

Chris
 
I hate waiting. Full stop. Doesn't matter where I am, waiting is waiting. Any one happy waiting has way more patience than me, or is an idiot.

4 1/2 hours golf has the same amount of golf in it as 3 1/2 hours golf. The difference is waiting.

If I wanted to stand around watching the grass grow, I could do that at home.
 
I played in a pro am last year at Louth GC with a tee time of 1.10
As we walked off the 18th green a quick glance at the clubhouse clock confirmed that it really was almost
7 o' clock.
Painfull and never again
 
I posted this because I have the same argument with some guys at work all the time.

They have lots of obligations. They need to spend quality time with their familys. It doesn't stop either of them going out on the lash every thursday and saturday night. 4 hours a pop !

I would suggest it is more about the modern obsession with rush, rush , rush. Everything has to be done in a hurry. No patience anymore.

I play off 6. The lads I play with ( and work with ) are off 21 & 23. I am not a big hitter but I am very straight. Every week my ball is on or around the fairway. They are in the woods looking for their balls. After 6 or 7 hot, sweaty, rushed shots they walk off the green. Then complain that the group in front are going too slow. How is that fun ?

If you haven't got 5 hours ( inc travelling ) to devote to yourself each week then what's the point.
 
I pretty much agree with you Hugh.

A round of golf is what it is, I don't have to worry about the reasons why the guys in the group behind have to run round in 3 hours. If they dont have enough time to play then the should do something else. I am by no means slow but I am not going to run round the course during my leasure time just because someone in a hurry to watch the 1pm Sky Soccer match hasn't got the patience to play at the pace of the other players on the course. Also, they always still seem to have enough time for a couple of pints.

My experience on our course is that all the games find a level of pace and the really slow players get found out and spoken to, usually in a jovial way at first, and rarely has anyone complained officially in my 14 years at my club about any players being the main culprits


Chris
 
I dont think there will ever be ageement on this. I hate waiting or queing full stop. If there is a que in a shop I will walk out. Dont like waiting on the course either. But I dont let it get to me. I know it can be hard juggling family and golf at times. But the ones who get up my nose are the ones who are, rush,rush, as they have a business meeting or work commitment. If thats the case dont play get your work done. Dont inflict it on everyone else.
 
"............I'd sooner spend a Saturday afternoon playing with my son."

"..........spending time with my two little fellas and my missus"

sorry. I'm new to this sort of thing.

Is this a windup ?
 
Don't get me wrong, 4 hours on a Saturday morning, is fine. The course is chokka.

Played a medal a few years ago. We were second out, so I was figuring we should be round pretty quickly. No. 4 1/2 hours. Waited on every shot. Boys in front would not wave us through as it was a comp, and they were entitled to take their time. ? That meant that every single person, throughout the whole day would be 4 1/2 hours, minimum.

I am never particularly in a hurry, and if golf happens to take over 4 hours, and I don't happen to notice, then fine. On the other hand, it can take 3 hours, and I can be waiting on every shot, and that is not fine. It isn't about out and out speed, it is about hanging around, doing nothing.
 
If I wanted to partake in an activity where i could hole out 18 times, but still get it over with as quickly as possible, I would forget golf and stay in bed with the wife!


Chris
 
For me it takes as long as it takes, I'm not a clock watcher. I don't consider myself to be a slow player but I do have patience, makes me laugh when people start getting irate on the course, one less person I have to beat usually as their game normally disintigrates which causes slower play as you're invariably looking for balls then.
 
Yes I have two kids. 19 and 21. Both well adjusted. Don't do drugs. Don't beat up old ladies. Both work. and as far as I can tell they both love me to bits.
When they were growing up i would devote as much of sunday as it took for his rugby. Tuesday and thursday evenings were daughters dance and judo respectively.
Saturday 8 till 2 was my golf. Everyone was happy. And still is.
 
The 'dawn patrol' boys at my club are round in no more than 3 1/2 hours sometimes less and let rip ( boys banter) to anyone in their group that's more than that, but the 'noon platoon can be as much as 4 hours. Most slow play is caused by lack of etiquette, or not enough time allowed between tee times.
 
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