Why would you not let someone "play through"????

[timchump]

i don't mind not getting called through, slow play doesn't bother me that much, if im blatantly holding people up i'll automatically let them through don't see it as a choice really, its just the done thing.

Saying that, slow play at my course is heavily frowned upon, members just fly round .

I was playing with a mate last sunday and we were following a 2 ball one of whom was a women, in front of them was a 4 ball, we didn't get held up once. It really is amazing how quickly people play at my course

 

[shivas irons]

Most of the time I havent experianced a problem with people letting me play through but just once(At the ESSEX golf and country club)some ten years ago I was playing alone and caught up with a society 4 ball with very limited experiance,I hung back a bit then asked them it I could play through.What followed from one of the group from a guy in he`s 60`s was a torrent of abuse the likes of which I had never seen and have never seen on a golf course since.The chap was telling me that I shouldnt be playing alone along with a few other insults,he`s somewhat embarrased friends persuaded him to let me play through,after I hit my drive he then suggested that if they caught me up(very unlikely)that he would "punch my lights out"! somewhat supprised to see this attitude on a golf course I finished my round and headed off home.In hindsight what I should have done was reported the incident as i`m sure the club would have ejected him from the course and rightly so,theres no place for this in the gentlemans game.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

There is a large contingent that go out at first light every Saturday. They are notoriously slow and never let anyone play thorugh They know they do it and come out with loads of bull about why they can't let anyone through. Sadly 90% of them are car par golfers and so its not as if you can have a polite word with them after over a beer and explain the problem. think if it doesn't get better soon I'm going to tell them I'll raise it with the committee if they aren't prepared to adhere to the common courtesy and etiquette. They all throw the balls in the air and so it isn't the same faces but there are two or three that are a real problem and if you get caught behind them they can be a hole or more down by the 6th. Never a chance of a let through even if they go out of position or see us waiting before they've all knocked off.

 

[Hobbit]

I don't have a problem with letting people through. I'd rather have them in front than behind, then I can forget about them and enjoy my game.

I do sometimes wonder if its a nervous tick I've developed after being a junior for 11 years and always being conscious of some stuffed shirt shouting at me from behind.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Common sense dictates that you would not let them through as it would be futile for all involved.

Common courtesy dictates that you would at your earliest convenience at least offer with an explanation of the situation. Assuming that those behind are not retarded and ignorant, they will politely thank you for the offer but respectfully decline as there would be no point in playing through.

This is what I have always done and always will. Everyone is happy, despite the fact that somewhere further up the course, there are several (either ignorant, selfish or stupid) individuals who do not understand the speed at which golf can and should be played who are spoiling the day for the majority of the field.

Agree with the above, But you would let them through, if you were looking for a lost ball or your group had a similar delay

Sometimes it is just a busy day at the office

Fragger

 

[Mark_G]

I always let faster players through, I dont like holding better players up and avoid it at all costs. Once though I was in a three ball that let a four ball of ladies (who were in a competition) through. We took our tee shots then invited the ladies to play through as they walked up behind us. They hit their drives and headed off down the fairway, we held back not wishing to pressure them as one of our chaps had duffed his shot as we waited we realised two of the ladies had lost their balls. We stood and waited, expecting to be asked to play through, but they didnt ask and took 5 minutes to find each ball, all the ladies looking for each ball so we waited for ten minutes 100 yards from this. To add insult to injury when the ladies had eventually moved off, I realised that one of the ladies had actually played my ball by mistake.

 

[Billysboots]

I play mostly with mates, but occasionally on my own during the week. Generally if the course is quiet the groups in front will call me through (I have never asked to be let through in 30 years playing the game). But I would not expect to be waved through, and indeed would probably refuse if asked, if the course is busy and there is nowhere for me to go. On those occasions I try my hardest not to play right up behind the group ahead, and if that is unavoidable I make them fully aware that I am quite happy where I am and not to be concerned that I am behind them.

The only time I would not wave a following group through is in the same circumstances - if the course was jammed solid and there was nowhere for them to go, and I was in a group playing at a reasonable pace.