Richard Rodgers
Member
The problem with the course not giving a partial refund in situations like this is that there is then no compelling reason for them to tackle the slow play. If a refund hits the course owner's pockets they may well do more about the situation. It is a difficult one though as they quite rightly do not want to piss either party off in these situations.
There is not, and never will be ANY good reason for any round taking 6 hours never mind 7. Good god, I could grow a beard in less time.
Slow play is the scurge of the game of golf. It the perhaps the main thing that puts people off taking it up, but it is so easy to cure.
Slow play in itself is not the issue here, it is the total lack of common sense of the people involved. Some people are slow (both high and low h/cappers, men or women) and TBH I don't care if they are out there 10 hours so long as the call faster players through.
When I started back in the 70s I was given these little snippets :-
'keep up with the group in front, not just in front of the group behind'
'if your group looses pace on those in front, call the group behind through'
'always allow a two ball to play through a three or four ball'
'if not in a comp, play ready golf whereby if at your ball it is safe to play, play and don't wait for your partners to decide if it is 150yds or 149.347882yds'
All of these thing keep the game moving. Not rocket science at all.
If golfers were to be more aware of what was going on around them and what effect their actions were having on others they would allow faster groups through and if they seem unable to apply even a small amount of common sense, then to my mind they have no place in being there.
The problem with common sense though is that it is not very common these days on the golf course.
In part, slow play is a problem perpetuated by the courses themselves as they will allow every man and his dog on the course without even checking that the golfer is aware that they MUST call people through if they hold someone up. If these golfers were aware of this before setting foot on the green stuff and still did not call people through, the course could legitimately boot them off. End of.
There is not, and never will be ANY good reason for any round taking 6 hours never mind 7. Good god, I could grow a beard in less time.
Slow play is the scurge of the game of golf. It the perhaps the main thing that puts people off taking it up, but it is so easy to cure.
Slow play in itself is not the issue here, it is the total lack of common sense of the people involved. Some people are slow (both high and low h/cappers, men or women) and TBH I don't care if they are out there 10 hours so long as the call faster players through.
When I started back in the 70s I was given these little snippets :-
'keep up with the group in front, not just in front of the group behind'
'if your group looses pace on those in front, call the group behind through'
'always allow a two ball to play through a three or four ball'
'if not in a comp, play ready golf whereby if at your ball it is safe to play, play and don't wait for your partners to decide if it is 150yds or 149.347882yds'
All of these thing keep the game moving. Not rocket science at all.
If golfers were to be more aware of what was going on around them and what effect their actions were having on others they would allow faster groups through and if they seem unable to apply even a small amount of common sense, then to my mind they have no place in being there.
The problem with common sense though is that it is not very common these days on the golf course.
In part, slow play is a problem perpetuated by the courses themselves as they will allow every man and his dog on the course without even checking that the golfer is aware that they MUST call people through if they hold someone up. If these golfers were aware of this before setting foot on the green stuff and still did not call people through, the course could legitimately boot them off. End of.
