emart2173
#journey2017
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2014
- Messages
- 32,082
- Reaction score
- 7
- Location
- North of my desired location
- Handicap
- 10
People need to learn to play the way I was taught. I was not allowed by my father to play on the course until I had a series of lessons and spend hours and hours on the range. Once he did take me out, I was only allowed double bogey on any hole, then you picked up and moved on.
Ill disagree that everyone should be forced to take lessons and spend hours on the range. There are golfers who,don't have the resources financially or with time to do all that or the desire to take lessons or practice. When I started playing I didn't have any lessons and saw the range a couple times and while I was shooting some big scores I never held up my group and there were even times me and my buddy who was also learning the game were in the same group and out foursome were never considered slow. It's about being ready to play when you get to your ball.
as far as score picking up after a certain score whether double bogey or double par may help pace of play i will say it doesn't guarantee it. It also takes the ability for new golfers to learn to chip and putt because they may have reached that score before getting on the green.