Reef Donkey
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People thinking they are better than they really are
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Went to the golf course today but could not decide if I was going to play, so I thought I'd watch a few people tee off. The fist group of two were a couple of gentlemen hitting from the Pro tee. First guy up proceeded to hit his first shot ten yards to the next tee marker then took out another ball and hit that ball to the tee box ahead of that one. The same guy decided to hit another one that went twenty yards past the ladies tee. The next group were a twosome, a woman with a ten or eleven year old.....the women was hitting five yet only fifty yards from the tee box. I decided to go over to the driving range and hit a half bucket of balls and went home because there wasn't enough daylight to finish a round behind those two groups.What causes slow play?
I feel your painWent to the golf course today but could not decide if I was going to play, so I thought I'd watch a few people tee off. The fist group of two were a couple of gentlemen hitting from the Pro tee. First guy up proceeded to hit his first shot ten yards to the next tee marker then took out another ball and hit that ball to the tee box ahead of that one. The same guy decided to hit another one that went twenty yards past the ladies tee. The next group were a twosome, a woman with a ten or eleven year old.....the women was hitting five yet only fifty yards from the tee box. I decided to go over to the driving range and hit a half bucket of balls and went home because there wasn't enough daylight to finish a round behind those two groups.
Slow play is killing the game.
Yep tons of people out there that play once or twice a month. They are not in the rhythm, they are excited about being out of the house with friends, they might be chatty Kathy because of a couple of beers, etc. If you play 3 or 4 times a week it's pretty easy to get a nice fast rhythm on the course, but that is not the majority of folks on a golf course when play is slow.I’m just going with human nature. I think if you model any human activity that involves sequential activity by a group, it will end up slow.
Have the same two guys. We do everything to split them up. We have 6 to 8 each time out and get them each in different group.Sheesh I have two guys I play with who are both slllooooow for different reasons. The one guy thinks he’s a pro and takes so many practice swings I get sore just watching and the other one just isn’t situationally aware and doesn’t play ready golf. It’s interesting. Brutal when they play together though!
I see you've met Cynthia...It's the answer to slow play. Sick HOA enforcers on them. It's a win for the course... more players running through. It's a win for the players. You play fast whether you want to or not.
Hence why I play only Monday to Friday.I don’t think many weekend golfers put a time limit on their rounds. They get once a week and take their time and enjoy it. Public course here on a weekend is 4.5 - 5 hours and I haven’t heard complaints. It’s not my thing but I do get the mentality when some only get out maybe once a week or month
Most of the time I think it's people who don't know proper golf etiquette or the concept of "ready golf".
- Guys leave their cart/push cart on the side of the green where their ball went to rather than nearer to the next tee box
- Stand around or sit in their cart until it's their turn to hit, rather than going to their ball and being ready to hit when it's their turn
- Reading the green like they're on the 18th at Augusta just to miss that 3 foot putt
- Waiting for the group ahead to get on the green or hole out even if the green is 100+ yards beyond their range off the tee.
I could go on....
I mostly agree. Some of these and many more are more in the category of Advanced Rules of Proper Etiquette for Ready Golf. Unfortunately you don't learn those on a PGA Tour broadcast or if you are playing in a group of new or inexperienced golfers. So in a way it falls on experienced golfers to teach everyone... and you can't expect everyone to pick up every rule all at once while also learning how to actually play the game.Most of the time I think it's people who don't know proper golf etiquette or the concept of "ready golf".
- Guys leave their cart/push cart on the side of the green where their ball went to rather than nearer to the next tee box
- Stand around or sit in their cart until it's their turn to hit, rather than going to their ball and being ready to hit when it's their turn
- Reading the green like they're on the 18th at Augusta just to miss that 3 foot putt
- Waiting for the group ahead to get on the green or hole out even if the green is 100+ yards beyond their range off the tee.
If you're on pace you are probably not far behind the group in front of you.What if you’re on pace?
And the #1 reason may not even be on the list...Interesting poll results. There is no consensus on what the #1 factor is.
On the pro tours - if we go by what causes them to play slow - I guess it would be?....guys not ready to hit their shots? Overanalyzing?