Spivey
Active member
Sometimes, for the sake of safety, it may be better to wait for a short knocker, who duffs a few shots, to hit before moving significantly ahead of him, to one's ball.The way I read it, OP was standing by his dad and the other golfer while they hit up. Only went to look for his ball until the rest of the group was up that far.
That is slow play to me.
I am sure you have seen or heard of instances where a misstruck ball has either almost hit or hit you or another golfer?