It takes 4.5-5 hours if the course is crowded. My group plays in 3.5-3:45 when not held up by others. Unfortunately our club encourages slow play by publishing a 4:40 minute pace of play as being acceptable. Most slow players don’t understand ready golf or how to play quickly in carts. My partner and I both did not renew our membership because the club encourages slow play and does not marshal the course. I love golf but not 5 hour golf.
Wanna speed up play? Have fewer tee times. A course near me has a tee time every 8 minutes which is great if it's all two-ball groups. However, it's mostly 3 or 4 balls as 2 balls are often asked to pair with each other; tee times 8 minutes apart on this course don't work well on busy days. Let's say average tee times are ten minutes apart. Now I'll ask you a question. Would you be prepared to pay an extra 50% on your green fee to lower the amount of players on the course by making tee times 15 minutes apart instead of 10? The club takes the same amount in green fees but there are fewer players thus making the game faster. A win for club and players....unless you can't get a tee time because it's all booked up.
I understand slow play is a big problem as to consistent play and to some golfers continued participation in the sport. Yet in the reality of it all the key here it is only a concern for some. Not all! Whether one Is slow or fast at play in a round each participant pays the same as to their participation in that round. Then no course, club or resort that I have ever played at has the resources or invests in the resources necessary to combat slow play. If they even have a course ranger to keep the pace going, they are all instructed to allow different pace of play for different players that have.... shall we say more influence than others! The 5 some is always a dead give-away to this. Yet, for each club that only means more revenue especially if that customer is kept happy. The management or owners of the actual day in or day out operations are not all in on pace of play because in their reality some participants will always count more than others. Then 9 times out of 10 those participants are the ones enjoying their 5 to 6 hour round! I would love to pop out for a 1 1/2 hour 9 hole round or a 3 to 3 1/2 hour full round of golf. Yet I know and realize that just isn't going to happen. And as of this moment there really isn't anyone going to do anything to change that!
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In my country, club marshall goes around pushing slow players.
It takes 4.5-5 hours if the course is crowded. My group plays in 3.5-3:45 when not held up by others. Unfortunately our club encourages slow play by publishing a 4:40 minute pace of play as being acceptable. Most slow players don’t understand ready golf or how to play quickly in carts. My partner and I both did not renew our membership because the club encourages slow play and does not marshal the course. I love golf but not 5 hour golf.
Thanks for the comment. It is very important to talk about this subject.
Wanna speed up play? Have fewer tee times. A course near me has a tee time every 8 minutes which is great if it's all two-ball groups. However, it's mostly 3 or 4 balls as 2 balls are often asked to pair with each other; tee times 8 minutes apart on this course don't work well on busy days.
Let's say average tee times are ten minutes apart. Now I'll ask you a question. Would you be prepared to pay an extra 50% on your green fee to lower the amount of players on the course by making tee times 15 minutes apart instead of 10? The club takes the same amount in green fees but there are fewer players thus making the game faster. A win for club and players....unless you can't get a tee time because it's all booked up.
I understand slow play is a big problem as to consistent play and to some golfers continued participation in the sport. Yet in the reality of it all the key here it is only a concern for some. Not all! Whether one Is slow or fast at play in a round each participant pays the same as to their participation in that round. Then no course, club or resort that I have ever played at has the resources or invests in the resources necessary to combat slow play. If they even have a course ranger to keep the pace going, they are all instructed to allow different pace of play for different players that have.... shall we say more influence than others! The 5 some is always a dead give-away to this. Yet, for each club that only means more revenue especially if that customer is kept happy. The management or owners of the actual day in or day out operations are not all in on pace of play because in their reality some participants will always count more than others. Then 9 times out of 10 those participants are the ones enjoying their 5 to 6 hour round! I would love to pop out for a 1 1/2 hour 9 hole round or a 3 to 3 1/2 hour full round of golf. Yet I know and realize that just isn't going to happen. And as of this moment there really isn't anyone going to do anything to change that!
Great comment! Thanks for sharing.