ha ha the ideas are not bad seriously I just doubt any club could even do it unless they rewrote their constitution.

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Do you think it would be even possible? Could someone with limited ability and deep pockets take them for discrimination?

I need to know before I win the next $100mil Powerball draw.

The way I see it- In golf, like in every aspect of life, some people are just inconsiderate and/or ignorant pricks who will be entirely self serving at the expense of (many) others.

Scary thing is, I think most snails don’t realise the problems they cause. Rather enviably, I guess, most snails are in their own little world when golfing. They just tee off and before they know it the group in front is long gone (they’re probably thinking to themselves “wonder why they’re rushing”) and as far as they’re concerned they have the entire course to themselves whilst 15 groups behind them are tearing their hair out with frustration.

Some of the guys at our club who are the worst offenders have been playing golf in comps for over 30 years. They understand their responsibilities regarding pace of play and their place in the field but they get out on the course and they couldn’t give a sh*t about anyone else.

There’s a couple of similar groups at my club as well… I find with most of them it’s no the actual play that is slow, it’s the time it takes them to get from shot to shot…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… In my experience that is the number one contributed to slow play. You can take all the time you want around the ball and on the green, but if you can just learn to walk up the side of the rough to your ball as you partners play behind you, it will save a LOT of time – especially if everyone does it.

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I completely agree… More often than not the slow groups are the ones where 2-4 players walk together down the fairway (chatting) and then wait (in a line) until each player goes through their routine and has a shot, and then they all walk together to the next guy’s ball and do it again and again and again.

If you walk to your ball (out of the line of anyone behind you) and be still only when they are taking their swing most often you will have all the time in the world to play your shot.

The same with on the greens – read them as you approach your ball, line it up from different angles when it is not your turn. It’s when players are having a good old chat when it’s not their turn (instead of anticipating the next shot) that causes most problems I reckon.

One can read the green from all different angles, walk up to the pin and back when faced with a pitch, or take several practice swings (if one is in the mood) very easily without holding up play simply by being aware of where the other players in one’s group are.

By all means have a good yarn on the course (there’s plenty of opportunity) but players need to be mindful of when they should instead be anticipating their next shot.

ha ha the ideas are not bad seriously I just doubt any club could even do it unless they rewrote their constitution.

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Do you think it would be even possible? Could someone with limited ability and deep pockets take them for discrimination?

I need to know before I win the next $100mil Powerball draw.

Anchoring is cheating.

As long as you dont discriminate against people with physical or mental limitations or racially motivated its probably not an issue.

I dont care what a person shoots just make it mandatory to play under 4hours for 18 otherwise kicked out of membership.

If privately owned you dont allow anyone on course and make greens 15 on the stimp and 8,000 metres long!

ha ha see you do know how to be a good member of ISG- keep it up you may lose your Troll tag! ;)

As long as you dont discriminate against people with physical or mental limitations or racially motivated its probably not an issue.

I dont care what a person shoots just make it mandatory to play under 4hours for 18 otherwise kicked out of membership.

If privately owned you dont allow anyone on course and make greens 15 on the stimp and 8,000 metres long!

ha ha see you do know how to be a good member of ISG- keep it up you may lose your Troll tag! ;)

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Troll? Pfft.

Can I have my old username back now?

Troll? Pfft.

Can I have my old username back now?

Anchoring is cheating.

You need to narrow the field a bit Shaun.

Troll? Pfft.

Can I have my old username back now?

Anchoring is cheating.

You need to narrow the field a bit Shaun.

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Stuffed if I can remember 3/4 of them. I still have a soft spot for “Golfslut”. Whatever happened to NigelO?

Rounds are probably getting slow because everyone is stopping to pull their phones out and whinge on this thread about how slow the round is.

Rounds are probably getting slow because everyone is stopping to pull their phones out and whinge on this thread about how slow the round is.

I note the satire. Kudos.

I recently had a round at comp at a resort course. The round was a tad on the slow side. We caught up to the group in front & at times they had caught up to the group in front of them. Did that annoy me? No, not really. It was what it was. The worst part about the round was my 3 playing partners whinging about the slow round the whole way round. Jeebus fleist, we couldn’t go any quicker but whinge, whinge, whinge the whole way. Sound familiar?

Rounds are probably getting slow because everyone is stopping to pull their phones out and whinge on this thread about how slow the round is.

I note the satire. Kudos.

I recently had a round at comp at a resort course. The round was a tad on the slow side. We caught up to the group in front & at times they had caught up to the group in front of them. Did that annoy me? No, not really. It was what it was. The worst part about the round was my 3 playing partners whinging about the slow round the whole way round. Jeebus fleist, we couldn’t go any quicker but whinge, whinge, whinge the whole way. Sound familiar?

Nudgee is not a resort course.

Rounds are probably getting slow because everyone is stopping to pull their phones out and whinge on this thread about how slow the round is.

I note the satire. Kudos.

I recently had a round at comp at a resort course. The round was a tad on the slow side. We caught up to the group in front & at times they had caught up to the group in front of them. Did that annoy me? No, not really. It was what it was. The worst part about the round was my 3 playing partners whinging about the slow round the whole way round. Jeebus fleist, we couldn’t go any quicker but whinge, whinge, whinge the whole way. Sound familiar?

Nudgee is not a resort course.

Anchoring is cheating.

The Koala is not a member of the bear family. Any other irrelevant pieces of info?

Rounds are probably getting slow because everyone is stopping to pull their phones out and whinge on this thread about how slow the round is.

;)

Rounds are probably getting slow because everyone is stopping to pull their phones out and whinge on this thread about how slow the round is.

I note the satire. Kudos.

I recently had a round at comp at a resort course. The round was a tad on the slow side. We caught up to the group in front & at times they had caught up to the group in front of them. Did that annoy me? No, not really. It was what it was. The worst part about the round was my 3 playing partners whinging about the slow round the whole way round. Jeebus fleist, we couldn’t go any quicker but whinge, whinge, whinge the whole way. Sound familiar?

Nudgee is not a resort course.

Anchoring is cheating.

The Koala is not a member of the bear family. Any other irrelevant pieces of info?

This IS a thread about slow play.

I did NOT have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.

Well…ok…I did.

But she started it.

I did NOT have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.

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I do not believe you.

Go back to Cabbageman much more dignified compared to your alter ego. Not so vulgar.

Boo! I’ve posted far worse.

Rounds are probably getting slow because everyone is stopping to pull their phones out and whinge on this thread about how slow the round is.

I note the satire. Kudos.

I recently had a round at comp at a resort course. The round was a tad on the slow side. We caught up to the group in front & at times they had caught up to the group in front of them. Did that annoy me? No, not really. It was what it was. The worst part about the round was my 3 playing partners whinging about the slow round the whole way round. Jeebus fleist, we couldn’t go any quicker but whinge, whinge, whinge the whole way. Sound familiar?

This is spot on. Yes slow play can be annoying, but seriously, where else would you rather be. Just have a chat to the guys your playing with and enjoy being out on the course.

Leave the complaining for your wife to do when you get home.

i reckon from my observations that a big part of the problem is that newer players are not educated on the different ways to make a game faster ( of which there are many) and then the pace of play isnt enforced by the club officials.

I have NEVER seen a marshal on my home course during a competition. Only needs on person in a cart running around the course in reverse direction to have a quick work in the ear of the slow groups and tell them to catch up to the group in front. A lot of players dont even realise that they are slower than they should be.

I had a word in the ear of someone recently . They were a 4 all riding in carts and we were only a 3. He started to complain that we would obviously be quicker as we were a 3, until i pointed out that the group in front was a hole and a half ahead. I only wanted him to catch up that space. He did, and there was no further issue.

I find that merely by getting your group to go straight to the next tee and be ready to hit off after they putt out(prior to the other players finishing), and to ensure that they mark their scorecards after they have hit, rather than before – you can make up lost ground really quickly

I was handicapper for years and recall seeing cards returned from other clubs ( the Lakes was one) that had facility on the card to record your starting and finishing times. Any groups taking in excess of 4 hrs 20 minutes were DQed. That would sort it out pretty swiftly

TWAP and I played comp today as vistors at a club.
The four old blokes two grups ahead of us were the blame for a 5 hour round of golf.A bloke in our group who is a member of the club informed the the pro of the group at the 10 th hole .But Jack S##T was done about the the group. Just to give you an idea of how this happened .The slow group had the group behind them and us on the tee waiting to hit off. One old bloke puts his drive into a green side bunker on the last hole played .
Then takes 5 shots to get out of the bunker on a par 4 .But still played out the hole.By my count he had a least 12 shots on that hole and we were playing stableford comp.
Say No More .
BS.

I know how you feel mate. Your partners should have backed you up when you spoke to the slow player.
A couple of years ago our club had a special meeting to vote on selling our practice fairway so they could build a new clubhouse. I spoke strongly against as I believed we would never be able to afford to purchase surrounding land to establish a new practice area. Prior to the meeting, numerous attendees I spoke to were full of support, yet when I got up to oppose the motion, not one of my ‘supporters’ backed me.
Our club is still struggling, and I doubt we will ever get another practice fairway., in my lifetime anyway.
I have given up, they get what they deserve. If they would rather sit in the clubhouse drinking booze rather than improving their golf – go for it.

5 hour golf was only in tournaments or public courses 20 years back.Private club golf getting slower every year.Crazy lumpy green redesigns accounting for 20 minutes slower golf especially if windy.I blame the slow players who have never been penalised by the clubs themselves, two practise swings 20 waggles before every shot.Every player would be finished in four hours if a South African runner was going to shoot them on the 18th if they didn`t.Pretorius .My advice is to play earliest and get in done in under 4 hours.Playing 6.30am and finishing 9.30am lately in 3 balls.Nothing has been done and nothing will.

Well club championships are coming up in 2 weeks at my course… If I get around in under 5 1/2 hours for Round 1 that would be considered… average…

First round always seems to be super slow.. Just the combination of extra players on the course and everyone taking their time trying to do well..

And you know what… I couldn’t care less.

I don’t care how long it takes to play a round of golf: In my experience over 30 years playing, i have found it rare (over the course of my golfing life/ hundreds of rounds) for a round to take more than 5 hours or to take less than 4 hours…although the sub-4 hour round would be more ‘common’ than a plus-5 hour round – the vast majority of rounds being somewhere between 4 and 5 hours.

On days where i ‘feel’ the pace of play to be slow on some holes, then i simply lay-up (if possible) on those particular holes: The lay-up may mean taking fairway wood, hybrid or iron off the tee or laying-up 20/30 metres short of green.
This method has the advantage/s of letting the group in front (assuming they are slow and not themselves, being held up) know that they are causing a ‘traffic jam’; It also has little or no effect on your score-card, as the average player scores pars and bogeys rather than birdies and dbl bogey.
Finally, playing this ‘3 on 1 putt’ golf (the best golf training method i have ever known) will improve your overall game – making you a more complete golfer, because laying-up teaches course management better than simply ‘bombing’ away with driver or firing at an open green.
...And you will become a more imaginative player when forced to play the short game more often.

Even on ‘long hold-up’ rounds and playing 3on1putt golf (where necessary), there will still be opportunities for birdie.