Today i played in a comp at a public track, tee off time 12:30.. Actaully teed off at 1:05, bout at least 5 groups waiting to take off , anyway i was playing in a 4 ball in a par comp.
At least 4 grus in front of us were just social players, anyway was slow as hell but nothing could be done so i just chilled out an got on with it ..
Took us 3 hours to play front nine an i scored plus 5 .. Come to the back nine and at leadt 2 or 3 groups ahead of us pulled out after 9 holes which then left quite Decent gap ahead as the next couple of groups ahead were 3 ball groups

, so we tee off on the 10th all of us hitting pretty well and moving along nicely .. Group behind was a 2 ball in cart but never seemed to catch us right u t the point of being right up our arses so we just kept going .. Then we get to the 12th hole , almost to the green on a long par 4 with the 2 ball only just walking on to the same tee and a marshall / proshop employee appears and drives up fom nowhere and tell as blatatly . We need to get a move on as we are holding up the next 3 groups behind us , gave us all a look an just drove off before we even had chance to say anything ..

We were all like WTF !.. All got pretty pissed off about it , i personally lost my cool a bit and my rythme went out the window .. But i thought stuff him We are just gonna play at our own pace anyway .. I then started to look behind and as we turned to another hole we could see a couple of hole back and noted that behind us were 3 groups .. All 2 ball .. I then became friggin furious and my game really went to shite ! .. We completed the back 9 in 1: 56 minutes playing at our normal pace .. Proceeded to pro shop to hand in cards ( ended up plus 6) .. Seen the guy so i aked him why he told us to hurry up .. His reply was .. You were almost 2 holes behind and holding up play behind . . I told him yes the group in front was a 3 ball and was pulling away from us and at no time did the group behind catch us up close enough to call them through and we had completed the back in less than 2 hours ,
He replied i saw u stand in the midle of the fairway with your rangefinder, u held up play ..
Lol .. I was dumbfounded, and replied oh you mean the one that you guys sold me ,, i just walked out shaking my head !!

Nice rant. Which course?

Nice rant. Which course?

Lol .. Yeh im still seething a bit as it was an order of merit round, rather not say which course as i get on really well with most of the staff an will have word with pro next time there , but its a north perth course not far from city :) ..

So what is the point of this thread??

A rant ! .. Is that ok with you ?

We need a seperate “Golf Rant’s” thread. Put all this mindless nonense in the same place.

We need a seperate “Golf Rant’s” thread. Put all this mindless nonense in the same place.

Don’t know how Madam copes without your input, Chippie’.

We ? .. Oh well , sorry i wasted 2 minutes of your precious time , how bout you start your own forum .. Then you can make the rules ! .. Hows that grab you ?

We need a seperate “Golf Rant’s” thread. Put all this mindless nonense in the same place.

Don’t know how Madam copes without your input, Chippie’.

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I think she does a fine job Francine

We ? .. Oh well , sorry i wasted 2 minutes of your precious time , how bout you start your own forum .. Then you can make the rules ! .. Hows that grab you ?

Sorry to bruise your precious ego, carry on without me then.

Thats ok, hey i dont bruise easy , have a nice day :)

It’s Murphy’s law he popped up when he did…It’s never when your right up the clacker of the group in front. Should’ve asked him “Where the F*”^ where you on the front 9 dipshit?”

Maylands…....Just a guess!

Maylands…….Just a guess!

:) .. Not a bad effort !

Well today i spoke to the comp organizer that picked up the result cards, and apparently the chappie had a think about it and said he felt bad about it ! .. See what he says to me at the next comp, the thing is he spoilt the rest of my back nine and a good score for my order of merit .. I can live with that now and im over that bit , but what really peefed me was the way he spoke to me initially.. I play a lot of golf there .. And i spend a shit load on equipment both in pro shop and at bar etc.. I dont expect any special treatment but i dont expect to be spoken to the way i did either on the course or in he pro shop after i asked for some reasoning.

I think marshalling leaves a lot to be desired at many clubs, even at my club on comp days there seems to be some favorites that appear to be exempt from rules and get away with all sorts of shit,
Today at my comp i got teed u with some fella that appeared to be quite well off financially .. Had all the gear blah blah , he drove his buggy past the ropes an straight up beside the green and left big fat tyre mark right along the side fringe , i said mate if the marshalls catch you there they will throw you off the course!! He said nah mate i drink with them all so that wont happen and just larfed .. So i said ok mate well how bout you stick to the rules that apply to everyone an set a bit of an example to the others in carts , he gave me this stare for a bit.. Thought he was gonna twist off as he didnt say much for a couple of holes but i think he got he message an didnt do it again.. There never seems to be a marshall in sight when u need them and even when they are about they tend to just ignore the extremely slow players who flash all the cash an drive right by without a word !! . Oh well maybe one day ill win lotto an will be able to hold everyone up and break all the rules : ))

Played Maylands once…just to have a hit with my son-in-law…...it seemed to me that particular day they just wanted to load up the course as much as possible…and then let a few more on. 3+ hours for 9 and we walked off…..bloody ridiculous

did you ask the idiot marshall why the multiple 2 ball groups weren’t put together to make a four ball?

Sounds like a poorly managed club to me. How can you get tee times half an hour behind ….

Well today i spoke to the comp organizer that picked up the result cards, and apparently the chappie had a think about it and said he felt bad about it ! .. See what he says to me at the next comp, the thing is he spoilt the rest of my back nine and a good score for my order of merit .. I can live with that now and im over that bit , but what really peefed me was the way he spoke to me initially.. I play a lot of golf there .. And i spend a shit load on equipment both in pro shop and at bar etc.. I dont expect any special treatment but i dont expect to be spoken to the way i did either on the course or in he pro shop after i asked for some reasoning.

I think marshalling leaves a lot to be desired at many clubs, even at my club on comp days there seems to be some favorites that appear to be exempt from rules and get away with all sorts of shit,
Today at my comp i got teed u with some fella that appeared to be quite well off financially .. Had all the gear blah blah , he drove his buggy past the ropes an straight up beside the green and left big fat tyre mark right along the side fringe , i said mate if the marshalls catch you there they will throw you off the course!! He said nah mate i drink with them all so that wont happen and just larfed .. So i said ok mate well how bout you stick to the rules that apply to everyone an set a bit of an example to the others in carts , he gave me this stare for a bit.. Thought he was gonna twist off as he didnt say much for a couple of holes but i think he got he message an didnt do it again.. There never seems to be a marshall in sight when u need them and even when they are about they tend to just ignore the extremely slow players who flash all the cash an drive right by without a word !! . Oh well maybe one day ill win lotto an will be able to hold everyone up and break all the rules : ))

Do you really think the marshall cares if they have money or not? I dare say he’s getting paid $17 an hour regardless. It’s not as though he cares or gets anything extra if the golfer is buying drinks/equipment.

Perhaps I can offer some insight into the other side of this debate. I’ve worked across various golf course pro shops in the last 5 years, as a result I’ve done a lot of marshalling.

When marshalling I always take the tee sheet with me so I can see if any groups are out of place or as in your case pulled out. I’ll give everyone a chance to make up ground and generally only speak to groups if they are a long way behind. Sometimes a presence on the golf course is enough. Although, there is something about letting a golfer know that they’re slow that gets under their skin. Very few take it with any grace and need to blame someone else. I’ve even seen playing partners get upset with marshalls when our group has been told to hurry up. Even though we’ve been looking for balls for the last 4 holes.

When I politely tell a group they’re out of place I’m invariably always met with the same standard responses. ‘It’s hard to keep up when we’re not very good golfers’.. ‘the group behind isn’t waiting’... ‘the group infront is too fast’.

Whilst in your case the marshall may have made a mistake and been out of line, perhaps it’s not so hard to see how a marshall ends up with a bit of an F you attitude.

Awesome post mate, well written and obviously very intelligent.

I am sure it would take a special kind of person to be the best type of marshall that can pander to the precious soft cocks out there that can’t accept they are slow without getting yelled at

I totally agree with what Golfpunk64 said but it also depends on the knowledge etc. of the marshall.

A few weeks ago the marshall at my course came up to my group and told us that we were out of place.

Fair call except that it was just as we were approaching the second last green. I politely asked him what he expected us to do in the space of one hole and he just shrugged and drove off in his cart.