Can we have a rule that requires all 4-somes to complete their round in 4 hours or under? Violation results in body parts amputated.

    sdandrea1 When it comes right down to it, it is not players that determine pace of play/how long it takes.
    It is management at the courses fault. Marshalls are seen as jokes because everyone knows they work cheap and mainly for free play. How is 1 person going to make 4 people quit and get off the course because they are slow?

    Get 'true' Marshalls!! ...... "Hurry the fuck up or Ima kill yer ass!!"

        Par4QC When it comes right down to it, it is not players that determine pace of play/how long it takes.

        I dream of a world where ALL players are concerned with pace of play and move along efficiently. There would be no need for Marshalls. Utopia......

            sdandrea1

            I would love that world too but unfortunately there are too many stupid people in the world and some of them are golfers. Common sense eludes many people in the real world and this extends to the golf course too. You don't have to play well to play fast. We play from the tips and walk and we are always faster than 99% of the groups out there. We play ready golf, don't take forever looking for balls (especially if there are people behind us), park our carts/bags at the back of the green rather than the front when putting and don't take forever to line up a 3 foot putt. Granted we generally play a skins game so there are times when the hole has been conceded, someone may not need to finish the hole so we do save time there.

                sdandrea1 Can we have a rule that requires all 4-somes to complete their round in 4 hours or under? Violation results in body parts amputated.

                4 hours seems ambitious. Every round I have played this year seems to be taking between 4.5 and 5 hours. Way too many golfers locally right now who don't know etiquette. Tee times are still at a premium at many places and even the rain doesn't keep people away. My group used to be the minority when we played in the rain, now its the norm. Damn covid!

                    Par4QC "Hurry the fuck up or Ima kill yer ass!!"

                    How I feel when the rare moment occurs that I actually am executing a few shots, i.e. feel a sense of rhythm in my game which gets snuffed out whilst waiting and waiting. The game's hard enough to remember to focus on "next shot" let alone allowing the aggravation of waiting seep into my cranium.

                      shokosugi I play at semi-private club and the average time has increased. Slow rounds used to be 3:45, but now fast rounds are about 4 hours and most are 4.5...and the price increases +10% each year. Our group is considering saving money and joining the mens league at a public course. The rounds will be a bit longer still, but it's a lot cheaper.

                          KCee Our group is considering saving money and joining the mens league at a public course. The rounds will be a bit longer still, but it's a lot cheaper.

                          You would lower yourself by playing where regular working people play?

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                              I have never, EVER! played 18 in under 4 hours, in ANY 4some.

                              KCee Our group is considering saving money and joining the mens league at a public course

                              We are doing the same thing next season but different reason…Course we were members at, through no fault of theirs, has become a little too difficult for us geezers, particularly when we walk…Too many ups and downs and side hills plus the length, even from geezers tees is getting longer. We are going to rotate between 4 courses that are somewhat less hilly and more conducive to walking..

                                garyt1957 I hate complainers

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