Pace of play ?

garyt1957 · 2025-05-16T01:55:49+00:00

So while in Vegas we were playing Wolf Creek. We only got on because of two cancellations. So we start as a twosome ( hurrah), with nobody we can see in...

Typhoon

LBlack14 "in a hurry". Something I never really understood. You pay good money to get out of the house and on the golf course, but then when you get there, you're in a hurry.

Nobody should be in a hurry. Anyone that plays golf knows 18 holes is basically 4 hours. There is no reason to be out there 5 hours.

sdandrea1

LBlack14 but then when you get there, you're in a hurry.

Depends on how you define "hurry". I'm in a foursome. We have nobody in front of us. We play ready golf. We chat, laugh, talk about shots, etc., and get around in 3 hours. I'm ok with 4 hours if we're following groups, but 5 hours is too long.

ode

sdandrea1

LBlack14 "in a hurry

It is the one thing I need to work on when in a cart. For some damn reason I feel like that is what I need to do. Rush around. But I remedy that by taking my time. Parking on the path when walking to the green, slow my walking pace. Fix some extra ball marks, etc. it has helped.

KCee

Typhoon I played with a guy this weekend that did that. One of our opponents and luckily it was 9 hole matches. Very first hole he's zapping the flag from just off the green; he couldn't have been more than 15 paces from the pin. He would almost always chip or pitch it pretty close, but then 3 or even 4 jack....in his defense the pins were in stupid spots and the greens were too fast for a windy weekend. I kept my usual sarcastic comments to myself for 9 holes.

sdandrea1

KCee I kept my usual sarcastic comments to myself for 9 holes.

You have amazing constraint. That is not easy. 😂

KCee

sdandrea1 He was a new member that I didn't know and he was basically gifting us wins in match play so I didn't want to mess up a good thing for our team lol. Tall young guy with a beautiful swing he was hitting a hybrid as far as my best drive. Never seen someone putt so much worse than me though....I sort of felt bad for him. He maybe should have been lasering his putts?

sdandrea1

KCee He was a new member that I didn't know

I was once in a 2-man team match against our rival geezer 'hood. On the first hole, I drained a lucky/long putt for birdie after our opponents were in for par. My partner looks at them and says "you guys had enough?". I was the only person who laughed. We destroyed them. He was a master snarkasm guy.

Typhoon

ode But you’re not rushing in a cart. N you’re playing your normal pace. You hit the ball, get in and drive, hit the ball again. Now you’re looking to slow yourself down fixing other ball marks, parking further away.

SMT

PA-PLAYA Golf in the US (generally speaking) is a reunion with buddies and drinks and acting up and having fun. In other words, golf is a lifestyle over here.

Very well said!

Typhoon

Playing appropriate tees would help…. Gary’s guys that play the tips and shoot 120…. That doesn’t help pace of play.

garyt1957

Typhoon Gary’s guys that play the tips and shoot 120…. That doesn’t help pace of play.

In fairness, he did hit it 330. All his strokes were lost skulling it across the green and 3-4 putting.

Typhoon

garyt1957 In fairness, he did hit it 330. All his strokes were lost skulling it across the green and 3-4 putting

Lowest score wins....How far he hits it has nothing to do with it if it takes 120 strokes to get it in the hole🙃. let him play the whites then so he's 20 yards from the green and maybe save himself some strokes and the rest of the group from wanting to kill themselves.

sdandrea1

Everyone has their own internal clock/pace. It shows in your walk, talk, golf swing, work style, etc. I like to get shit done (right) and move on. Diddling and fiddling irritates me. When I play golf, I'm courteous and follow whatever protocol my group wants, and have no problem adjusting to the pace of the group.
Most of my buds are ready golf guys. If someone is dreadfully slow and won't make an effort to be reasonable, I just avoid playing with them.

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