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Originally Posted by Challenger
Agree with you. Also not playing ready golf. For some reason many players just won't.
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In 45 years of playing this game, I think I've seen it all---from a "golfer" taking 3 minutes to line up and practice swing his 11th shot to driving over to an adjacent hole to start a 5 minute conversation with a friend.
Perhaps too many are taking cues from the pros---they think a pro is good because he takes extra time, when in reality he takes extra time because he is good. He also has to make a living at this game, and he conversation with his caddy is not about last night's performance at the Sharon.
I live on EP, and have watched golfers come to the tee with the hole open, stand on the tee have some kind of 5 min discussion, then walk back to their carts to get their drivers. They then hit 2 mulligans each, with 3 practice swings before each one, then repeat the process from the fairway. I could play that course from the black tees with a 7 iron and an umbrella and lap them, and most likely beat them as well. My only 2 questions for a group like that are 1) what game are you playing? and 2) do you play for money? I have also been tempted to hand out free copies of the rule book