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Originally Posted by sadie44
Overall, the golf ambassadors do a nice job being "Village Ambassadors" which are no more than being glorified waterboys. There is no one on the courses making sure that the pace of play is adequate, people aren't dragging their spikes on the greens, raking traps etc. Today, we had to quit after 4 holes took 1hr 15 min. That means it would have taken us almost 3 hours to finish when we should be done in half that.
The foursome in front of us were playing off the gold tees and really needed to be playing the green tees, especially the 2 women in the group. They were not playing ready golf, taking up to 10 strokes on a hole and looking for their balls in the water instead of picking up. By the third hole, there were already 2 holes open in front of them. When I casually mentioned to the ambassador that the pace was too slow, he said it's slow all over and it's a nice day anyway.
Tee times are spaced 9 minutes apart and pace of play needs to be around 9 minutes or everyone behind a slow group suffers. I really like the ambassadors but they need to be given authority to tell people to pick up the pace, rake a trap or follow whatever rules the wonderful game of golf follows.
By the way, we're pretty decent golfers and were playing the golds because of the wind!!
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that you're playing an executive course and you're right we are glorified water boys, but some of us are more proactive than others...still there are a limited number of things we can do to speed up groups like that...we can't kick them off unless they're belligerent so if you ask them to speed up and they're all 80+ years of age and can't move any faster what can you do? There should not have been two holes open and many a time a player said that to me it just wasn't even close to being true. Does that make you a liar? Nope...you're just wound a bit too tight. While I hate the saying "it is what it is" it is appropriate and if you have a gripe stop whining here and complain to GMS or the championship course that the exec belongs.
Since you don't happen on this type of slow play all the time I'd reign in your indignant attitude and realize that the rules of golf do not strictly apply at courses where the USGA has no say. If you want faster play then head on over to the championship courses where the people who play for fun and socializing rarely spend any time. You'll still find folks hitting from the wrong tees, but the ambassadors will keep it moving.