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Originally Posted by Ithreeputtoo
I agree that play on the Executive courses is slow a lot of the times I play. Not sure how much good it might do but I think EVERYONE should be required to take the Good Golf School. They could do this for each new resident card issued. Then maybe the new to golfers would have some idea about pace of play, play Ready Golf, play the right tees for your level of play, rake the sand traps and pick up and move on after 6 shots of par 3's. This would be good for ALL golfers. I also agree that the executive ambassadors have no authority to do anything to correct any of the issues which is unfortunate for all.
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Everyone is a broad category. If Phil Mickelson or Jordan Spieth moves here, you would REQUIRE them to attend good golf school? There are many players here that have played for a long time and at high levels who probably know as much about etiquette and the rules as those teaching the course.
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Originally Posted by jgreen12
My complaint is with the champ courses such as Bel Glade, etc. The ambassadors need to speak to the players that are holding up play and leave the players that are waiting on the tee box and in the field alone. Aggravating the players that are keeping up only increases bad play. I agree that the better players should play the more difficult courses, or play from the black tees. Also, consider playing earlier in the morning. New players usually play later in the day. Remember....we were ALL NEW at one time.
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I think the ambassadors are reluctant to do this in general---they'll get nothing but grief, and I'm not sure they always are aware of where the problem is. I'll relate this story from last year---and this is the ONE and ONLY time and is not reflective of the ambassadors in general. I was in a foursome playing EP Osprey to Egret and as we approached our 16th green the ambassador came specifically to me and said it was OK to pick up if I was taking too many strokes. I found this quite strange for the following reasons:
1) I was looking at a 12 foot birdie putt
2) I was 2 over par thru 15
3) The group in front was on the 17th tee and the group behind was 1 1/2 holes behind
4) From tee off to the time I was driving out of the parking lot was 3 hrs, 54 minutes---recommended PLAY time 4 hrs, 18 minutes. So the group ahead played in the same time.
I had no idea what to make of this, so I smiled and thanked him for his suggestion---maybe a bad day or lost track of which group he wanted to speak to, but this was an isolated incident.