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Originally Posted by tomwed
I hate to turn every conversation into a money conversation but I will.
I was a marshal for a day. I quit. It wasn't worth it. I was a 23 yr old teacher marshaling for free golf. I approached a couple of golfers that day and they all snapped at me. They were older than me. They teed off late because everyone does on a public course because it's backed up. They spent a half days pay just to play. And they weren't playing up to their expectations.
On an exec course here the marshals are our peers and shouldn't be our water boys. We play for free as much as we want. We don't have hopes of making the senior tour. I walk and carry and play my best when I can walk up to the ball or the tee and hit it. If I can't play that way, I try to just enjoy the walk and the company of the group. But that's not golf.
I don't understand why the marshals can't control the pace. And I really resent anyone who gives any marshal any lip at all. I would support haveing their membership suspended and trust the good judgement of my peers. I might have a problem with a marshal telling me to pick it up if I just dropped $80 to play.
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So you're ok with slow play because you pay $80.00? Does that mean you could care less of the others who paid the same $80.00? Tolerance is expected on the Exec's because there are a bunch of players that are learning the game, a position all of us were in at some point in our lives. Champs are different.....we all have a bad hole or two and slow things down but we should be familiar enough with the courtesy of the game to catch up to those in front of us. If we don't have the ability to do that the Ambassador should intervene. If we still don't comply we should be asked to leave and suspended from play until we understand what speed of play means. For the most part, the majority understand it, but talking to Ambassadors the elite still exist and don't believe any rules apply to them.