While acknowledgement of the condition would have been nice, what I really would have expected from an ambassador would be to get the people in front of me moving. It seems that these ambassadors have been told to not talk to anyone about their pace of play. That is a policy that's designed not to make anyone angry. The problem is that while their not ticking off the people playing slow, the people behind them are all ticked off.
I worked at a club in Sarasota where a slow group was given two warnings. If they did not catch up after the second warning, the rangers were instructed to wait until they teed off on a hole and ten pick up their balls and place them on the next tee.
The slow group was unhappy, but the rest of the players on the course were thrilled. Everyone was informed of this policy before they teed off so when it happened it was expected. People still came in and complained, but having four people complain was much better then having 150 complain.
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