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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
To the OP, if your granddaughter has played golf for a while and is going to play on her HS golf team...it seems to me that she knows what she's doing and may not have been the problem.
Not really enough info here, but I'm wondering if it was you or her father...that contributed to falling so far behind? 
Regardless, pace of play is something that needs to be enforced more often at our courses... IMHO.
I always try to keep in mind a saying that my first golf mentors drilled into me.
'Your place on the course is right behind the group in front of you...not just ahead of the group behind you." |
I'll say it again. That's a great general premise, but what if the group in front of you is playing at supersonic speed?
It's not that simple. If an ambassador sees that a group is holding up play, they should say something. They also should look at the time the group started and see where they are on the golf course. It's pretty easy to compute nine minutes per hole, giving and extra four minutes for a par four. If the group is on pace and the group in front of them is way out in front, the group in front is playing faster than normal.
If there is no one behind them, why is there a need to say anything?
The same thing would apply if the group was on pace and the group behind them was playing faster than the normal accepted pace. In that case, the if there is no one in front, the faster group should be invited to play through.