Playing Palmer, last Friday, our group was told to pick up the pace. We were told we were 15 minutes behind. Actually, we were 4 minutes behind. We were asked politely to pick up our pace. Curiously, we were told this as we walked off the 17th green. The other interesting thing is that when we got done with the round, we recapped how many holes we had to wait on. There were 6 holes we had to wait on, including the 3 holes on the 2nd nine. We also waited a good 10 minutes at the turn. So, although we were behind the time par on the card, if the hadn't had to wait, we'd been well ahead of 4 hours. Of course, the ambassador doesn't know that. He was polite. Just doing his job.
Of our 4 golfers, the highest handicap in the group was a 3. The greens were fast, some of the pin placements ridiculous for the speed and slope of the green. I'm a good putter, a 2 handicap on that course (white tees) and I had a 4 putt from 6 feet. My cart partner, a 3 handicap, had a 4 putt also, on a different green, from about 8 feet. Three putts were too numerous to mention.
Fast greens, steep slopes, and fast play do not go together.
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