[Indy-Guy]

It is to bad that this happened to you your first time out. My suggestion is that if a hole is ahead of you skip a hole by picking up your ball and move up to where you can see the foursome ahead of you.

If you wait and let the people behind you go ahead of you that will take more time and just back up the foursomes behind you and you won't make any friends that way. Also the ambassadors wont' want you to let a foursome go around you. You can always ask the ambassadors which one they want you to do this will help your comfort level. I am sure they will tell you to pick up your ball and skip a hole.

I realize that you went out to play 9 holes of golf but the mental strain will be much better if you do it this way. That is just my opinion.

The first time I took my wife out on a Championship Course the ambassador told us up to pick up the pace. I play about 4-5 times a week and I didn't feel that we were behind pace. When he told me we had an open hole ahead of us I told him that when we teed off there was no one in site now and there is still no one in site. I let her play from my drive to speed things up a little.

Also remember if a twosome is behind you they will play faster than your foursome. I get irrated when I am in a foursome with a twosome behind us and they hit into us like the four of us should play as fast as the twosome is playing. Especially when we are keeping up with the people ahead of us.

Last night I went out on a Championship course at a little after 7:00 there was no one infront of me nor behind me. On my second shot I was hitting 6 to seven balls from that point as I was working on my 150 yard to the green game. No one around. After a couple of holes I was on a par 3 and hit 6 balls from the tee four were on the gree and two just off. I looked over my shoulder and a guy had caught me and was comming off the green behind me. I was gathering up my balls as he pulled up and said for me to go ahead and practice and he would skip that hole. That was very nice of him. I wasn't there to play 9 holes all I wanted to do was practice and not bother anyone. It worked out great.