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Originally Posted by Taj44
On The Villages golf courses the recommended pace of play is 4 hours and 15 minutes which is faster than 15 minutes per hole. The recommended pace depends on the difficulty of the course, and our courses here are not that difficult compared to other courses I've played - just look at the course and slope ratings. Our job as golfers is to keep pace with the group in front of us. If you have open holes in front of you, you are being slow and are at fault. Period. I don't feel it is up to me to tell people how to enjoy the game, but personally I don't enjoy the game if I have to wait for some slow group in front of me. I lose my rythym and eventually my interest if it is very slow.
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While I do agree with you it does not always play out this way. Earlier this summer when playing on Kilimanjaro we had a group of four in front of us that was slow, or so we thought. The group in front of them was moving along quickly. On the 6th tee the ambassador showed up and asked if everything was ok. One of our group then complained about our concern for the slow play in front of us. The ambassador told us that while there was open fairway between the group in front of us and the next group he was not going to say anything because they were on time and the 1st group was ahead of schedule. But the more I thought about that I disagreed because sooner or later that day the trickle down effect was going to come into play.