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Originally Posted by gage405
Havana is/was slow because between 1:32 p.m. and 2:11, potentially 4 groups of players playing only nine-holes are allowed out.
On Sunday, I was in the first group at 11:56 on Hemingway. We played a very nice round for the first nine. No hold-ups and we finished right on time.
We came to Kilimanjaro and by the time we got to the second hole, there
was a back-up.
From the second tee we could see 4 foursomes between the second fairway and the third green...or almost getting to the third green, lol.
We waited on every shot the entire remaining 8 holes on the second nine.
It was annoying. It feels like the people who go out in the afternoon wave for 18 holes are not being treated fairly. Why should we have to come up
against a wall of usually slow players who are also usually inexperienced?
I know it is driven by the desire for more revenue but it is like a slap in the
face to those of us who have paid the 18-hole fee and believe we should
be able to play an 18-hole round with a decent pace of play.
I also do not understand why novice players want to pay to play on the 18-hole courses when they could have just as much fun and just as much of a challenge for free on the executive courses.
It seems like there could be a different solution. Someone suggested one nine-hole course be allocated to those who want to play 9 holes and let the
other two courses be dedicated to the 18 hole group.
I think we should mention this problem in the annual survey.
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We played Tierra today. The front nine we played in 1:30 1:40. We made the turn, hit a wall. Back nine 230-245. But the weather was great, were retired and the wife was shopping (without me)