I agree about the starter owning the 1st tee and that starter can also help the speed of play.
Last week I played Roosevelt and Sandhill exec courses. The starter at Roosevelt asked us not to move up to #1 tee box until the group in front had cleared the #2 tee box. Reason being was the course was getting backed up because of a slow group four ahead of us, which the ambassador also addressed. At Sandhill we were told to wait for the group in front of us to move away from #1 green before moving to #1 tee box so as to put some distance between us. In both cases we fully understood from the starters what they were trying to do and appreciated their communication and efforts.
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