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EVERYONE PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!

Hopefully this will clarify the Pace Of Play guidelines and the meaning of the term Out Of Position. Folks, these ARE the golf rules in The Villages so the people playing golf will just have to deal with it, if not expect to be informed of your non-complinace by an Ambassador and then if that won't work hopefully his supervision.

You are Out of Position when you are at least One Hole Behind the group in front of you AND behind the Pace of Play guidelines (i.e. Time Par) for the specific course.This is marked on the scorecard for every championship course in The Villages and located directly under the hole number. Keep in mind that time :00 is not your tee time but the actual time you tee off, which could be ahead of or behind your designated tee time based on when the first person in the group tees off. That time is then inputted into the Starters computer and communicated from the Starter to the Ambassador so they know exactly what time you tee'd off relative to when you were supposed to tee off and he knows where you should be at any given time. The Ambassador is then supposed to track your "Pace Of Play" or "Time Par" to ensure everyone is maintaining a good pace of play.

ONE HOLE BEHIND is defined as:

Par 3 or Par 4 - the group in question has an entire hole open in front of them

Par 5 - the group in question is on the tee and the group in front of them is on the green

If you are one hole or more behind it does not mean that you are slow and the Ambassador should be pushing you to play faster and catch up. But, if you are one hole behind as defined above and behind on the Pace Of Play or Time Par, you should be asked by the Ambassador to pick up the pace so that consideration is given for everyone else behind you to get their round completed in a timely manner.

Obviously during periods when the course has numerous open tee times and not as many people are playing there is flexibility in your required pace.

Hopefully this will clarify everyones understanding and that it will put this topic to rest!!!

If everyone would just understand and make a concerted effort to comply with the above then the socializing on the golf course would not be an issue.

Once again, THANK YOU!!