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Originally Posted by Cliff
I've read this entire thread and not one person criticized him/her self because he/she was anxious to start playing on the first tee. Is anyone aware that there should be a seven minute interval between groups teeing off. How many times have you teed off on the first hole anywhere and looked back before you get to the green and found people standing on the tee behind you? This is partly the fault of the course. It does not enforce the 7 minute rule all the time. And, too many golfers are in too much of a hurry to abide by the rule themselves. Think about it. If you are practicing your swing on the tee box and the players in front of you are about to hit their second shot - you are going to have to wait all day long.
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First things first. TV executive courses tee times are usually staggered by 9 minutes and the championship course tee times are staggered by 8 minutes, except Palmer which is 9 minutes and I don't recall any 7 minutes tee times in TV. Being that the time par on the championship courses runs anywhere between 12 and 16 minutes per hole, you certainly should expect to see people on the tee box or in the fairway directly behind you when you are on the green. Look at the score card and it will let you know what the time par is for each hole. As far as the executive course, it tells you on the card the recommended pace of play for nine holes. (Example: Bonita Pass is 1 hr & 30 minutes which certainly sounds a lot like an average of 10 minutes a hole to me)