[joannej]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

You are right of course, but what you are describing is just waiting for the group ahead of you to tee off, not having a backlog of the group behind you and the group behind them. That is a good indication that someone is holding up the whole course by taking mulligans and searching for lost balls and not picking up their ball after double par and just plain taking too much time. They aren't being nasty, just being completely unaware that there are expectations on the golf course.

No one is expecting anyone to rush, just to be considerate, and if people are new, they don't know what is expected. it is wise to take a course on golf if you are new and then you will know why people are smiling...or frowning.

It is just something that is expected in golf, to keep the pace of play.