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Originally Posted by another Linda
I don't think anyone is advocating not keeping up. But what are you supposed to do when things slow down, hit into the group ahead of you to hurry them up? Of course not. And what is it they are supposed to do? At the end of the day, many courses do slow down. If you choose to play at the end of the day on an exec, you had better be prepared. If you can't handle it, why not play earlier in the day or on a championship course? In my experience they tend to move along better.
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Linda, I agree with your posts on these recent pace of play threads…..
People are always talking about playing faster and this can be taken out of context sometimes. There is a rhythm to a golf course. If the course is running smoothly all groups are in position and each group has the responsibility to
stay in position. I think we all can agree on that.
Once a course has gotten into a bad state, for whatever reason, playing as fast as you can does not matter. The exception to this is if
you are the reason the course is in a bad state, then you need to move your
and get back in position.
If we stick to a par three course so I can try to explain and not be accused of advocating slow play. On a slow course you still need to
stay in position, by that I mean you need to get to the next tee box with plenty of time to spare so that you have selected your club and are ready to play as soon as the group in front of you drives away. If you are ready to hit when they drive off, you are in position on a slow course. Getting there any earlier than that does not help and in fact compresses the course worse. If people behind you do not understand that THEY are in the wrong, not the person who fixes an extra ball mark or plays a provisional ball.