[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by marlinguy

Geez, really. I mean, the REAL problem is far too many golfers wanting to play CHEAP golf! Hard to say if having a larger hole will speed things up. After all, if everyone was conscious of their speed (or slowness) of play I think there would be some improvement or lesser waiting. Given the inevitability that nothing much is going to change,then, how do we get to play the game we all love so much, yet improve the quality of play? Basic economics really. Raise the price and the demand diminishes! So, raise the fees across the board until enough "chaff" disappears and the play is normalized. The same revenue can be maintained and fewer players> A perfect solution. Sure, some will be angered that they cant play free anymore, but seriously, if you want to have good courses to play on and good golfing experiences,,"FREE" isn't part of the equation. So, let's get a petition going to raise the fees!!

I guess that would work if all of people that can't afford the higher rates were the slower players. In my experience, I have seen good players, poor player, wealthy players and not so wealthy players who were slow. I've also seen fast players in all of those categories.
The problem of slow play is not as simple as many people want to make it out to be. There is not one cause. Many people are slow for many different reasons. Having a lot of money does not make people faster.