There is so much emphasis on "pace of play" because your group is not the only one on the course. On most executive courses a new group is sent off every nine minutes. That means your group has nine minutes to finish each hole. So don't spend six minutes of it looking for lost balls. If you want to practice go to a driving range.
As for putting, golf is a game, not a set of laws to be obeyed. Pick up whatever distance of putts you feel like. No one establishes a handicap playing executive courses.
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