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Old 11-16-2014, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Walter123 View Post
Please re-read my comment. I said two holes were open and I saw it from the beginning. You weren't there, I was. The ambassadors do a couple of things well and that is provide water and sand, fix divots on the tee boxes, and pick up broken tees. As far as moving play along they are worthless. Like you said. they don't have a lot of power. Tough job? I don't think so. They are out for a paid afternoon ride IMO. Sorry, but I call it as I see it.
Please re-read Steamdogman's post. Every course has a time par. As long as a group is on time or nearly so, the ambassadors do not consider them slow. The presence of open hole(s) in front of them is not evidence they are behind time.

This time of year there are gaps built into the schedule to allow watering of the overseed during the day. This will create situations where there is space between groups that looks suspicious, but is not.

Nope, I'm not an ambassador. But I appreciate the work they do on the courses. Categorizing them as "lazy" or "out for a paid afternoon ride" is grossly unfair.

They are called ambassadors, not marshals for a reason.
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