[TheVillageChicken]

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[Challenger]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan

Slow play is mainly due to ,for lack of a better word, "inconsiderate" or "uneducated folks. You see as long as you are keeping up with the group in front of you things will be fine. Things that can help speed up play are ..leaving the greens when you're done...carry your clubs in your hand to the cart..don't put them away until you reach the next tee box. This is also the time you can mark your score card and discuss amongst your playing partners where you're going for dinner. Make sure you park your cart behind the green and walk off the green towards your cart. Parking your cart halfway between tee & green then going back for it after you finish the hole slows play considerably. Also as stated previously in this & many similar threads pick up after double par.

Yes-Yes_yes

[mulligan]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Mulligan. I want to thank you again, for your patience and for remaining on the job here. I couldn't do what you are doing and I couldn't be a server here.


There are so many selfish and demanding seniors that I would quit in five minutes.


I have yet to meet an Ambassador on any of our golf courses here who wasn't helpful, very much on the job and every one of them knows golf well and are veteran golfers themselves. They are gentleman and ladies with very engaging personalities and groups I have been in have been reminded gently to speed it up. (I want everyone to know that slow play wasn't my fault)


Thank you Mulligan. Don't quit!!!!!! But I want to ask.... Are you allowed to eject people from the course? I never thought so...

Thank you for your kind words Gracie. We are trained to assess a slow play situation, and do what we can to speed up play. We are advised to step away from confrontation, and call a manager. The management will back us up 100% if we have taken the proscribed steps to resolve the situation. That may include ejection from the course, and suspension of the offender's ID number depending on the severity of the situation. Ambassadors who feel they have been abused are encouraged to report such to management.

[Edjkoz]

I appreciate golfers who are considerate of others and keep the pace going

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by mulligan

Thank you for your kind words Gracie. We are trained to assess a slow play situation, and do what we can to speed up play. We are advised to step away from confrontation, and call a manager. The management will back us up 100% if we have taken the proscribed steps to resolve the situation. That may include ejection from the course, and suspension of the offender's ID number depending on the severity of the situation. Ambassadors who feel they have been abused are encouraged to report such to management.

Thank you!
Too often folks forget that most of you are our neighbors!!

[Polar Bear]

Just one more 'thanks!!' to the Ambassadors.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by mulligan

Thank you for your kind words Gracie. We are trained to assess a slow play situation, and do what we can to speed up play. We are advised to step away from confrontation, and call a manager. The management will back us up 100% if we have taken the proscribed steps to resolve the situation. That may include ejection from the course, and suspension of the offender's ID number depending on the severity of the situation. Ambassadors who feel they have been abused are encouraged to report such to management.

off topic
What is the fine for going in a restricted area, a conservation area? The proper name escapes me.
There are warnings but the posted warnings I've seen seem like a slap on the wrist.

[Polar Bear]

Violation/penalties can vary with each individual permit.

[Rbgold]

It's a shame that all residents who wish to golf don't take the Good Golf session offered by The Villages, although I am sure that many believe that Ready Golf doesn't apply to them. Case in Point: I play in Friday league on the executive courses. A few weeks ago, as our group was heading out, the ambassador stopped us and said that he hoped we had a lot to talk about that day. We looked at him quizzically, and he told us that there were 8 foursomes ahead of us (virtually the entire course) and they were playing 'worst ball'! Don't ask how how it is played, but we waited and waited and waited on every hole! The ambassador told us that he had no control over how people choose to play the game i.e., best ball, worst ball, etc. we suggested that he might want to bring this to the attention of the golf management.
The delay did not prevent us from enjoying the beautiful day, we just had to wait a little longer to get to lunch!
Life is (still) good!!!

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Violation/penalties can vary with each individual permit.

I don't know what that means.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I don't know what that means.

Nothing mysterious or anything, but maybe I'm not understanding your original question. If you're asking about permit requirements, restrictions, violations, etc., each wetland, preservation, development site, etc. has a specific permit associated with it. Each permit (County, SWFWMD, FDEP, etc.) can impose different restrictions on the site for which the permit applies. There is no "standard" set that applies to all sites.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Nothing mysterious or anything, only that each wetland, preservation, development site, etc. has a specific permit associated with it. Each permit (County, SWFWMD, FDEP, etc.) can impose different restrictions on the site for which the permit applies. There is no "standard" set that applies to all sites.

No worries if you stay out!

[Djembe dude]

Kudos to the ambassadors, they have their hands tied. If they try and enforce anything some idiots who thinks they are above the rest of us will complain and the ambassador will be fired.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Djembe dude

Kudos to the ambassadors, they have their hands tied. If they try and enforce anything some idiots who thinks they are above the rest of us will complain and the ambassador will be fired.

Ambassadors have posted on TOTV, that this is not true.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by mulligan

Thank you for your kind words Gracie. We are trained to assess a slow play situation, and do what we can to speed up play. We are advised to step away from confrontation, and call a manager. The management will back us up 100% if we have taken the proscribed steps to resolve the situation. That may include ejection from the course, and suspension of the offender's ID number depending on the severity of the situation. Ambassadors who feel they have been abused are encouraged to report such to management.

Dear mulligan: I have lived here for over 9 years and what you say rings true. I often play as a single and have been teamed up with players that have been very confrontational and rude to ambassadors turning the air blue with their foul language, etc. This has happened more than once in my presence and on both championship and executive courses.

The issue isn't which tee you play from as much as your cooperation in playing ready golf, applying the Callaway rule (in the pocket after two-three-four strokes on executive courses and moving on. Its not standing over the ball like in a trance and remembering that your group is probably thinking "while I'm still young". too long over the ball almost guarantees a bad shot.No the big issue boils down to lack of etiquette