Amazing how people can hang out on the green after putting out and not having a care in the world for the folks behind you

Have you ever seen an ambassador go up to a slow group and tell them to pick up the pace or skip a hole? Never seen it down here but occasionally saw it up north.

Yes, but not enough.

They have the timesheets as an excuse.

It used to happen, but ambassador’s roles changed 4-5 years ago. They used to come by 2-3 times per 9 holes, stop and talk to the golfers, provide sand and water, and keep up the pace of play. Now, as far as I can tell, their only real function is to insure non paying golfers don’t sneak onto the course. They also seem to be very concerned with insuring all the rakes are inside the sand traps, so the contractors mowing don’t have to get off their machines to move the rakes. So, the pace of mowing is apparently more important than the pace of play?

Who do you think you are, God? :p

For me the hardest part of golf is whatever I was doing well the week before...

You absolutely identified the most challenging part of the Game of golf in your last sentence, but it is not chipping. It is practicing which most of us seldom do. Especially us executive course players. It is a social event. Most get to the course and chat. A few of us may go to the practice green, but many just chat until Tee Time. Most practice occurs prior to the tee off on the first hole. We take a few practice swings to determine if our pain meds have kicked in yet.

Then the fun begins. Did anyone see where that one went? Where is the ball drop? Five foot Gimmees. Practice using ball retrievers. Find five balls. Success is ending with more balls than you started with.