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Originally Posted by Surtees with slow play i think it shouldnt happen but we have to face it that it does happen we just have to hope and try and teach slower players to wave faster players through. |
The trouble is, on a busy course waving others through won't solve anything. There will simply be another group behind them and yet another behind that one. The real issue is course policy and the willingness to risk irritating patrons by "harassing" them. On my home course, except in extreme cases, the rangers are only allowed to go so far, because it is a partially tax funded municipal course. I have played other privately owned public access courses where they are more aggressive in the application of pace of play policies. In either case, when the course is packed, it would be quite ineffectual for any slow group to start letting the groups behind them play though. All that does is leave them standing around waiting for group after group, but it does nothing to help speed play.
Education is the only thing that will really solve the problem, and sometimes that only comes with tough love... i.e. if they hold things up and won't pick up the pace, they get ejected.
The course that will do that is a rare breed though.
