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And no need to line up the aiming marker on the ball with the target, he just keeps the logo face up. I play with too many players who waste time fiddling around making sure the ball is pointing in the right direction before putting.
Hearing that BT, it’s very frustrating.
From what I have witnessed amongst the pro’s, the “new” rules of golf designed to speed up play are largely ignored/not enforced. Apart from leaving the pin in when putting.
I‘m a social player these days, haven’t played comp golf in years, but for those that do, has there been a noticeable pick up in the speed of play? Are the slow coaches called out, or has nothing changed?
The pro’s don’t follow them from what I see, why should the rank and file club golfer?
Very interested in everyone’s experiences/observations.
Reckon it's a bit of a mixed bag Mopsy. My club plays the rule where if you hit it out of bounds you can take a 2 shot penalty and play from the middle of the fairway, roughly in line with where the ball was lost - Not having to go back to your original position definitely speeds things up, but not all clubs play this.
I'd say a bit under 50% of the golfers i play with still prefer to have the flag out when putting from within 4-5 metres of the hole. I have noticed a greater push for players to continue walking ahead to their own ball, even when players might be lining up for a shot on the fairway (so long as its reasonably safe) which is a good move. When you do come across the odd group who wait in line with the player about to take their shot you notice how slow it is.
I played in a particularly slow group a few weeks ago (took 4 hours, 40 mins to complete the round
) but that was a combination of playing with a couple of newbies and also having to look for golf balls on a few of holes. But funnily enough I don't recall a time when we could have let the group behind us through. I could feel the dirty vibes from the group behind on a couple of occasions but they didn't say anything to us. They probably bitched about us back in the clubhouse though 
But at one point I realised I'd left a wedge back on the previous green and when i ran across the fairway to ask them if they'd picked it up I sensed their resentment.
Another oddity is that I play fairly regularly with a bloke who is still quite new to the game, but recently he's got one of those remote controlled buggies - I'd say it makes him slower. I've been trying to teach him a bit about ettiquette and he's slowly getting better but is quite unaware of how slow he is sometimes.
Cheers BT, very interesting.
The part that resonated with me personally was the new players to the game, and the challenges they present.
I play casually with 2 other blokes who have never played comp golf. They were oblivious to the etiquette of it all initially, and that’s purely because they hadn’t experienced the game at a competition level.
They search forever for a ball that will never be found, stand directly behind you when putting to get a read, it’s their turn to hit yet proceed to start a conversation about nothing at all. You get the picture.
But with a bit of gentle instruction they started to get it and became more enjoyable to play with.
The part that resonated with me personally was the new players to the game, and the challenges they present.
I play casually with 2 other blokes who have never played comp golf. They were oblivious to the etiquette of it all initially, and that’s purely because they hadn’t experienced the game at a competition level.
They search forever for a ball that will never be found, stand directly behind you when putting to get a read, it’s their turn to hit yet proceed to start a conversation about nothing at all. You get the picture.
But with a bit of gentle instruction they started to get it and became more enjoyable to play with.
41 points is not bad in a stableford rd , especially when your off +9 , Zach Murray had 58 off the stick at Wodonga , not a bad track
Interesting CC. Been told Zach Murray is a moral to win the NSW Open starting tomorrow....
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Well done Smithton. Putts his arse off that guy.
We’ve got a lot of slow players at our club. A lot of standing around chatting, dawdling without any purpose, no idea of where their ball has gone, practice swing after practice swing to only top the ball or spray it sideways….and….the big new age slow pace problem….***** around on their mobile phone.
We’ve got a lot of slow players at our club. A lot of standing around chatting, dawdling without any purpose, no idea of where their ball has gone, practice swing after practice swing to only top the ball or spray it sideways….and….the big new age slow pace problem….***** around on their mobile phone.
Yeh, when I started as a kid 40 years ago in the country playing with the local solicitor and chemist at 7.00am you were in no doubt as to what you were meant to do. Be ready to play as you walk to the ball, don't *smile* around with 5 practice swings, putt out instead of marking the ball when 2ft from the hole (don't worry about standing on someones line too much), leave your bag on the next tee side of the green, know if it's your shot as you walk towards your ball, know if you have the honour and tee off before marking your card, watch the ball closely if you hit it in the trees/rough and play a provisional before leaving the tee if you have to, don't dawdle around the course,.......it's not hard.
You quickly got told if you were doing the wrong thing. And blokes who couldn't count properly or liked using the odd foot wedge were quickly identified and called out.
Using rangefinders does my head in.
If you've been a member for years and years, played the course hundreds of times, why the *** are you using a range finder to determine what club you're gonna use ? You should know the course like the back of your hand in all conditions and all spots by then.
But no....you have Alf Woods from Moronsville ......*** around with his rangefinder trying to get a number that he wont even need after he's topped his ball or cut the ears off it out of bounds.
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Yeh, they can't hit over a jam tin and want to know if they are 246 or 256 out.
Or they are 40m from the pin and want to get a distance?
I reckon Mince & Cody Weightman are big fans of rangefinders
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This is going to be very interesting to see what transpires.
Westwood and Adam Scott said to be interested, well, in talks at least.
Most interesting to me is the USPGA saying players who participate face bans, potentially lifetime, from the US Tour.
That is a pretty big reason not to join. But Is it? Certainly for the younger golfers yes, but those who have passed their prime, or maybe consider themselves past their best, may not be so concerned by such threats.
Golfers play mainly to compete in majors. A ban from the US Tour would count them out of the US Open and PGA. But with the British Open being part of the European Tour, and the US Masters being an invitational, I can’t see how the players could be stopped from playing those Majors at least. And let’s face it, they are the 2 biggest of the majors by far. And of course previous winners at Augusta can line up in the field for as long as they like.
I may have this completely wrong, happy to be corrected.
Interesting times.
You may well be right TBR, I thought they ran the PGA and Open.
Who does run those events, choose host courses etc?
