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Go ahead and putt out after you putted and what don't worry if you step in another's line?? Golf is played by many older players and different size players. Some walk slower just because. It came take more time Inna foursome if you have one golfer on championship tees.. two on white..one on ladies or intermediate and say one golfer weighs 300 lbs and walks slower. Golf is alot like baseball. They start an automatic walk for batters that you don't want to pitch to.. but then the next batter fouls off 12 pitches so where was the time saved?

Whoever made these play saving rules is a moron. Dont try to make a 20 foot putt? Whatever

For the player who doesn't believe he plays slower than others, I suggest he counts seconds it takes him to hit vs his playing partners. Time it from the time the tee goes in the ground to the time the club strikes the ball. Same thing when he walks up to the ball in the fairway and when he first surveys his line on the greens.

Put your glove on before you arrive at the tee.
Leave the head cover from your driver and putter in the car.
No more than one practice swing.
Walk a bit quicker to your ball.
Record your score when you are not holding up play.

I have recently started playing with a senior men's group on Wednesday mornings. Not sure how much longer I will be able to tolerate it. I am just inside the age limit and quite frankly, not a very good golfer, but I was taught how to play fast by my father and have lived by those tenets. On Wednesday mornings, rounds easily go 5 hours and sometimes more. Most of the guys are retired, but I am not and schedule work around playing. When I get off the course at 2:00, that pretty much killed the whole day so I do not go often.

The killers as I see them.

1) Marking balls. If your ball is not in anyone's way, leave the damn thing alone. The foursome easily loses 2-3 minutes per hole while yahoos fiddle with marking and resetting their balls.
2) Nobody has to hold the pin. Pull it and toss it aside so you can...
3) Line up your putt WHILE others are putting. I want to scream when I see guys leaning on their putters watching someone else putt whose line has nothing to do with yours. If you are out, you should be addressing your ball before the other one has stopped rolling.
4) Throw away your range finder. You have played this course 100 times. If you do not know how far it is from where you are at, a range finder is not going to help. Especially when your longest fairway club is going to get you no more than 200 yards, why did you feel the need to scope it when it is clear you are well over 200 out???
5) Cannot agree with #3 any more enthusiastically.

Here's another.
If you're last off the tee, and everyone is waiting on you, in their carts, carry your club with you and put it in the bag when you select your club for your next shot, or when stopping for your playing partner's shot.

A round can be shortened by as much as 15 minutes if all players putt out once they've hit their first putt. Also, hitting second shots more or less simultaneously saves an additional 15 minutes. (Exceptions for players who are close to one another.) Following these two recommendations would bring rounds down to four hours or less.

A lot of good suggestions below. One I would add is to walk with a bit of purpose. Not full out race walking, but you are headed to your next shot. Not the gallows. Also plan shots as you approach your ball. I also put my driver and putter headcovers in the bag at the start of the round. Another is after hitting a fairway wood replace that cover and club as you are walking to your next shot.
If you have a great long story, buy a round and tell it on the 19th. better chance to get a good laugh anyway.

I believe that the underlying, fundamental problem with slow rounds is lack of golfer etiquette, lack of consideration for those playing behind you.