Yeah.. had an, umm, "interesting" yet somewhat frustrating experience recently on a course using BOTH rangers and Tag Marshall -- our foursome was stuck behind a quite slow moving group, yet despite at least three or four visits from the ranger .. who also saw fit to converse with us each time he drove back from that group?!? .. and warnings from the Tag Marshall unit affixed to each cart .. they kept at it....
Naturally we had a group breathing down our necks but on this course you cannot see "ahead" to the next hole.
So the slow group bails after 9 and guess what?
On our #11 the group behind us complains to the ranger .. who drives up to us and tells us to 'stop talking and play faster'...!!??!!
So how do you fix that problem?
one of the biggest problems is that the average golfer plays a hole in about 12 minutes, with tee times at 9 minute intervals, it is all but impossible not to have a slow down or stack up somewhere along the course. tee times should be no less than 10 minutes apart
Played some golf in Az this spring. Keeping the flag stick in really seemed to help keep things moving:
1. Players on green more likely to putt up rather than waiting for someone off the green to play.
2. Less time wasted putting in and taking out flagstick
3. Using rangefinder from fairway easier and quicker because flag is always in the hole.
It took a little while to get used to pin being in the hole while putting but over time it is feeling more normal. Only real distraction was on short putts where flag shadow was over ball.
I would suggest that it was saving us around 15 minutes per round versus times from previous year.
Lots of retirees out there who could be used as part-time marshals. One marshal for every 6 holes, using firm but polite influence to keep the pace flowing. With the correct spacing in tee times, and proper on-course guidance, pace can be improved. There are MANY design traits that have either positive or negative influences on pace of play. When you have a long distance from one green to the next tee, a group who is walking will be caught by a group that is riding (something I've seen at the Links at Lighthouse Sound), or having a Par 3 as your second hole is like slamming on the brakes before you ever get up to speed. Cart Path Only is a pace killer, ALWAYS.
I play a public course, (3 courses)
tourist area for buddy packages 🤑
Biggest problem, (Golfer Pride), playing wrong tees.
Remove blue tees completely from course will help tourist golfers to move up to whites and get off the whites.
Marshall’s Inform players 6 putts creates slow play and is not aloud.
Post in cart, LARGE PRINT, tees are based on handicap!!
If you don’t know your handicap, play forward tees🤣🤣
Sorry, I meant move up to green tees
Did you also mean "Allowed", instead of, "Aloud"?
Weekend play tends to be slow but courses could make weekend pin placements easier. Most weekend golfers aren't looking for big challenges just fun!
If Cary paths were at the same elevation as tee boxes older and handicapped golfer’s wouldn’t have to struggle up to the tee. It you have to put in stairs to tee box something is wrong.
Time spent on greens can be shortened by putting through...when player away puts...he continues putting through hole...no re-marking, no respotting..relifting and recleaning....put through to finish.
saves time...try it...you will come to enjoy it after a few holes.
1. As most club golf is social the giving of putts up to 12 inches should be encouraged.
A fourball marking and putting short putts 'a la tv' puts at least 15 minutes on any round.
2. Gazing through range finders before every fairway/approach shot is definitely 10 minutes added to a person's round. Totally unnecessary when playing at one's own club where there are 150 yard markers and different coloured flags for front, middle and rear pin placements.
The "Giving of putts" totally disqualifies you from having a legitimate handicap. Any score posted as such is not a true score
Pace of play has noticeably improved here in Australia at least since the abolition of the rule penalising a player for hitting the flagstick while putting. When that rule was introduced in the 1970s I thought it was silly and that all it would do would be to slow play. I was right. This year we are getting around 18 holes in about 15-25 minutes per round than last year.