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5.5 hours for a round. We almost walked off at the turn, but because the course conditions were good we stuck it out. Boy, what a bad decision that was.

At around hole 11, it became pure chaos. The two groups in front of us got into an actual fight, with one guy yelling racist remarks and threatening another guy with his iron. I have never seen an actual assault on a golf course before!

At this point, thankfully someone called the ranger out about the slow play and the fight. Well, the ranger did nothing. Both groups who got into the fight (and subsequently slowed play even more) were both allowed to continue playing. The pace of play didn't remotely speed up what so ever.

The explanation we received from the front desk after the round was "there was a frost delay this morning and there was a mini outing in front of you." Um what!? It was 68 degrees and sunny and our tee time was 11:45. How a frost delay would affect our tee time is beyond me. And if you have a "mini outing" out there, either you make sure their pace of play is at least somewhat acceptable, which it certainly was not, or you block off/discount tee times behind those groups.

Even so with all of that, if the course management had the courtesy to tell my group all of that BEFORE the round, we wouldn't have had such a poor experience. Most respectable courses would at least enforce pace of play. Not Riverview apparently.