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today, a friend and i played 18 holes but there was a group of 5 ahead of us that took forever. we had to wait for them on virtually every hole. at least they could have waved us on a par 3 and let us pass. the group in front of them must have finished their round while they were on the 16th hole. some people! :mad:

5 thats not allowed is it

Some courses allow groups of five to play. Others only accept foursomes. If they weren't keeping up with the group in front of them, they definitely should have waived you in front.

I can't stand slowplay. Got stuck behind a terrible foursome two days ago. Bunch of duffers.

A couple weeks ago, I went out as a single and joined up with another single at the 4th hole (he caught me...he was lightning fast). He was real agressive about playing through (yelling from the tee at the group in front), but he got us to play through three groups and finished 18 in about 3 hours 15 minutes. Too fast a pace for me.

I don't understand how every golfer I know complains about slow play but it's always the other guy who's slow. It doesn't matter if you're a low handicapper, a "duffer", or just a beginner....if everyone would just keep up with the group in front of them the pace of play would improve. The guys I hear complain the loudest are the better players that take far fewer shots per hole than the group in front of them. They just don't get the fact that golfers making pars are going to be a lot faster than golfers making doubles.

lol. that is so true. virtually every golfer complains about slow play so exactly who are these people who actually play slow? at my local course, they have a sign posted:

"keep directly behind the group in front of you and not directly in front of the group behind you."

ok, it's probably worded a little better but you get the picture.

I have a theory about slow play at my local county owned course. This course gets a lot of play by "seniors" (I'm not that far away myself so don't view this as bashing the oldsters!) and my observation is the 65+ generation consider golf a leisure activity and they use the time on the course to socialize, as well as play golf. Their round is usually very casual, very conversational, and very slow paced. That's the way it was when they began playing and that's just the way they're going to play. A lot of us behind that generation (literally) began playing the game as a sport, and a competition, as well as, a time together with friends. Most of us just play the game a little faster. We're never going to speed them up, and they're never going to understand why we won't slow down. That being said...I enjoy playing with the "oldsters" because I love hearing the old golf stories they tell......when we're backed up on the tee!

i have played 5 somes recently.. with my co-workers..
we played with fast pace and finished 18 holes in little over 4 hours..
we didn't slow anyone down and kept the pace by playing ready ball..

I agree with keeping up with the group ahead. If everyone would do that, no complaints.

i never seem to have a problem with seniors. the ones i see know their ability. there are those players who can't hit a 300 yard drive but still insist on waiting until the group ahead is 350 yards away before the tee off. i see a lot of seniors tee off when the group ahead is 200 yards away knowing they'll only hit their drives 150 yards or at best 180.

really slow golf kind of gets to me too, I dont like having to wait on every shot, and I walk so that just shows us how slow it really is. The thing is it is usually the group in front of the group in front of the group :). I have also never found seniors to be the guys that hold up golf... they all have carts so they can move pretty well.

Sorry in advance to the men but, generally it's the guys that play slow. At my club the ladies will normally play 18 holes (walking) as a 3 ball in about 3.5 hours. The guys will be 4 hours +. On a weekend I dread getting behind a mens 4 ball because I know I am going to have to wait on every tee.

Well that's certainly a fresh take on the subject N.I. Golf Girl. If we're stereotyping, I've found mixed couples to be the slowest. I think women get tagged with that because there just aren't as many reasonably good women golfers as men and it simply takes longer for them to hit 2 or 3 to get out of range.

You don't have to be a particularly good golfer to keep pace with the group in front even if they are scratch golfers. All you have to do is play ready golf and use some common sense. Waiting on the group in front of you is going to happen. The only time I get angry is when the group in front are obviously high handy cappers but insist on spotting there balls on the green taking for ever to line up a shot and then fat it out 20 yards etc.

Like every thing else in life just using some common sense and being aware of whats happening around you can keep everyone happy.

we've waved lots of bigger hitters through that are obviously going to be faster. we've also been waved through by lots of groups that are out there for the social life. most people are pretty accomadating if you give them a chance.

only twice i've had a problem. a threesome(or foursome?) of older, presumably club memebers, slowed us down for six holes before they let us go. they were wandering around the woods looking for balls while we stood on the tee. they'd look back and then keep on doing it. oh well...

the other one was bad. big hefty(see fat) guy & who i can only guess were his mom and dad were ahead of us. no biggie, except after they were finished a hole they'd hold impromptu putting clinics on the greens. he'd turn his big cigar smokin' head around, look right at us and just shrug. it was brutal. we never did get past them that round. he was a jerk, his parents were just kinda bystanders.

there's the odd jerk out there, but most of us are chasing the same thing when we hit the course.