Are you a slow player?

If I don’t have anyone slowing me down, I can get 18 done in 2 hours no problem.

I know my yardages, generally are in the fairway or close, on the green or close and I don’t dawdle over putts.

We play fast, but it seems like the slowest group is always in front of you and the fastest group is always behind you.

I do like to clean the mud off my ball, look at putts, try to gauge chips, so I guess there are times when I’m a bit slow.

After work, we play ultra fast- especially after time change in November. Just trying to make par or better, pick up and get to next tee. Usually only 3 of us max so it’s quick. If you don’t have a putt for a skin, we go.

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they are average players… 0-3 hdcp

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Also, most people I know that played college golf recently are the slowest golfers I know. College golf has gotten egregiously slow.

I play fast. No practice swings ever. Pick my line and hit the ball. I play terrible when paired with someone slow. Though oftern when done I rehash my round in my head and think if I would’ve taken more time to read a putt or maybe see where to miss it could’ve saved me 3-4 shots a round.

I hate slow play. My usual foursome can play in 3 hours if nobody is holding us up. We putt everything out. And never feel in a rush. One of the guys is lucky to break 90 and constantly loses balls. You can be bad and still play with decent pace.

I get that golf is an occasional experience for some and they want to spend as much time on the course as possible, but a lot of us play multiple times a week and don't want to be out there for 5 hours.

There should be a happy medium somewhere but 4.5+ hour rounds are absolute bullshite.

Be ready to play when it's your turn. If someone in your group is struggling, play out of order if you have to. Don't plumb bob your third putt.
You hit your drive 215 yards...stop waiting for the green to clear on a par 5... because you ain't getting there, champ.

Ball retrievers should be banned.

There should be a required class on how and when to let people play through.

I don’t necessarily understand them either, but my guess would be it’s in part due to sounding arrogant about golfers who shoot in the high 70s-low 80s, and then being a little over the top in terms of time.

Slow pace of play frustrates me so much, but I don’t think 4 hours is unreasonable with people walking on the weekend.

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College golf has gotten egregiously slow.

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It's bad and its trickling down to high school too. Watching a kid take 2-3 minutes to line up a putt and use that stupid line on his ball like Bryson is annoying.

What kills me is you have 2 guys in a cart.

One hits it way left and the other hits it way right and they just sit in the cart and wait on each other to hit.

Drive to the shorter ball, player 1 pick a couple of clubs and your rangefinder and let the other guy drive over to his ball and get ready to hit.

If you can't walk 20 yards up the fairway, to rejoin the cart, what are you doing out there in 95 degree heat to begin with ?

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If I don’t have anyone slowing me down, I can get 18 done in 2 hours no problem.

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Play 4-5 times a week, 9 after work, 18 on weekends, walking. Walk 9 in under 2 hours, usually 1:45 to 1:50, walk 18 in under 4 hours, usually around 3:45. Riding a cart would cut those times down by at least 15 minutes per 9.

18 holes in 2 hours though, really? Congrats on playing speed golf, I guess, but what's the rush?

People who play speed golf and push, push, push groups that are keeping a standard pace of play of 2 hours/9 holes or 4 hours/18 holes are just as big of scourge on the course as slow players that take 5-hour rounds. Golf is a recreation to be enjoyed too. It's not enjoyable when people are breathing down your back when you are keeping pace with the group in front of you, and the group in front of them, and so on, and there really is nowhere to go.