re: Golf has a numbers problem

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This thread is giving me PTSD from last weekend when I played timberlane and the group ahead of me had two guys out of the 4 that to have swung the club at least 150 times before getting to the 16th tee box. You don't have to be any good to enjoy a round of golf, but taking 7 or 8 shots to make it to the green while losing 2 balls per hole sounds like 0 fun to me

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Maybe they need just golf lesson requirements for beginners.

Some simple advice like:

A giant backswing does not equal a better shot.

Swinging as fast as you can is not the secret to golf.

If you can’t hit a driver in the fareway consistently just hit a 7 iron twice.

If you can’t break 100 you don’t spend 8 minutes after every shot looking for the ball. If you have lost more than 2 balls in 4 holes you just don’t look anymore.

You get 3 putts on the green. Maximum. And after the first one you don’t get anything more than 5 seconds to read it.

If you go 5 straight shots without the ball traveling at least 100 total yards, go to the driving range and try another day.

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1. Normalize walking 2. Hold people to tee times. No earlier and no later. Pace of play is more important than actual speed 3. Courses need to do a better job of trying to get 4 people in a group as often as possible. I rather just play with people I know, but I am only looking out for myself. Courses need to organize this better 4. Marshalls need to do their job

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Most courses in La are not walkable.

Only way to hold people accountable for tee times is pre pay. But then you will lose out on golfers who don’t want to prepay.

Most courses have min 3somes smallest group policies on weekend mornings. It’s hard to tell a group of two they can’t play or have to wait because a third didn’t show up and you have no one else to pair them with.

Most Marshalls are volunteers for golf rounds. They aren’t getting into confrontations.

I'm happy to skip a hole if a group is holding me up and there's open space in front of them.

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Most Marshalls are volunteers for golf rounds. They aren’t getting into confrontations.

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That's not volunteering. It's getting paid with tons of free golf. Do your job.

My biggest gripe with the current state of golf is that the sheer numbers of jack-legs out there trying to play is driving the used market insane. No, your 50 year old set of knock off snake bite irons missing the 7-iron are not worth $750 I don’t care that they say “tour model.”

Golf has exploded in popularity