Comments on: Play Ready Golf

By: Brian Bauer

Brian Bauer — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:13:33 +0000

Don,
I played one of the longest and most miserable rounds of golf in my life on Friday. One thing that stood out was that we were held up on every par 3 on the course. I commented to my partner that it seems that no one knows how to speed up play on the par 3’s. May be we should teach this simple process:

When all players are on the green on a par 3, mark your balls and let the next group tee off. When that group has hit their tee shots, replace your balls and continue the hole.

I learned this at a private course that I used to play at, and it seems that we never were held up. Maybe a little education on the part of the course pro or the starter could speed up play substantially.

By: Darryl Thorne

Darryl Thorne — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:38:59 +0000

You all talk about slow players, and condemming them for it, but has any one of you thought that there might possibly be a good reason for a player being slow???
I suffer from Myashethenia Gravis ( severe muscle weakness) for the lazy who do not wish to look it up. I enjoy my golf but am not very fast at walking due to this disease. OK ‘take a cart’ I here you say but If I don’t force my body to work it will become a couch potato. I wish to live as long as the rest of you. So please spare a thought for the disabled players out there who find it very difficult to ‘Keep up’
I always encourage faster players to Play through but some are so involved in there own worlds that they do not get the message.

By: Curtis Larraux

Curtis Larraux — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:41:47 +0000

My licence plate reads ready golf different spelling of course, my comment is that many wanna b golfers need to learn ready golf then go out and play the greatest game.

By: kyle

kyle — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:52:26 +0000

I agree with all comments here for the most part, but feel that the starters and rangers have to play a VERY large roll in this. It is their job to make sure pace of play is being kept up. A local course I play has went way downhill over the last several years. They no longer use a starter or a ranger at all, except for the peak hours on the weekend and frequently overbook the course. I recently played a round as a 3some and 3 singles were let out behind us. We let the first play through even though we were being held up by a foursome and then decided we were going to be slowed down if we continued to let singles play through over the next several holes….so we didn’t. Why were they not paired up on the first tee???? Also,the last round I played as a 3some as well, 2 kids show up out of nowhere behind us on # 12 (they were not behind us or in sight all day) and repeatedly ask us to to play through every hole. They walked on the course to a random hole and began playing because there was no starter to tell them otherwise!!!! Ridiculous!!! Come on golf course managers! Get it together!!

By: Jim Kneipp

Jim Kneipp — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:10:02 +0000

I just started “PLAYING” golf this year and want to appoligize to anyone I have held up. But in all fairness, I want to say that I give anyone and everyone the chance to play through. I am just learning this game and love it. I do try to get out when others usually don’t, i.e. twilight, or I play only nine holes.
Please, everyone should remember….you all were “NEW” players at one time or another. If you were able to break 90 from the start congrats. I thought this was a relaxful game, If I wanted to be rushed, I would have taken up jogging. Again, I am sorry to have held anyone up, but I was told by my Pro to “take your time, and relax.”