Slow Play – “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us” By Ed Travis The topic of slow play leapt into focus on social media when Brooks Koepka, the No. 1 ranked player in the world and No. 3 ranked, Rory McIlroy, criticized the time a few of their fellow Tour players on […]
By Fred Altvater Slow play is a problem that has plagued golfers, since men first began hitting rocks around a sheep pasture in Scotland. Some people just don’t get it and dilly dally about the course, never considering the grief they are creating for the golfers behind them. Some courses have a, 3-hour-40-minute […]
Golfers HATE waiting to play, due to the group in front of them playing slowly. Fights have been known to break out on the course, as patience is tested and nerves become frayed. During one round this summer I waited for two to three minutes on every tee box. While each of these delays isn’t horrendous by […]