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Why do People Pay good $$$ (80$ in this case) to play a good course and go through hell? I don’t think either one of these guys had fun. They spent half their time looking for balls in the bushes.
A bad day golfing sure beats a lot of alternatives. Is there some EGO thing that prevents them from letting people pass them? Why don’t course marshal their rounds better. Its as simple as asking them to pick up and move the the next hole?
They probably didn’t think of it – they didn’t know they were slow, and you probably should have asked nicely if you could play through.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – -snip- At the NEC Jim Furyk was taking an inordinate amount of time to put 2 footers. His routine (and yes, I timed him) on putts over 5 feet in lenght ranged from 35-50 seconds!!!!. He would line up his put, take a few practice puts, then get well behind the ball and plumb bob it for another 10 seconds, come back to the ball and address it, take practice shots and then finally make his stroke. I sure hope Furyk’s putting method doesn’t become chic……it seemed that early on Saturday, TV coverage didn’t show him until he had addressed the ball for the 2nd time, but by late Saturday and all day Sunday, they showed the entire convoluted, excruciatingly slow, putting "method"……of course, Tiger’s new found "global" walk wasn’t exactly conducive to fast play either. I know that on the public links I frequent, there’d be some hell to pay if anyone went thru their routine twice……or slowly circled the green eyeing up their putt….. Scott
Makes you wonder if Tiger was being slow just to get even with Furyk… — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com Basic Golf Clubmaking & Memphis Area Golf Course Guide and….The Memphis MG Page…
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-snip- At the NEC Jim Furyk was taking an inordinate amount of time to put 2 footers. His routine (and yes, I timed him) on putts over 5 feet in lenght ranged from 35-50 seconds!!!!. He would line up his put, take a few practice puts, then get well behind the ball and plumb bob it for another 10 seconds, come back to the ball and address it, take practice shots and then finally make his stroke.
I sure hope Furyk’s putting method doesn’t become chic……it seemed that early on Saturday, TV coverage didn’t show him until he had addressed the ball for the 2nd time, but by late Saturday and all day Sunday, they showed the entire convoluted, excruciatingly slow, putting "method"……of course, Tiger’s new found "global" walk wasn’t exactly conducive to fast play either. I know that on the public links I frequent, there’d be some hell to pay if anyone went thru their routine twice……or slowly circled the green eyeing up their putt….. Scott
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Yup, I knew it. Those damn, slow as shit women, wrecking it for everybody else. Thank god I joined that men only club (I just grow my leg hair and wear a hat, no one pays any attention to me) ; ( RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/haggartm.htm Tilden Park Golf Course: http://www.tildenparkgolf.com
<snipped detailed, painful story of incredibly bad golf played by the men in the group directly in front of peeps Back Nine, same story. I could see a few holes in front of us, a group of 4 women hacking away. They had 2 holes open front of them and did not give a S*&% they were holding up the entire course!!!.
<more snips about these really, really crappy men golfers – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ok, I am done whining for now 
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A 74, wow.
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Peeps writes: Why don’t course marshal their rounds better. Its as simple as asking them to pick up and move the the next hole?
Well, most minature golf courses have a six shot per hole maximum. I don’t suppose that would be a good alternative? But when a ball is being searched for, isn’t the group supposed to wave on the group following? Speaking of slow play, on the NEC this last weekend there were several times when players were "put on the clock." Does anyone know exactly what that means? How does one get put on the clock? At that point, what happens? How much time to they have to do what? What if they don’t do whatever in time? Are there fines? Penalties? When does the player/group get put off the clock? Has anyone ever been fined or lost strokes or whatever from being on the clock? –Mat Twassel
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Putting on the clock is done occasionally on the tour. I wasn’t surprised that this happened at NEC. When players start to slow down or if holes open up in front of them, the officials start to time their play. I think they are given 2 warnings and after that, they are assessed a 1 shot penalty. At the NEC Jim Furyk was taking an inordinate amount of time to put 2 footers. His routine (and yes, I timed him) on putts over 5 feet in lenght ranged from 35-50 seconds!!!!. He would line up his put, take a few practice puts, then get well behind the ball and plumb bob it for another 10 seconds, come back to the ball and address it, take practice shots and then finally make his stroke. In fact, Ken Venturi or one of the other TV announcers mentioned this and surprisingly, Tiger was taking longer than he normally does to putt 10 footers!!.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Peeps writes: Why don’t course marshal their rounds better. Its as simple as asking them to pick up and move the the next hole? Well, most minature golf courses have a six shot per hole maximum. I don’t suppose that would be a good alternative? But when a ball is being searched for, isn’t the group supposed to wave on the group following? Speaking of slow play, on the NEC this last weekend there were several times when players were "put on the clock." Does anyone know exactly what that means? How does one get put on the clock? At that point, what happens? How much time to they have to do what? What if they don’t do whatever in time? Are there fines? Penalties? When does the player/group get put off the clock? Has anyone ever been fined or lost strokes or whatever from being on the clock? –Mat Twassel
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Ok, Here is my whining/bitching for the week. Played Langdon Farms, South of Portland, OR with my brother on Sunday. Nice course in excellent condition, temperatures in the low 80’s. Tee’d off at 3:00pm with another two some, a father son combo. The Father like my brother was a genuine hacker, but played ready golf. His son was a good player and was very quick with his shots, putts etc. Front 9 started with us four watching in horror on the first tee as a foursome in front of us tee’d off. I swear, of those four guys, only one could get the ball up in the air. The other 3 were just plain bad. I know I am no Tiger Woods, but give me a break, these guys could not hit water if they were standing on a boat. By the time we finished putting off the ninth hole, its was 6:30pm!!! (3.5 hours). On one par 3 (6th hole, its the devils re-incarnation, 130 yards, the green is like a table top ), I saw this one guy take 15 swings and still fail to make it onto the green. He finally does make it to the putting surface about 20 feet from the hole and starts PLUMB BOBBING from 3 different angles. I had had enough, so I called the pro-shop and the marshal shows up. To my amazement, he tells us that they (the foursome in front) did not want to let us pass. Back Nine, same story. I could see a few holes in front of us, a group of 4 women hacking away. They had 2 holes open front of them and did not give a S*&% they were holding up the entire course!!!. By the time we finished 17 holes, it was 8:30. We waited on 18 to hit our drives and you guessed it. The morons on front had hit their 200 yard drives and were waiting for the green to Clear to hit their second. Each one of them then proceeded to put the ball into the water (on the right), take their drops, and finish the hole as if they were not holding up play. Needless to say, we did finish the 18th hole in total darkness. For those who care, yes, my brother shot a 98, I shot a 74!. Why do People Pay good $$$ (80$ in this case) to play a good course and go through hell? I don’t think either one of these guys had fun. They spent half their time looking for balls in the bushes. Is there some EGO thing that prevents them from letting people pass them? Why don’t course marshal their rounds better. Its as simple as asking them to pick up and move the the next hole? Ok, I am done whining for now