I play ready golf. Sometimes I play with guys who can`t outhit 200 yards and we let them hit out of turn if they are taht far from the green.

CeeBee wrote:

Tournament play and league play is understandable. By all means honors up. The course and tee time slots are set for those golfers. Play will be deliberate. As it should be. We are talking about the twi-lighters and every day guys (that's me and most others here), who want to get our fix before dark or on saturday, sunday afternoons when the rates drop. We play when it's 35 or 105. My motto is the most golf for the least price. CHEAP. I'm gonna turn it up now. Ever hook up on #1 with some guys you don't know and the first thing one guy says is "I haven't swung a club in 2 years" and when he swings you know he ain't lyin. Ever play with guys who don't watch the flight of their ball? Or get behind the same. The're all over the place out there. How about when the carts in the group ahead dissapear out of site, you tee up and as soon as you make contact here one or both come scootin back toward you. How about the ass-hole in the fairway on the phone? Or the phone rings from your group (the same ones you just met 2 holes ago). And don't forget the husband-wife foursome. The gals sit in seperate carts and watch the men swing and then they all ride up to the red tees. Put the gloves on, rummage thru the bag for a ball. Tees? Oh yeah. Ever try to hussle off 9 and go to 10 before the group that was on 9 leaves the snackbar with all their crap and can't quite pull it off? How about the macho group playing the tips and at least 2 of em can't make the fairway? How about the group on the green marking every putt and walking around till his turn to line it up? If your ball not in his line keep it down and be ready to send rock home. I can go on but what the hell. I like to move and move quick. Hit when ready, putt when your turn and pick up the stick. These are some memories I've seen over the years. They don't happen every day. Yes I've looked for balls but don't waste much time. If the group behind is on the tee and the group in front is off the green I'm droppin. To me 5 min rule only applies when not holding anybody up. Take the penalty and go. I've played many rounds over 5 hours and been pretty cool with it because the course is packed but pace is decent. But let it be 50-55* in January on a weekend around D.C. LOOK OUT! Hit and Go baby.

amen. i see all of this routinely at my local muni. the one i hate most is people wasting time to look for lost balls. 2 minutes tops. i'll give you 5 in a tourney or if we're playing for money, but in a casual round, 2 min and then let's go!

Its not like that penalty is going to cripple your handicap, hell, it helps most of the sandbaggers around

I hate looking for balls, especially if I might be slowing people down.

I agree... muni rules, 2 mins tops.

i was playing in a tourney last weekend (i won my flight! w00t!) and we were on a par 5, 490 yds or so, water all along the right. hit my drive, fade up the left side, but it faded too much and ended up in the water. the guy driving our cart drove to about where the ball went in the water, and i told him "just stop here, and i'll drop here." there was no need to look further since we saw where the ball landed and most likely crossed the hazard, and there were no trees or anything that could have been hiding the ball. well he drives up and down along the water from about 300 yds to the green all the way up to the green, as if i somehow hit a 490 yd drive, about 2 or 3 times. the whole time i was telling him, "just stop. it's in the water. let me take my drop." but noooooo...he wanted to keep looking. the whole time i was looking at the clock on the gps in our cart telling us how we were 40 min. behind...

let's just say by the end of the round i was ready to kill him.

mattshaver wrote:

i was playing in a tourney last weekend (i won my flight! w00t!) and we were on a par 5, 490 yds or so, water all along the right. hit my drive, fade up the left side, but it faded too much and ended up in the water. the guy driving our cart drove to about where the ball went in the water, and i told him "just stop here, and i'll drop here." there was no need to look further since we saw where the ball landed and most likely crossed the hazard, and there were no trees or anything that could have been hiding the ball. well he drives up and down along the water from about 300 yds to the green all the way up to the green, as if i somehow hit a 490 yd drive, about 2 or 3 times. the whole time i was telling him, "just stop. it's in the water. let me take my drop." but noooooo...he wanted to keep looking. the whole time i was looking at the clock on the gps in our cart telling us how we were 40 min. behind... let's just say by the end of the round i was ready to kill him.

See i'm the kinda guy that in a tournament, if someone does that, i'd have him DQ'd. that's just being an ass. At that point, he's interfering with your round.

Righteous rant CB, a lot of it hits home. Seeing the cart driving back towards you is a killer. That is like, time to go postal. There've been moments on the course where I stood on the tee and look all around and just see carts everywhere, zig-zagging all around in different directions like a Benny Hill scene.

There's also the guy who on the first tee asks you what tee markers you're playing and decides he must play there too. So many times its the same guy, the "haven't swung a club in two years" guy. No amount of encouraging to "play your usual tee!" could ever change his mind. I have practically pleaded with people but so far it has not worked once. Tough situation, nobody wants to be perceived as weak. But people will say they it will slow down the group if not everyone's on the same tee marker, how ironic is that.

Ready golf in casual play for sure, unless a birdie or amazing par you gotta give the player the honor.

I have a group I play with on Saturday once or twice a month at their course for the past couple years. It's nice now, we have gotten into a flow. No need for discussions, guys know when to take the box, who should pull the flagstick, the putting order is correct and everyone goes when up. It is a relief. Was also typically all walk so the flow is steady and relaxing, not rushed.

jfurr wrote:

Ready golf in casual play for sure, unless a birdie or amazing par you gotta give the player the honor. I have a group I play with on Saturday once or twice a month at their course for the past couple years. It's nice now, we have gotten into a flow. No need for discussions, guys know when to take the box, who should pull the flagstick, the putting order is correct and everyone goes when up. It is a relief. Was also typically all walk so the flow is steady and relaxing, not rushed.

that reminds me of another thing with ready golf. it's always "first in gets the pin" with my groups. I make sure everyone is on the same page with that. there's nothing that gets my goat more than guys holing out and walking off to the next hole letting the last guy get the pin (or sometimes nobody at all!!)

birdieXris wrote:

that reminds me of another thing with ready golf. it's always "first in gets the pin" with my groups. I make sure everyone is on the same page with that. there's nothing that gets my goat more than guys holing out and walking off to the next hole letting the last guy get the pin (or sometimes nobody at all!!)

Reminds me of the old joke:
Golfer 1: Do you know what a flag stick weighs?
Golfer 2: No
Golfer 1: Well maybe you should pick one up every once in awhile and find out.

I'm all for ready golf; even if someone else has the honor if they're dawdling and I'm prepared I'm hitting.

The only exception is that we play Wolf in my regular foursome do the tee box order matters. Luckily we're usually good about knowing when to hit.

Now if they'd only speed it up on the greens... :?

I don't care when I hit...I just don't like to hit last. I hate having to catch up to the guys who are 50 yards down the fairway by the time I've put my club away.

But I rarely get to hit first because I know how far my drive will go if I hit it sqare with a good solid swing.

I try not to let slow play get to me, but when you start hitting the 5 hour mark, it's just awful.

I'm a bigger guy and thus walk slower than average, however I make up for that with very quick play, as I never want to be the slow guy in the group.

I'm doing something right as almost every round, someone will make a comment on my pace of play, especially when playing with folks I don't know. "You don't waste any time do you." I usually tee off so quick that my group is still chatting as I hit the ball. They apologize, but I don't really care as I'm able to block them out pretty well.

I think the worst part is when you are conscious of it, as most of us seem to be in this forum, and you are stuck in a slow group. I'm usually non confrontational so the anxiety of playing in a slow group or if one of my friends is taking forever looking for ball, really affects me. I'll try to drop some helpful hints, but I'm constantly worried about keeping pace and not affecting those behind.

typically we play ready golf, we do usually have the walkers of the foursome tee off first, this speeds things up quite a bit. Here at my home course I've played 18 in an 1:30 min. if I have a cart and clear sailing, I don't read to many putts though, when you play a course for 21 years you pretty much know what they are going to do.

legitimatebeef wrote:

There's also the guy who on the first tee asks you what tee markers you're playing and decides he must play there too. So many times its the same guy, the "haven't swung a club in two years" guy. No amount of encouraging to "play your usual tee!" could ever change his mind. I have practically pleaded with people but so far it has not worked once. Tough situation, nobody wants to be perceived as weak. But people will say they it will slow down the group if not everyone's on the same tee marker, how ironic is that.

This is my father-in-law. He thinks that everyone should just play from the same tees to be faster. I finally had enough this year and told him that I would be playing from the tees for my handicap. Didn't go over well but I have worked hard on mhy game this year to drop my handicap from 20 to 17.

Ready golf except of the tee!