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**Theateetetuig** · 03-05-2011, 07:51 PM

What's been driving me lately is log jams on the first tee.
I play in two different leagues each week that always use a shotgun start. Doubling up foursomes on each hole (1a,1b,2a,2b...) we usually Take up around 13-15 holes at the start. Some courses will try and get the walk-ons to play in the shotgun too, filling out the rest of the holes. That makes sense and it works (except for the occasional non-member writing his name down on the closet to the pin sign. haha)

However last week my group started on the third hole. That means after we played the 18th hole we needed to go back and play holes 1&2 to finish the round. We rounded the corner and found EIGHT FOURSOMES IN LINE waiting to tee off on the first tee!!! Granted 3 of the groups were part of our shotgun and just needed to play the first & second hole as well to finish. My foursome ended up eating a rather nice lunch before we teed off and finished the round. But by then, Hands were greasy and I was tired and groggy (stupid patty melt), and I had simply lost all feel and momentum in my swing. This has been happening more and more with our league.

I understand a Golf Courses need to make money and that means getting as many tee times as possible and getting as many people playing. But we were there first (we changed out starting times this year from 7:30 am to 6:30 am to appease some of the courses) and we deserve the right to finish the round of golf we play for.

The only thing I've ever been told to appease us during the log jam was that they didn't expect us so soon and that they were expecting us to avg a 5 hour round. (thereby giving them more time to get a few more people off the first tee)I've heard that a few times from the warden/marshall/club pro, and the person he's speaking too always walks away happy thinking "Well i've done a good job and played quickly the way you're supposed to play." But you should strive for a 4 hour round, management shuold find ways to encourage you to play faster, not Penalize you if you do play quickly.

03-05-2011, 07:51 PM	#12
Theateetetuig Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 342 Senior Member	What's been driving me lately is log jams on the first tee. I play in two different leagues each week that always use a shotgun start. Doubling up foursomes on each hole (1a,1b,2a,2b...) we usually Take up around 13-15 holes at the start. Some courses will try and get the walk-ons to play in the shotgun too, filling out the rest of the holes. That makes sense and it works (except for the occasional non-member writing his name down on the closet to the pin sign. haha) However last week my group started on the third hole. That means after we played the 18th hole we needed to go back and play holes 1&2 to finish the round. We rounded the corner and found EIGHT FOURSOMES IN LINE waiting to tee off on the first tee!!! Granted 3 of the groups were part of our shotgun and just needed to play the first & second hole as well to finish. My foursome ended up eating a rather nice lunch before we teed off and finished the round. But by then, Hands were greasy and I was tired and groggy (stupid patty melt), and I had simply lost all feel and momentum in my swing. This has been happening more and more with our league. I understand a Golf Courses need to make money and that means getting as many tee times as possible and getting as many people playing. But we were there first (we changed out starting times this year from 7:30 am to 6:30 am to appease some of the courses) and we deserve the right to finish the round of golf we play for. The only thing I've ever been told to appease us during the log jam was that they didn't expect us so soon and that they were expecting us to avg a 5 hour round. (thereby giving them more time to get a few more people off the first tee)I've heard that a few times from the warden/marshall/club pro, and the person he's speaking too always walks away happy thinking "Well i've done a good job and played quickly the way you're supposed to play." But you should strive for a 4 hour round, management shuold find ways to encourage you to play faster, not Penalize you if you do play quickly.
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