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**illignocearia** · 03-02-2010, 05:52 PM

I have played several courses that have signs posted on their par 3's stating that: "UPON REACHING THE GREEN, YOU MUST WAVE UP THE GROUP WAITING ON THE TEE"

The operative phrase being: "You Must".

I personally think that this practice is essentially pointless and that it does not in any way speed up the pace of play. In fact, I can make several arguments as to why this practice may actually serve to slow things down, yet many courses insist that this be done.

At one of my regular courses, no one bothers with this "rule" despite the signs on the tee and the general consensus is that it's a waste of time. In fact, there have been times when a ranger was positioned at the tee (to monitor the pace of play) and even he did not insist that anyone wave anyone else up to the green.

So what are your thoughts on this?

Is "waving up" the group behind you on a Par 3 a good idea or a bad idea?

-JP

This used to be more common around here than it is now. My home course did this many years ago on one hole. Then somebody got smart and actually spent a few days having the ranger time play on that hole and the next 2 holes. Then they temporarily rescinded the rule and timed it again.... absolutely no significant difference overall. When they rushed them through the par 3 they tended to wait slightly longer on the next 2 holes until the compression eased out.

It turned out to be one of those plans which looks good on paper, but in practice it just doesn't accomplish anything.

03-02-2010, 05:52 PM	#13
illignocearia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	I have played several courses that have signs posted on their par 3's stating that: "UPON REACHING THE GREEN, YOU MUST WAVE UP THE GROUP WAITING ON THE TEE" The operative phrase being: "You Must". I personally think that this practice is essentially pointless and that it does not in any way speed up the pace of play. In fact, I can make several arguments as to why this practice may actually serve to slow things down, yet many courses insist that this be done. At one of my regular courses, no one bothers with this "rule" despite the signs on the tee and the general consensus is that it's a waste of time. In fact, there have been times when a ranger was positioned at the tee (to monitor the pace of play) and even he did not insist that anyone wave anyone else up to the green. So what are your thoughts on this? Is "waving up" the group behind you on a Par 3 a good idea or a bad idea? -JP This used to be more common around here than it is now. My home course did this many years ago on one hole. Then somebody got smart and actually spent a few days having the ranger time play on that hole and the next 2 holes. Then they temporarily rescinded the rule and timed it again.... absolutely no significant difference overall. When they rushed them through the par 3 they tended to wait slightly longer on the next 2 holes until the compression eased out. It turned out to be one of those plans which looks good on paper, but in practice it just doesn't accomplish anything.
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