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**connandoilee** · 11-07-2009, 08:45 PM

I have played in a TON of corporate events and member guests over the years. (not anymore) and not one of them had I ever had a 9 hole match last less than 2 hours. I just have zero interest in it taking that long. Too much to do. As for the Sandbaggers, they always pop up each year. As do everybody that cheats. Sure they dont last and then the new group pops up. It just got to be less fun for me than playing on my own terms.

That's too bad. In our club, with your handicap you wouldn't have to worry about sandbaggers anyway. You would typically be playing in the championship flight, and they usually play at scratch so you'd be competing heads up against others at at around your level.

We have more than 200 members in the Men's Club, and I haven't had to deal with a sandbagger in at least 6 years. Like I said, we have a zero tolerance.

As for time, my home course usually takes a bit over 2 hours per 9 holes for an average fourball even when it's playing well. I guess that playing most of my golf on a busy public course I'm not that worried about being out for 4-1/2 hours for a round. I know that a foursome can play the course in under 4 hours (I've done it often), but when the course is filled with players at 9 minute intervals, it doesn't take much for that to stretch out to 4-1/2 hours by midday. You must have the luxury of playing a private or at least a less busy facility

11-07-2009, 08:45 PM	#13
connandoilee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	I have played in a TON of corporate events and member guests over the years. (not anymore) and not one of them had I ever had a 9 hole match last less than 2 hours. I just have zero interest in it taking that long. Too much to do. As for the Sandbaggers, they always pop up each year. As do everybody that cheats. Sure they dont last and then the new group pops up. It just got to be less fun for me than playing on my own terms. That's too bad. In our club, with your handicap you wouldn't have to worry about sandbaggers anyway. You would typically be playing in the championship flight, and they usually play at scratch so you'd be competing heads up against others at at around your level. We have more than 200 members in the Men's Club, and I haven't had to deal with a sandbagger in at least 6 years. Like I said, we have a zero tolerance. As for time, my home course usually takes a bit over 2 hours per 9 holes for an average fourball even when it's playing well. I guess that playing most of my golf on a busy public course I'm not that worried about being out for 4-1/2 hours for a round. I know that a foursome can play the course in under 4 hours (I've done it often), but when the course is filled with players at 9 minute intervals, it doesn't take much for that to stretch out to 4-1/2 hours by midday. You must have the luxury of playing a private or at least a less busy facility
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