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**BV6lwvXf** · 09-09-2009, 07:32 PM

a 5 is not good enough? You are in the top 2%. Ok,

I have said many times while my handicap is a 5, it is more the direct result of playing my home course very frequently which has a high slope rating.

Oh.

He's one of THOSE?

Kidding aside, I'm really not into "Speed Golf".

I have no problem with moving efficiently throughout a golf course (as a walker,I generally do just that out of necessity), nor do I have a problem with a brisk pace of play. But, I'm there to relax and enjoy the round and the surroundings as well, so setting some kind of speed record is the last thing on my mind.

"Ready Golf" and the Prime Directive are fine and I wish more people would pay attention to those things. But "the fastest 18 you've ever played in your life" is not high on my list of priorities.

That said, the best round I ever played in my life was accomplished as a twosome and in less than 3 hours on a completely empty golf course, but that just happened on its own and we weren't "trying" to do anything other than play a good round. So if playing normally happens to result in a fast time, that's OK. But deliberately playing fast is something altogether different.

-JP

We do not think we play speed golf at all. We play ready golf and are the 1st ones out in the morning to play. So there is nobody in front of us.

However I do not take practice swings so that speeds me up. I also do not spend more than 15 seconds lining up a putt. My playing partner is similar. We play as a twosome without rushing in about 2 hours.

09-09-2009, 07:32 PM	#21
BV6lwvXf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	a 5 is not good enough? You are in the top 2%. Ok, I have said many times while my handicap is a 5, it is more the direct result of playing my home course very frequently which has a high slope rating. Oh. He's one of THOSE? Kidding aside, I'm really not into "Speed Golf". I have no problem with moving efficiently throughout a golf course (as a walker,I generally do just that out of necessity), nor do I have a problem with a brisk pace of play. But, I'm there to relax and enjoy the round and the surroundings as well, so setting some kind of speed record is the last thing on my mind. "Ready Golf" and the Prime Directive are fine and I wish more people would pay attention to those things. But "the fastest 18 you've ever played in your life" is not high on my list of priorities. That said, the best round I ever played in my life was accomplished as a twosome and in less than 3 hours on a completely empty golf course, but that just happened on its own and we weren't "trying" to do anything other than play a good round. So if playing normally happens to result in a fast time, that's OK. But deliberately playing fast is something altogether different. -JP We do not think we play speed golf at all. We play ready golf and are the 1st ones out in the morning to play. So there is nobody in front of us. However I do not take practice swings so that speeds me up. I also do not spend more than 15 seconds lining up a putt. My playing partner is similar. We play as a twosome without rushing in about 2 hours.
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