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**trilochana.nejman** · 12-10-2009, 06:56 PM

I never understand those guys that think golf is a race. Don't get me wrong - I don't enjoy slow play, but I think it's better to play at a pace where you're not racing for the finish line or the 18th green as the case may be.

I don't understand it either.

Golf is supposed to be leisure time and recreation, so this "hurry up" attitude is completely incongruous to that end. When these "clock watchers" are at work, do they think to themselves that if people moved faster they could have written six more reports or loaded three more trucks?

I seriously doubt that, so why the rush on a golf course?

I don't enjoy a six-hour round anymore than anyone else does, but if a course is packed and the overall pace of play is slow, then it is what it is and all the whining and hand-wringing in the world isn't going to change that no matter what any single group or person does or doesn't do.

It's like people who insist upon weaving from lane to lane during rush hour traffic; there are a hundred cars and trucks ahead and they're all moving at a snail's pace so what are they planning to accomplish? (besides annoying everyone else?)

For me, 4 to 4 1/2 hrs for a round of golf is fine and even 5 hours isn't the end of the world. In fact, I prefer it if it's a tad slow out there because it gives me time to think.

Like I've said many times before, no one on their death bed ever said that they wished they'd spent less time on the golf course.

-JP

12-10-2009, 06:56 PM	#29
trilochana.nejman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 578 Senior Member	I never understand those guys that think golf is a race. Don't get me wrong - I don't enjoy slow play, but I think it's better to play at a pace where you're not racing for the finish line or the 18th green as the case may be. I don't understand it either. Golf is supposed to be leisure time and recreation, so this "hurry up" attitude is completely incongruous to that end. When these "clock watchers" are at work, do they think to themselves that if people moved faster they could have written six more reports or loaded three more trucks? I seriously doubt that, so why the rush on a golf course? I don't enjoy a six-hour round anymore than anyone else does, but if a course is packed and the overall pace of play is slow, then it is what it is and all the whining and hand-wringing in the world isn't going to change that no matter what any single group or person does or doesn't do. It's like people who insist upon weaving from lane to lane during rush hour traffic; there are a hundred cars and trucks ahead and they're all moving at a snail's pace so what are they planning to accomplish? (besides annoying everyone else?) For me, 4 to 4 1/2 hrs for a round of golf is fine and even 5 hours isn't the end of the world. In fact, I prefer it if it's a tad slow out there because it gives me time to think. Like I've said many times before, no one on their death bed ever said that they wished they'd spent *less* time on the golf course. -JP
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