[ashleyjoseph]

How do you handle playing situations where the group in front of you is playing slowly? I have always played under the assumption that “playing through” should be offered by the slow group and not have to be asked for.

Yesterday, however, I finally had to ask to play through a twosome. I was on a public course as a twosome and the twosome in front of us were clearly either new to the game or oblivious to etiquette. They were taking three balls apiece off almost every tee, four or five practice swings before every shot, etc. Finally after six holes we asked to play through. They looked annoyed but allowed us to play through. We ended up playing the remaining twelve holes quite a bit faster than the first six.