Kicked off golf course today!!!!

jacksonlui · June 1, 2009

what can you do if let's say you asked the people ahead of you to speed up play and they say no, they won't let you play through, and the marshal doesn't give a crap. what can be done at this point?

Hidalgo · June 1, 2009

what can you do if let's say you asked the people ahead of you to speed up play and they say no, they won't let you play through, and the marshal doesn't give a crap. what can be done at this point?

Be patient and finish your round like a gentleman, then......Find another golf course!

Seriously.....If the place is managed in that manner, WHY would you want to play there anymore?

jacksonlui · June 1, 2009

because if i did that, in about a year, i won't have any place to play =)

the clubhouse needs feedback to improve.

don't let a marshal and a few jackasses ruin it for you.

in general, marshals tend to be useless, there are exceptions however.

marshals spend all their time looking for lost balls.

glennont · June 25, 2009

25 years ago I'm playing a nice course, I think we went off at about 7:00. On the 14th hole a Marshall approaches us to tell us were playing slow and there's a group behind us that has called the pro shop. Well this is the first time we see them. I look at my watch and damn if we aren't 30 minutes ahead of the pace. I tell the Marshall what time we teed off, he checks his list, I point out the time and how ahead of the pace we are. He says "Well these guys behind you play every X day early and like to fly around the course." We're walking and all fast players to begin with and I'm a little pissed on being interrupted because some anxious mob of old men want a two hour round. I'm a little confrontational to begin with so I was really being rubbed the wrong way. I was not inclined to call them through and told the Marshall so. I think I told him the rules of Golf gave us the priority and the option. There was no one behind them for holes.

I could tell the Marshall didn't care for the group behind us as he had obviously been called upon before to clear the runway for them. He apologized for assuming we were slow, and didn't ask if they might play through. I suggested to him if they wanted to play as fast as they were to get the first time. The Marshall thanked us for our time and left.

Some guys have difficulty accepting reality. It can be slow players in front or fast players behind, they're both obnoxious. These are the kind of jerks who pass a line of cars on the right shoulder to get to the course on time. Or the kind of jerks who hog the fast lane letting miles of cars backup behind them. In the long run both types are forced suffer more discomfort than the normal human.

It did teach me an important lesson though. I was pissed for the last 4 holes and it affected my game, I learned not to let anything impact me enough to hold onto it that long. Now basically I just play each shot in the present with no baggage. I guess I owe the grumpsters behind us a debt of gratitude.