In the Philippines, we finished rounds very quickly

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Nov 11, 2015
2:23:05pm

StantonMac All-American

In the Philippines, we finished rounds very quickly

Our caddies would run ahead and find our balls and make sure they came to rest nicely in the fairways with great lies. Balls on/near the green would magically "spin" an additional 5-10 feet towards the hole. I attribute that to the humidity imparting additional spin on the balls.

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Why can't we find a way to increase the speed to complete a round of golf?

LasVegasBlue

11/11/15 2:18pm

The old guys in my area seem to have done it.

jkccoug

11/11/15 2:20pm

"Yeah Frank, that's a gimme, let's go."

Akilleez

11/11/15 2:22pm

I could probably break 100 playing those rules!

fulano

11/11/15 2:22pm

best game improvement technique I have heard of

blucoug18

11/11/15 2:26pm

Best thing to do would be to increase the hole size to like 2 ft or so.

kotacoug

11/11/15 2:52pm

RE: Best thing to do would be to increase the hole size to like 2 ft or so.

VACOUGFAN

11/11/15 2:55pm

Jack Nicklaus has even endorsed this

blucoug18

11/11/15 3:07pm

Some courses are setting up 12 hole rounds because one of the complaints

11/11/15 3:25pm

what ever happened to the millions the PGA raised for youth golf?

blucoug18

11/11/15 3:40pm

Great question!! I imagine the foundation admin took most of it

11/11/15 4:31pm

ready golf, and only let sub 5 handicappers out on the course

BlueFrog

11/11/15 2:21pm

how do you become a sub 5 handicap if you're never let on the course, though?

fattycoug

11/11/15 2:23pm

you do become scratch by not going on the course. practice green/bunkers/range

BlueFrog

11/11/15 2:26pm

Actually, sometimes those guys are the worst

FiveTen-BuckEighty

11/11/15 2:32pm

agreed. but we aren't looking for balls in the rough every single hole

BlueFrog

11/11/15 2:34pm

Make that 10 and I'm all for it.

Dillinger

11/11/15 2:44pm

In the Philippines, we finished rounds very quickly

StantonMac

11/11/15 2:23pm

Depends on who you are talking about

JohnHaddow

11/11/15 2:23pm

Even high handicappers could play fast, no looking for balls

LasVegasBlue

11/11/15 2:25pm

Starters need to quit cramming foursomes on the course every 7 mins

11/11/15 2:25pm

this is a big problem on many municipal courses

blucoug18

11/11/15 2:38pm

Yep when there are 3 groups on every hole its going to be a long day.

Dillinger

11/11/15 2:41pm

Playing from the appropriate tees is another one. I see players worse than

11/11/15 2:26pm

Big agreement with this one

11/11/15 2:29pm

Amen

JohnHaddow

11/11/15 2:35pm

One more: the max on each hole should be double par. Example, if you're on a par

11/11/15 2:28pm

If you're making 8s on par 4s leave and don't come back

pink22

11/11/15 2:32pm

Is it true that in Japan, players are on timers, must play on time or kicked off

LasVegasBlue

11/11/15 2:30pm

Slowest rounds I play are with people in love with their rangefinders

11/11/15 2:30pm

Thats why every course should have GPS on the cart

LasVegasBlue

11/11/15 2:36pm

Sometimes the slow pace is really nice. I love walking a course and

CocaColaRecovery

11/11/15 2:38pm

I like the new trend of relaxed golf rules...keeps pace moving

LasVegasBlue

11/11/15 3:23pm

Done.

TheDeek

11/11/15 2:40pm

A round of gold should be more like 14 holes.

11/11/15 2:43pm

East Bay here in Provo will let people pay to play 12

11/11/15 2:46pm

Also, just pickup after double or worse

FiveTen-BuckEighty

11/11/15 2:50pm

I assume you mean double par, right?

StantonMac

11/11/15 3:07pm

It up to the courses to police this. The Troon managed courses here in AZ

boorad

11/11/15 3:21pm

I agree, golfers should be educated on always being aware of position

LasVegasBlue

11/11/15 3:47pm

We did. It's called Minature Golf

CougarThug

11/11/15 3:36pm

problems are many. They begin with the pros who everyone watches and emulates

Bluforever

11/11/15 3:50pm

Average handicap for males in America is 16.1, I've found mid hdps to be slowest

LasVegasBlue

11/11/15 3:59pm

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