If you enter the following phrase into any generic search engine "Golf's biggest problem" or the equivalent and, right up there, you will come across the issue of Slow Play. I know that at Burhill, whenever we have a competition that takes longer than it should, you can be sure that there will be people in the bar complaining about how slow other players are (it is always someone else who is the cause of the problem...).
A couple of years back, we spent a lot of time at the Club and in Committee trying to see what there was that could be done about it. We came to the conclusion that the solution was not to be found in one silver bullet, but instead that there were many things that each of us could do (if you're interested, this list can be found
here).
Why this topic today? I was playing a 2-ball with the Vice Captain and we were walking up the 14th fairway when we noticed a large group of people, some in buggies, on and around the 9th green. We stopped to ask what they were doing when we saw that they had cameras and related equipment as well. It turned out that it was a team from
Golf Monthly who were at Burhill to film 10 educational videos addressing Pace of play issues. These are due to appear shortly on their website - so I for one shall be looking out for them!
I can report that Slow Play was not an issue today! Steve and I finished our game in under three hours and the two other pairs with whom we were competing were both hot on our heels. We played a better ball game and my partner and I were cautiously optimistic when we got back with a score of 40 points. Pride goes before the fall... The other scored 42 and 45 points (bandits...) which left us picking up the drinks tab...
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