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Originally Posted by bdbl  Oh dear.
We had a 4-ball of distinctly average players on Friday and we went round in easily under 4 hours.
That said though, at that rate, your old fellows would be round in 4 1/2 hours which these days is apparently acceptable - even if not to me or thee.
At the risk of being controversial, I think that the USA is generally an influence for good - think color (sic) TV, dishwashers, electric toothbrushes, and the euphemistically named "feminine hygiene products", however the concept that you need to set aside 5 hours of your life to play a round of golf is one that could easily have stayed on the other side of the Atlantic.
However it is here now and I guess we need to acquire a 4th skill to deal with it  |
4th skill more like a sniper rifle!
let me elaborate.
we followed the octogenarians (slowly)all the way to the 9th which is a call over hole, they duly acknowledged the rule and let us play our shots, all 3 of us hit the green with our tee shots and they putted out as we walked up to the green.
at this point the heavens opened and i was the only one on course not wearing waterproofs
at this point i dashed to my car in the cark park and got a set of waterproofs and put them on and grabbed an umbrella too and then ran back to my playing partners.
this must have took 10 mins so imagine our surprise when we get to the 10th tee and they had not hit their drives!
now that is slow play!