You are spot on Fraggle, doing all these things to the course to speed play up is a front, it's to generate more revenue.

What fun is golf when you are made to use a buggy like the US, the fairways are 100yds wide with no rough and slow greens, it's all geared around getting as many paying public on the course at one time.

I played an open competition this year and several groups complained that a guy in a buggy came up to them and told them to speed up because they had nearly dropped one hole back, fair enough you should try to keep up with the group in front, but get over it, it happens now and then when two or three slower players are drawn together or a couple of bad tee shots.

It maybe just me but I don't think I have ever seen anyone slower than a tour player, either weighing a shot up or putting. But they don't mess about between shots so why can't we play the same as them.




Ian.