I would suggest that the golf course print out a flyer stating what their rules are governing pace of play and hand them out when golfers check in. It doesn't have to be a novel, just some general guidelines. From there, the new golfers become educated.

As far as the golfers that don't care, this gets tricky. While you hope they have an individual in their group that would know better or show some courtesy by either asking the others to pick up their pace or let the group behind play through, you cannot count on it. So, this is where I think it's probably one the few times having a cell phone on the golf course would be a good idea.

Prior to the round, store the phone number to the golf course in your cell phone. If you run into a slow group, call the course and ask them to send a marshall over. Let the golf course handle the situation.

Until I hear otherwise, I'll take your word for it and award you 50 bonus points in the quiz, to boot. Thanks for the correction!

Are we sure it was a putter? And do we know if it was an Anser? If it was a putter other than an Anser I would guess that's where I went wrong. Boros may have been the first to win using an Anser.

The first PGA Tour victory while using a PING club came in 1962 at the Tours Cajun Classic by John Barnum not Boros

You forget, some people are out trying to learn their game. You don't automatically know how you play when starting this game, nor do you know how you might play round to round. Give 'em a break.

B-rad: You should learn your game on the range or at off peak times. Certainly not on Sat. or Sun. morning. And unfortunately these people are the ones who refuse to let faster player play through.

You forget, some people are out trying to learn their game. You don't automatically know how you play when starting this game, nor do you know how you might play round to round. Give 'em a break.

I think almost everything "teeitup" said still applies to people learning the game. They too don't need to spend 4-5 minutes lining up putts and they too should realize they're not going to hit the ball 300 yards. They need to "learn" to play quickly as one of the first and most important things about the game of golf, because slow play habits and patterns are hard to break later on.

The most obvious is "know your game." I am amazed how everyone on the course can drive the ball 325 yards. I hear time and time again how the guy I'm with "could" reach the group ahead. Only to see him hit it 100 yards short.

The most egregious representation of that lack of personal awareness is on the green. I'm amazed at how the weekend hack spends 4-5 minutes lining up a put he leaves 8 feet short. Unless you are playing for a thousand dollars a put, waiting longer is out of line. Line up your put while the others are putting and then you put. Frankly, the longer one takes the poorer the result. Ledbetter says to put the 2 footers without hesitation, no spend the most time on those as the hacks do.

You forget, some people are out trying to learn their game. You don't automatically know how you play when starting this game, nor do you know how you might play round to round. Give 'em a break.

The most egregious representation of that lack of personal awareness is on the green. I'm amazed at how the weekend hack spends 4-5 minutes lining up a put he leaves 8 feet short. Unless you are playing for a thousand dollars a put, waiting longer is out of line. Line up your put while the others are putting and then you put. Frankly, the longer one takes the poorer the result. Ledbetter says to put the 2 footers without hesitation, no spend the most time on those as the hacks do.

The folks who are beginners are fine with me as they know how they play. I play often, by chance, with a women who is eighty. Her pace of play is faster than mine simply because she knows her game - she's quite good by the way. It's the folks that have been playing for some time that overestimate their skill that really make the game slow and annoying.

I always have a second ball on me.. i get so pissed if I have to go back to my bag for another ball in general, not to mention the time saving aspect of it.

You forgot one piece of "equipment" that can help people stay on pace: a watch. Either note what time you should be making the turn and finishing on a standard watch (then play to it) or bring an actual stopwatch.

Set the stopwatch to 15 minutes and strive to beat it on every hole (15 minutes * 18 holes = 4.5 hours, or 30 minutes you've got to shave over the course of those 18 holes). Attach it to your hip - nobody will want the beeper going off while they're putting.

Very good point - too simple of an idea that most golfer forget about it.

All carts should have them front and center that start after you tee off by the marshal.

First time out I marked the center of the greens, I just set it down while the group was putting, and picked it up when we were done, and now I have the course marked forever.

They do save time, I never have to pace off yardages anymore.