Sounds like a good day all around.

Drives me nuts though.  They put a single out, by himself, behind a two-some.  And people wonder why we have pace of play issues...  

I find that many courses have started avoiding "pairing up" singles and groups less than 4. They apparently have gotten enough complaints about "pairing up" that they try to accede to the wishes of their customers to play as a 2-some, etc...

Personally, I think this is wrong-headed.  It is annoying for 4-somes to be pressed by a long string of 2-somes and singles. Letting a group through every other hole can be a bother. Everyone's expectations when arriving at the course with less than 4 should be they will met a new friend or two.

  On 7/31/2017 at 3:18 PM, bkuehn1952 said:

I find that many courses have started avoiding "pairing up" singles and groups less than 4. They apparently have gotten enough complaints about "pairing up" that they try to accede to the wishes of their customers to play as a 2-some, etc...

Personally, I think this is wrong-headed.  It is annoying for 4-somes to be pressed by a long string of 2-somes and singles. Letting a group through every other hole can be a bother. Everyone's expectations when arriving at the course with less than 4 should be they will met a new friend or two.

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Yep.  Pace of play starts with the course.  If they don't/won't do their part, it all falls apart.

In the 1990s, I came across some golf courses and country clubs that took a dim view of pushy twosomes and singles. The local rules would often state something to the effect that:

      Singles and twosomes have no standing on this course.

That means ones and twos should not expect to go through larger groups.

Apparently courses and clubs have gotten away from doing this. I mentioned this old policy a couple of years ago, and got pinged by TSTers about being an elitist.

  On 7/31/2017 at 7:00 PM, WUTiger said:

In the 1990s, I came across some golf courses and country clubs that took a dim view of pushy twosomes and singles. The local rules would often state something to the effect that:

      Singles and twosomes have no standing on this course.

That means ones and twos should not expect to go through larger groups.

Apparently courses and clubs have gotten away from doing this. I mentioned this old policy a couple of years ago, and got pinged by TSTers about being an elitist.

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From the etiquette portion in The Rules of Golf:

Play at Good Pace and Keep Up

Players should play at a good pace. The Committee may establish pace of play guidelines that all players should follow.

It is a group’s responsibility to keep up with the group in front. If it loses a clear hole and it is delaying the group behind, it should invite the group behind to play through, irrespective of the number of players in that group. Where a group has not lost a clear hole, but it is apparent that the group behind can play faster, it should invite the faster moving group to play through.

The real problem lies in the course(s) that don't pair up singles and two-somes and allow the course to become choked with small groups during peak hours.