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  On 5/23/2016 at 9:27 PM, Golfingdad said:

LOL ... the fact that you used the quotes is why I'm always a little self conscious when I have to tell a starter that a guy or two really did just cancel on me at the last minute. :8)

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After playing there for 30+ years and then working as a starter for a few years, I knew most of the regulars and even semi-regulars.  It was often pretty easy to tell when they were trying to bamboozle you.

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  On 5/22/2016 at 4:03 AM, bones75 said:

Most of my golf outings are paritial rounds after work.  I'll play til sunset, trying to get in as many holes as I can.  I walk in as a single, and if I don't get paired up by the proshop, will play til I run into another person/group and join them. At the courses I play, many times a two-some in front of me wants to play by themselves. And often the groups ahead of me are just a series of two-somes, and there's typically a wait on most tee boxes.

I for one, would be happier if everyone decided to merge into foursomes, and we'd all get in 3-4 more holes in the evening. Is this a breach of any etiquette?  i.e. when there are like 8 groups of two-somes in a row that don't want to join up together, and everyone is waiting on most tee boxes.  Mind you, we're all still playing well below a 4.5 hour pace (afternoons are just fast paced here), but still it could be so much faster if groups joined up.  I'm often waiting up to 5 minutes on every tee box.

Nice courses watch out for this kinda stuff (e.g. before teeing off, proshops will tell a two-some to join up with the previous two-some), but it's pretty bad with the muni's in my area.

 

 

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I'm not particularly fond of foursomes unless we play best ball, but I do enjoy twosomes and solo rounds. 

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  On 5/23/2016 at 8:52 PM, Fourputt said:

I often had guys tell me that their wives were uncomfortable playing with strangers, and all I could say was the more they did it, the more comfortable it would become.  When you play a public course, you take your chances.  

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I know this does happen, but not to me.  The first time I visited my friend in Palm Springs, we had 6 golfers, 4 men and only two of the wives.  When one wife chose not to play the last day, we had 5, and knew we'd have to split up.  My wife volunteered to let us 4 guys play together, and she played with two guys right behind us.  She had a great time, but she did mention that she probably had the low score in the group.  :whistle:

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Today, my partner and I caught a single who was stuck behind a foursome.  I could see ahead and another 4-some was teeing off ahead of the guy in front of us waiting to tee off on the par-3.  We certainly expected the three of us to join up.  He teed off, jumped in his cart and moved on.

Guess he just wanted to play on his on.  Certainly ok with that as well.

As the OP stated, grouping up as you catch the group in front, providing four is the LIMIT, agree with him that pace would improve.  It's really tough waiting on every tee box and waiting to hit every second shot.  No rhythm to your game from too much standing around.

Maybe its just that some folks don't think of pairing up, or it's necessary or even possible.  Lot of ignorance to be found on the golf course.

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Maybe the USGA can mass produce a sign and send it to every course "If you are waiting on the group in front of you, and there is a group waiting behind you, you should invite them to join your group if it makes a foursome or less."

I agree that different people may or may not enjoy playing by themselves, or only as a two-some.  I also agree that playing solely as a twosome/single is your right if you payed your green fees... provided that you don't enjoy this privilege at the expense of costing other golfers time. Imagine at super-twilight/late afternoon if there are 2 twosomes in a row, with full groups behind them. Everyone on the course is just trying to get as many holes as they can in, so if those 2 twosomes joined and were to shave 10 minutes off of pace of play, they are potentially allowing every group behind them to play one more hole.  That sounds like good etiquette to me.

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I agree there not all starters are the same, some better than others. I see no liability problems and if you play the same course a lot I am sure the starter can be accommodating if there is a day when you just want to practice and the amount of play allows this. Most courses need more marshals to keep things going and that's a good point. As a side note I have been paired with some very interesting people over the years.  


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