Hate ? .... the cost of golfing ??

I’ll bet it ain’t cheap in Northern California !

Can you imagine the cost at Augusta??

I had a gf back in the 90s whose father belonged to Oakland Hills in Metro Detroit !

He NEEDED TO BE a working BIG WIG at the GM tech center to afford that

Yep, Carts are revenue for the course and they like it better when you ride,obviously. When we rode, if the above occurred, you go to the first guys ball, let him get a yardage, grab club(s) and you head over to your ball on the other side of the fairway. Let him hit and start walking towards green, second guy plays, swings over and picks him up. That's how you play quick with a cart!

One of the courses around the rowland heights/walnut area had a decent length par 5 to start... we were waiting on the tee, over an hour late, and had 4 fricken stupid groups do exactly what I mentioned, waiting for the green to clear. There is a particular ethnicity that is HORRIBLE about this and the place was loaded primarily with those folks. Saw a friend coming off 18 asked him his round and how long... 6.5 hours. It was about 1pm. We went back, got a refund and played a different course about 20 minutes away, on and off in 3.75 hours driving!

Course marshals are generally WORTHLESS for the most part.

As much as being on the green of a Par 4 360 yards and the guy who just drove 220 off the tees down the center and is now hitting again from the fairway?

That's bad, but, easily remedied. The waiting to clear, no chance to fix that arrogance.

I don't know, fixing stupid is really hard, especially when your rate of play is really controlled by the 4 foursomes in front of you.

Another fun one. Group ahead of you gets a hole + behind, jet ahead, play the hole ahead, come back and play the hole you skipped then jump in front of them....

Had groups get two+ holes behind and refuse to allow people to play through. Marshall... nope don't do anything.

I hate retirement golf. By the time the round is over, I'm SS benefits age!

Its kinda like driving, in that 75(?)% of the drivers believe they are above average drivers, and I suspect the same mathematically impossible percentage applies to golfers who think they are "fast" players.

Typically around here it ain't the old farts, it's the drinkers.

My fav course got rid of the marshalls & starter and installed some sort of eye-in-the-sky gizmo. Supposedly they are tracking the carts to see if there are any issues that they need to address. But if they no longer have any marshalls, how do they address problems on the course? They can even shut carts off if they want. So Big Brother is watching my golf game now.

Surprise ... but I’m not an active golfer .., but I could get INTO IT .

How much is it at amber average course ?

my brother calls the game "GOOF".............

That's exactly how we do it when riding. I'll grab my rangefinder and a few clubs, jump out, hit, and walk toward the green where the cart driver can intercept me after his shot. If I'm close enough in, I'll grab a wedge (usually - dammit) and a putter and just walk it up. You can really make some time doing that.



Ugh, don't get me started. I know exactly what/who you are talking about. Also, the settling up of bets on EVERY HOLE while on the green slows things down. There are a bunch of courses in SoCal polluted with that kind of play(er) - I learned my lesson and stay away.


They are either 1) lonely retired people with nothing to do so they are just happy hanging around, and 2) cheapos who just want their free rounds of golf and hunt for lost golf balls instead of managing the pace of play.

Anyway, it's nice out today, I might sneak in a round!

"The Masters"? I don't even understand the question.