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The Ryder Jug 2019 - Tulfarris Golf Club 26th Oct

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    #62
    HighLine
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    Golfgraffix wrote: »
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    Lastly I hate to bring the mood down but we need to look at our pace of play. It took us 3 hours to play the front nine. I play a lot of golf and the only time I’ve ever seen anything close to this pace is in the boards events. I’m not pointing any fingers but there must be something we can do to speed it up a fraction.

    J

    I remember playing in a club competition back in 2017 at Wicklow GC immediately after the Boards.ie Society outing. The whole course was backed up for the day and resulted in many members walking in after 9, complaints, letters about societies out in front of members competitions etc.
    It turned out to be one of the longest rounds I have ever played at WGC.

    There is obviously a problem with pace of play but evidently it hasn't been addressed unfortunately.


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    #63
    spacecoyote
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    HighLine wrote: »
    I remember playing in a club competition back in 2017 at Wicklow GC immediately after the Boards.ie Society outing. The whole course was backed up for the day and resulted in many members walking in after 9, complaints, letters about societies out in front of members competitions etc.
    It turned out to be one of the longest rounds I have ever played at WGC.

    There is obviously a problem with pace of play but evidently it hasn't been addressed unfortunately.

    Without sounding like I'm repeating myself on this one, I'm pretty sure that day in Wicklow was again a 4-ball matchplay event, which is definitely going to be slower than standard 3-ball stableford comp.


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    #64
    HighLine
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    spacecoyote wrote: »
    Without sounding like I'm repeating myself on this one. That day in Wicklow was again a 4-ball matchplay event, which is definitely going to be slower than standard 3-ball stableford comp.

    All of our competitions are 4-balls. Anyway.. not sure looking for excuses is going to help fix the problem. Just my opinion of course.


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    Seve OB
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    In my recollection that day was frost delayed & we stood around for the best part of an hour before we were let out on the course. then when we were let out, we had to tee off the 5th or 6th hole (the one beside the clubhouse playing down toward the sea).

    TBH, I don't think that was a slow round compared to what it has been on occasion. And in fairness, the round last week was slow, but in general, boards outings are not as slow as they once were. sure most are slightly longer that you might expect a round should be on whatever courses we are playing, but people must realise that most of us are probably playing the course for the first time which will always result in slightly slower rounds.


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    #66
    Miley Byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭Miley Byrne


    spacecoyote wrote: »
    Without sounding like I'm repeating myself on this one, I'm pretty sure that day in Wicklow was again a 4-ball matchplay event, which is definitely going to be slower than standard 3-ball stableford comp.

    I'm not sure why 4-ball matchplay should be any slower than a regular 4-ball in stableford comp. If anything it should be quicker. I've always found matchplay quicker anyway because all players won't always be holing out at every hole.


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    gypsy79
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    But 5 hour rounds on Boards outings are commonplace

    I have been unlucky to be 5.5 hours which is insane

    I enjoy playing the new courses etc but it only takes one group to ruin pace of play


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