I’m only going to defend my time one last time. I should never have posted the 2:20 figure and expect some people to use their own brains to adjust for the fact that the fast players actually slowed us down significantly when we let them play through. That’s apparently far too difficult a concept for a few here to grasp. The point is, we’d have finished in less than two hours if it weren’t for anyone else. And we were walking, not riding in a cart like a couple lazy SOBs.
Pace for this course, according to the card, is 4:15. I assume this is for a walking foursome. It’s not a course where carts are required or even preferred. There are usually more walkers than riders…it’s a military course, whaddya expect?
I don’t care where you’re playing…3:30 for 18 or 1:20 for 9 holes is fast, even in a cart. Not crazy fast…it’s certainly doable, but don’t delude yourself by thinking that’s normal. I’m not saying our “unmolested” pace of just under 2 hours for walking nine is fast at all, but it’s not slow, either.
And, Liberal, I don’t know what led you to believe that she was in any was “unprepared” for a real round. It’s that snotty, elitist attitude that is precisely the problem. BoD aptly summed up that attitude when he said, “there was no room for anybody who wasn’t already a competent player.” She was not causing any undue slowness. Hell, she was probably the fast one of the two of us, since I had a bad round and spent too much time zig-zagging every hole. At least she spent the whole round in the fairways. I’ve been part of much slower groups when partnered with much “better” players. Don’t blame her, jackass.
Also, I said nothing about being dressed like a slacker. I said I had on tennis shoes. Other than that, I was dressed more “appropriately” than is typical for this course, which has no dress code. You seem to think I was wearing a worn-out Iron Maiden T-shirt and holey jeans, and using the wrong end of all my clubs. Besides, dress has nothing to do with it unless it’s an expected rule of the course. If I spend an evening behind a guy who’s still wearing his BDU pants, I should’t feel too bad if I’m not wearing my finest apparel. As long as my caddy doesn’t out-dress me, I’ll be okay. :rolleyes: There you go again with your snobbery.
Finally, I never excluded myself from the “shitty hacker” crowd. My only point in referring to all the others I usually see is that I’m used to being surrounded more “average” golfers. And the average golfer sucks, a lot. Instead, I picked the one day when everyone was a snobby, impatient prick. BF said, “No one cares if you suck, they care if you’re slow.” I counter thusly: “I don’t care if you’re faster than me, I care if you’re an asshole about it.”
irishgirl, I really like your suggestion. Reward-based training and an outlet for pent-up rage all in one. Maybe we’ll do that tonight.
She’s felling a little less pissed off now that a couple days has passed. But she still sounds reluctant to try the same course again, convinced that only dicks play there. What a shame.
