I had just enough time today to sneak in a quick 9 between laundry and grocery shopping. The day was too fine to pass it up.
I used a cart expecting to play 9 in around an hour. There was an outing of probably a half dozen 4somes going off the 1st tee. The pro put me out on the back 9 telling me it was almost empty.
I caught up to a 2 some on the second hole. Being nice guys they offered to let me through on the 3rd tee. I caught up to another 4some just hitting as I got to the 4th tee. There was no one on the course in front of them. From there on it was misery. One of the guys seemed to play well, but his partner was an idiot.
The guy was driving the cart. He would drive to his partner's ball, get out of the cart and walk to his own ball which was usually in the trees or at least in the rough on the opposite side of the fairway. When he got to his ball he would spend a minute or so figuring out how to play the shot and then he would walk all the way back to the friggen' cart to get a club. Once he had selected a club he would walk all the way back to his ball only to skank it 40 yds. He did the same thing around the greens. He would park on one side, walk all the way over to the rough on the other side, plan his shot and then walk back to the cart to pull a club. Chip on the green and walk back to the cart for his putter. On one hole he was probably 40 yards short of the green and he actually paced it off! Infuriating.
The 7th green and 8th tee are close together. As I was walking off the 7th the guy invited me to play in with them. I declined. I nicely asked if I could play through. The guy replied that since there were only 2 holes left I might as well play with them. I just drove back to the club house.
One hour and 50 minutes to play 7 holes on a nearly deserted course.
I used a cart expecting to play 9 in around an hour. There was an outing of probably a half dozen 4somes going off the 1st tee. The pro put me out on the back 9 telling me it was almost empty.
I caught up to a 2 some on the second hole. Being nice guys they offered to let me through on the 3rd tee. I caught up to another 4some just hitting as I got to the 4th tee. There was no one on the course in front of them. From there on it was misery. One of the guys seemed to play well, but his partner was an idiot.
The guy was driving the cart. He would drive to his partner's ball, get out of the cart and walk to his own ball which was usually in the trees or at least in the rough on the opposite side of the fairway. When he got to his ball he would spend a minute or so figuring out how to play the shot and then he would walk all the way back to the friggen' cart to get a club. Once he had selected a club he would walk all the way back to his ball only to skank it 40 yds. He did the same thing around the greens. He would park on one side, walk all the way over to the rough on the other side, plan his shot and then walk back to the cart to pull a club. Chip on the green and walk back to the cart for his putter. On one hole he was probably 40 yards short of the green and he actually paced it off! Infuriating.
The 7th green and 8th tee are close together. As I was walking off the 7th the guy invited me to play in with them. I declined. I nicely asked if I could play through. The guy replied that since there were only 2 holes left I might as well play with them. I just drove back to the club house.
One hour and 50 minutes to play 7 holes on a nearly deserted course.
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